The Diamond Head Classic is a three-day invitational college basketball tournament held at the Bankoh Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Each team plays three games, winners facing winners and losers facing losers. The Big West Conference serves as the host. The tournament is ESPN-owned and operated.
The inaugural tournament was won by USC in 2009. The most recent champions are the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The 2025 edition will not be played and the future of the tournament is unclear.
Yearly champions, runners-up, and MVPs YearWinnerScoreOpponentTournament MVP2009USC67–56UNLVMike Gerrity, USC2010Butler84–68Washington StateMatt Howard, Butler2011Kansas State77–60Long Beach StateRodney McGruder, Kansas State2012Arizona68–67San Diego StateSolomon Hill, Arizona2013Iowa State70–66Boise StateDeAndre Kane, Iowa State2014George Washington60–54Wichita StateKevin Larsen, George Washington2015Oklahoma83–71HarvardBuddy Hield, Oklahoma2016San Diego State62–48San FranciscoZylan Cheatham, San Diego State2017USC77–72 New Mexico StateBennie Boatwright, USC2018TCU83–69Indiana StateAlex Robinson, TCU2019Houston75–71WashingtonFabian White Jr., Houston2020 Tournament not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 The championship final between Stanford and Vanderbilt was canceled because of COVID-19 issues in the Cardinal camp. Vanderbilt awarded championship.Darius McGhee, Liberty 2022Hawai’i58–57SMUJoVon McClanahan, Hawai’i2023Nevada72–64Georgia TechJarod Lucas, Nevada2024Nebraska78–66Oregon StateBrice Williams, Nebraska2025Tournament not held
Appearances and championships TeamAppearancesYearsTournament recordAkron22013, 20171–5 (1.67)Arizona120123–0 (1.000)Auburn22011, 20152–4 (.333)Ball State120191–2 (.333)Baylor120101–2 (.333)Boise State22013, 20194–2 (.667)Bucknell120182–1 (.667)Butler120103–0 (1.000)BYU22015, 20214–2 (.667)Charleston22009, 20243–3 (.500)Charlotte22018, 20241–5 (.167)Clemson120111–2 (.333)Colorado22014, 20182–4 (.333)Davidson120171–2 (.333)DePaul120140–3 (.000)East Tennessee State120120–3 (.000)Florida State120102–1 (.667)George Mason120131–2 (.333)George Washington22014, 20223–3 (.500)Georgia Tech22019, 20234–2 (.667)Harvard120152–1 (.667)Hawai'i122009–2019, 2021–2022, 2023–202421–20 (.515)Houston120193–0 (1.000)Illinois State120162–1 (.667)Indiana State22012, 20184–2 (.667)Iona120222–1 (.667)Iowa State120133–0 (1.000)Kansas State120113–0 (1.000)Liberty120211–2 (.333)Long Beach State120112–1 (.667)Loyola Chicago120240–3 (.000)Loyola Marymount120141–2 (.333)Miami (FL)22012, 20173–3 (.500)Middle Tennessee State120171–2 (.333)Mississippi State120101–2 (.333)Murray State120241–2 (.333)Nebraska22014, 20245–1 (.833)Nevada120233–0 (1.000)New Mexico120150–3 (.000)New Mexico State120172–1 (.667)Northeastern120091–2 (.333)Northern Iowa22015, 20211–4 (.200)Oakland120241–2 (.333)Ohio120141–2 (.333)Oklahoma120153–0 (1.000)Old Dominion120231–2 (.333)Ole Miss120122–1 (.667)Oregon State22013, 20243–3 (.500)Pepperdine120221–2 (.333)Portland22019, 20230–6 (.000)Princeton120172–1 (.667)Rhode Island120181–2 (.333)Saint Mary's22009, 20132–4 (.333)San Diego120101–2 (.333)San Diego State22012, 20165–1 (.833)San Francisco22012, 20163–3 (.500)Seattle120221–2 (.333)SMU22009, 20222–4 (.333)South Carolina120132–1 (.667)South Florida120211–2 (.333)Southern Illinois120110–3 (.000)Southern Miss120160–3 (.000)Stanford120212–0 (1.000)Stephen F. Austin120161–2 (.333)TCU22018, 20235–1 (.833)Temple120231–2 (.333)Tulsa120161–2 (.333)UMass120232–1 (.667)UNLV22009, 20183–3 (.500)USC22009, 20176–0 (1.000)Utah22010, 20162–4 (.333)Utah State120222–1 (.667)UTEP22011, 20193–3 (.500)Vanderbilt120212–0 (1.000)Washington120192–1 (.667)Washington State32010, 2015, 20224–5 (.444)Western Michigan120092–1 (.667)Wichita State120142–1 (.667)Wyoming120212–1 (.667)Xavier120111–2 (.333)
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