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Cyclones join UConn at 2024 Maui Invitational

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Newly crowned NCAA champion UConn will headline the 2024 Maui Invitational.

The field, announced on Tuesday, will be stacked once again, with North Carolina, Michigan State and Auburn joining the Huskies at the tiny Lahaina Civic Center from Nov. 25-27.

The field also will include Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State and Memphis.

UConn completed one of the NCAA Tournament’s most dominating runs on Monday night, rolling over San Diego State 76-59 for its sixth straight double-digit win in the bracket. The title was the Huskies’ fifth, all since 1999. UConn also has won two Maui Invitational titles in that span.

Arizona won the 2022 Maui Invitational in the tournament’s return to the islands after being played in Las Vegas and Asheville, North Carolina, the past two years.

The 2024 appearance marks the third time Iowa State will take the court in Maui, having appeared in 1990 and 2018. In 2018, ISU dropped the opener to Arizona before defeating Illinois and San Diego State. The 1990 Cyclones went 1-2 under Johnny Orr’s guidance, defeating Chaminade before falling to Syracuse and Santa Clara.

All 12 Maui games will be telecast by ESPN networks, with the bracket being announced at a later date. The 2024 teams bolster a total of 218 NCAA Tournament appearances, 45 Final Four berths and 13 NCAA Tournament titles. Half of the teams competing rank within the top-40 of the winningest programs of all-time in men’s college basketball.

Half of the teams have previously won the Maui Invitational: North Carolina has won four times, UConn twice and Michigan State and Dayton each hold one title.

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