.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after deadly wild fires forced a move to Honolulu.The competition, which will be participated in Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited schools and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the opening day, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the strongest fields in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight staffs made the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August as well as devastated the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. Last year's occasion was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 label.