The 2021 Diamond Head Classic was a mid-season eight-team college basketball tournament that was played on December 22, 23, and 25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the 12th annual Diamond Head Classic tournament, and was part of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 2021 field was announced in May, and featured BYU, Hawai’i, Liberty, Northern Iowa, South Florida, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Wyoming.[1]
| Season | 2021–22 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||
| Champions | Vanderbit (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Stanford (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Jerry Stackhouse (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Darius McGhee (Liberty) | ||||
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The championship final between Stanford and Vanderbilt was canceled because of COVID-19 issues in the Cardinal camp.[2]
Bracket edit
* – Denotes overtime period
| 5th place game December 25 | Consolation 2nd Round December 23 | First Round December 22 | Semifinals December 23 | Championship December 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 69 | Liberty | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 71 | Stanford | 79 | |||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 77 | Stanford* | NA | |||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 57 | Vanderbilt* | NA | |||||||||||||||
| BYU | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th place game | South Florida | 76 | BYU | 67 | 3rd place game | |||||||||||||
| Hawai’i | 69 | Vanderbilt | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa* | NA | Vanderbilt | 68 | Liberty | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Hawai’i* | NA | Hawai’i | 54 | BYU | 80 | |||||||||||||
Notes: All games played at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. * Northern Iowa vs Hawai’i was canceled due to Covid issues. * Stanford vs Vanderbilt was canceled due to Covid issues.
References edit
- ^ "2021 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Team Field Revealed". ESPNEvents. ESPN. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Stanford's game vs. Vandy canceled amid COVID". ESPN.com. December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2022.