.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wildfires pushed a move to Honolulu.The event, which will be actually played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited colleges as well as routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the opening day, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the best fields in the event's past history. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA men's baseball competition in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State hit the Dessert 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August as well as ruined the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2013's activity was actually played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to win the 2023 title.