Aug. 5, 2010

2010 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Bracket in PDF Format

HONOLULU - The Baylor men's basketball team will face the San Diego Toreros on Wed., Dec. 22, in the opening round of the 2010 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, ESPN Regional Television announced Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT (12 p.m. HST) on ESPNU.

The second annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic will be held Dec. 22-25 at the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. The eight-team tournament features 2010 NCAA runner-up Butler, Florida State, Mississippi State, San Diego, Utah, Washington State and tournament host Hawai`i.

First-round games on Wed., Dec. 22, will tip off with Mississippi State and Washington State at 2 p.m. CT. After the Baylor-USD game, Utah and Butler will square off at 9 p.m. CT. Hawai`i hosts Florida State in the nightcap at Midnight CT. The first four games will be televised live on ESPNU as part of the tournament's 10-game broadcast on the ESPN family of networks. The third-place and championship games will be televised Christmas Day on ESPN2.

Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The remaining two undefeated teams will face off in a championship game on Christmas Day.

The inaugural Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in 2009 featured host Hawai`i (WAC), the College of Charleston (Southern), Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Association), SMU (Conference USA), Saint Mary's (West Coast), UNLV (Mountain West), USC (Pac-10) and Western Michigan (Mid-American). USC defeated then-No. 20 UNLV to win the inaugural event.

The 2010 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic marks the third consecutive season Baylor will participate in an ESPN-sponsored basketball tournament. The Bears finished 2-1 in both the 76 Classic (2008) in Anaheim, Calif., and the Old Spice Classic (2009) in Orlando, Fla.

Anthony Travel is the official Travel Partner of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. For fan travel packages and information, contact Anthony Travel at www.AnthonyTravel.com/espn/diamond-head-classic. All-session tickets for the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic are $90 for lower level and $70 for upper level. Tickets by session are $18 (upper level) and $26 (lower level). General admission tickets are $10. For more information, visit www.HawaiianAirlinesDiamondHeadClassic.com.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation's largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. - SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef `O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); Birmingham Bowl; MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor's Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tipoff (San Juan); All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

2010 HAWAIIAN AIRLINES DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC BRACKET (Times Listed as Central)
(Home team listed in second; Hawai`i will always be the home team)