Collegiate basketball tournament
| Season | 1996–97 |
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| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii |
| Champions | Kansas (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Virginia (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists | |
| Winning coach | Roy Williams (1st title) |
| MVP | Raef LaFrentz (Kansas) |
The 1996 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 13th time, from November 25 to November 27, 1996. The tournament, which began in 1984, was part of the 1996-97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii and was won by the Kansas Jayhawks. It was the first title for both the program and for its head coach Roy Williams.
Bracket
| 5th place game November 22 | Consolation 2nd Round November 26 | First Round November 25 | Semifinals November 26 | Championship November 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | UMass | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 55 | 15 | UMass | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 64 | Virginia | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 74 | Virginia | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 68 | 2 | Kansas | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| California | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th place game | Iowa | 60 | California | 67 | 3rd place game | ||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 70 | 2 | Kansas | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 37 | 2 | Kansas | 82 | 15 | UMass | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 67 | LSU | 53 | California | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- EA Sports Maui Invitational Past Tournament Fields
- "KU makes merry in Maui". November 28, 1996.
- |title=College Basketball Stats and History|website=Sports Reference - College Basketball
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