The 2004 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 21st time, from November 22 to November 24, 2004. The tournament began in 1984, and was part of the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii[1][2] and was won by the North Carolina Tar Heels. It was UNC's second Maui title and the second for head coach Roy Williams, who led the Kansas Jayhawks to the 1996 title.
| Season | 2004–05 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii | ||||
| Champions | North Carolina (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Iowa (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Roy Williams (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Raymond Felton (North Carolina) | ||||
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Bracket
edit| Fifth Place Game November 24 | Consolation 2nd Round November 23 | First round November 22 | Semifinals November 23 | Championship November 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Louisville | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Louisville | 93 | Iowa | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 63 | 15 | Texas | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Texas | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Louisville | 82 | Iowa | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 67 | 4 | North Carolina | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tennessee | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh Place Game | Stanford | 62 | 11 | Tennessee | 81 | Third-place game | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 53 | 4 | North Carolina | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 56 | 4 | North Carolina | 86 | 15 | Texas | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 77 | BYU | 50 | Tennessee | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||