Video: UNC, UConn, MSU, Colorado, Auburn Headline Bracket for 2024 Maui Invitational

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - APRIL 08: Head coach Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies celebrates after the National College Basketball Championship game against the Purdue Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium on April 08, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

The field for the 2024 Maui Invitational has been released.

The first-round matchups this year are UConn vs. Memphis, Colorado vs. Michigan State, Auburn vs. Iowa State and Dayton vs. North Carolina.

NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB
The Maui Invitational bracket release 🔥<br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/MauiInv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MauiInv</a>) <a href="https://t.co/eOKB5iwgfJ">pic.twitter.com/eOKB5iwgfJ</a>

Seven of the eight teams qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and UConn is the two-time defending National Champion. Last year's Maui Invitational champion, Purdue, is not in the field.

The Maui Invitational is entering its 41st year, and every team in the field has appeared in a previous rendition of the tournament. Auburn, Colorado, Iowa State and Memphis will seek their first tournament championship while UNC will be looking to match Duke for the most titles in the tournament's history (5).

Each team will play three games with a winners and losers bracket.

The tournament is set to kick off on Nov. 25 and will conclude on Nov. 27.