The Diamond Head Classic is a three-day invitational college basketball tournament held at the
Stan Sheriff Center
The SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP,[Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island o ...]
on the campus of the
University of Hawaii-Manoa
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...
. Each team plays three games, winners facing winners and losers facing losers. The
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...
serves as the host. The tournament is
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
-owned and operated.
The inaugural tournament was won by
USC. The most
recent champions are the
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors.
Yearly champions, runners-up, and MVPs
References
External links
Diamond Head Classic
{{Diamond Head Classic
College men's basketball competitions in the United States
College basketball competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2009
2009 establishments in Hawaii