The 2004–05 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team were a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball team representing Oakland University as a member of the Mid-Continent Conference (Mid-Con).

The Golden Grizzlies surprised by winning the Mid-Con tournament to secure the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Making their first NCAA tournament appearance in school history, Oakland was one of two No.

16 seed Alabama A&M, 79–69,[2] in the play-in game before losing to No.

1 seed and eventual National champion North Carolina in the round of 64.