2015 Diamond Head Classic
College basketball competition
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The 2015 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 seventh annual Diamond Head Classic tournament and was part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. No. 3-ranked Oklahoma defeated Harvard to win the tournament championship.[1][2][3] Buddy Hield was named the tournament's MVP.[4]
| Season | 2015–16 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||
| Champions | Oklahoma (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Harvard (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Lon Kruger (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) | ||||
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Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
| 5th Place Game December 25 | Consolation 2nd Round December 23 | First Round December 22 | Semifinals December 23 | Championship December 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 66 | Auburn | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 96 | Harvard | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 85* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 84 | Harvard | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 76 | 3 | Oklahoma | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game December 25 | Washington State | 59 | 3 | Oklahoma | 84 | 3rd Place Game December 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 63 | Hawai'i | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 59 | Northern Iowa | 52 | Auburn | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 82 | Hawai'i | 68 | Hawai'i | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||