ESPN Events announced last Monday that beginning in 2025, the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic will be played about a month earlier as part of “Feast Week,” ESPN’s week-long college basketball lineup of action in late November. The eight-team, three-day tournament will move to Thanksgiving Week (Nov. 24-30), with the […]

When the Hawai’i men’s basketball players think back to “Last Christmas” in 2025, the memories will be fond. In their final Yuletide appearance in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, the Warriors went out in style with a thrilling 73-70 overtime victory against Oakland in the Christmas Day third-place game. […]

A long local Christmas tradition will end at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when Hawai’i faces Oakland for third place in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. For 14 of the past 15 years, the Warriors always spent the holiday in this tournament, on national TV. But it was announced on Sunday […]

Nebraska’s overall team size and athleticism proved too much for Hawai’i to overcome Monday night as the Cornhuskers pulled away from the Warriors, 69-55, in Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic semifinal action monday. A pau hana crowd of 2,700 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Nebraska guard […]

Gytis Nemeiksa tied a career-high with 24 points and Marcus Greene added 22 points Sunday night to help Hawai’i glide past Charlotte, 78-61, in the first round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. An announced crowd of 5,048 (tickets issued) watched the Warriors lead from wire to wire and […]

Since its debut in December 2009, the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic has drawn a significant following from afar as a nightly, readily accessible and highly entertaining TV event. That following from afar once included an impressionable and curious young basketball player from Melbourne, Australia. “I remember watching it when […]

In the ultra-competitive world of college basketball, there is one common opponent among all 300-plus NCAA Division I programs. Coaches vs. Cancer, a nationwide organization, will be featured on the local level at 7 p.m. Friday with dinner and fellowship at Kani Ka Pila Grille in the Outrigger Reef Hotel. […]

Lifted by a strong second half and guard Ryan Rapp’s outstanding outside shooting, Hawai’i pulled away from Texas A&M -Corpus Christi and held off the Islanders, 71-62, in nonconference men’s basketball action Saturday night. A crowd of 3,001 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched guard Ryan Rapp […]

After its first Mainland road trip resulting in close losses at tough environments, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team returns home to face Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in nonconference action Saturday night. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center, with the […]

Led by guard Devin Askew’s 28-point performance, Long Beach State held off visiting Hawai’i, 76-68, in Big West Conference men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon. A sparse crowd of 1,146 at the Walter Pyramid watched forward Austin Johnson add 14 points and 10 rebounds and guard TJ Wainwright also score 14 […]