LAHAINA, Hawai’i — Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn will spotlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Middle a yr after deadly wildfires compelled a transfer to Honolulu.
The match, which will likely be performed Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited faculties and schedule on Tuesday.
The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the opening day, adopted by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.
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Event chairman Dave Odom known as it one of many strongest fields within the occasion’s historical past. UConn is making its fifth Maui look.
Seven of the eight groups made the NCAA males’s basketball match in March. North Carolina and Iowa State reached the Candy 16.
Fires in Maui led to 102 deaths in August and devastated the city of Lahaina on Maui’s northwest coast. Final yr’s occasion was performed on the College of Hawai’i campus in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 title.
