The 2015 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 32nd time, from November 13 to November 25, 2015. The tournament began in 1984, and was part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Championship Round was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii from November 23 to 25.
Season | 2015–16 | ||||
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Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii | ||||
Champions | Kansas (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Vanderbilt (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bill Self (1 title) | ||||
MVP | Wayne Selden Jr. & Frank Mason III (Kansas) | ||||
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Brackets
editOpening round
editThe opening round was played on November 13–16 at various sites around the country.
November 13
edit- Kansas 109, Northern Colorado 72 in Lawrence, Kansas
- UNLV 74, Cal Poly 72 in Paradise, Nevada
- Vanderbilt 80, Austin Peay 41 in Nashville, Tennessee
- Wake Forest 78, UMBC 73 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 15
edit- UCLA 88, Cal Poly 83 in Los Angeles, California
November 16
edit- Indiana 102, Austin Peay 76 in Bloomington, Indiana
- St. John's 75, UMBC 53 in New York City
Regional round
editSemifinals November 21 | Final November 22 | ||||||
Northern Colorado | 72 | ||||||
UMBC | 81 | ||||||
UMBC | 65 | ||||||
Cal Poly | 78 | ||||||
Cal Poly | 73 | ||||||
Austin Peay | 64 | Third Place November 22 | |||||
Northern Colorado | 76 | ||||||
Austin Peay | 91 |
*Games played at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado
Championship round
editThe Championship round was played from November 23–25[1] at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii.[2]
Fifth Place Game November 25 | Consolation 2nd Round November 24 | Quarterfinals November 23 | Semifinals November 24 | Championship November 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Vanderbilt | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 73 | 19 | Vanderbilt | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Indiana | 83 | Wake Forest | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Indiana | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Indiana | 69 | 19 | Vanderbilt | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 72 | 5 | Kansas | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Kansas | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chaminade | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh Place Game | Chaminade | 73 | 5 | Kansas | 92 | Third Place Game | |||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 93 | UCLA | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 100 | UNLV | 75 | Wake Forest | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chaminade | 93 | UCLA | 77 | UCLA | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational Tournament Central". Maui Invitational. November 23, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Maui Jim Maui Invitational Bracket Revealed: National Powers Set to Clash in Paradise".