.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wild fires pushed a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited universities as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the position time, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it one of the greatest fields in the unlikely event's background. UConn is actually creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams created the NCAA men's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State got to the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui brought about 102 deaths in August and also ruined the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. Last year's event was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 title.