The 2017 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 ninth annual Diamond Head Classic tournament, and was part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. USC defeated New Mexico State to win the tournament championship.[1]
| Season | 2017–18 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||
| Champions | USC (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | New Mexico State (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Andy Enfield (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Bennie Boatwright (USC) | ||||
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Bracket
edit* – Denotes overtime period
Campus Site Games
edit| Game 1 December 19 Pac-12 Network | ||||
| Princeton | 103* | |||
| USC | 93 | |||
Championship Round
edit| 5th place game December 25 | Consolation 2nd Round December 23 ESPNU / ESPN3 | First Round December 22 ESPN / ESPN2 | Semifinals December 23 ESPN2 | Championship December 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 64 | Middle Tennessee | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 62 | USC | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 77 | USC | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawai'i | 63 | New Mexico State | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th place game December 25 | Davidson | 71 | New Mexico State | 63 | 3rd place game December 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hawai'i | 79 | 6 | Miami (FL) | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 78 | 6 | Miami (FL) | 75 | Middle Tennessee | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 91 | Hawai'i | 57 | 15 | Miami (FL) | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:[2]
References
edit- ^ "USC beats New Mexico State to win Diamond Head Classic". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "2017 Diamond Head Classic Bracket". Diamond Head Classic. ESPNEvents.