HILO, Hawai'i – The Big Island Holiday Classic is set to return for the 2023 edition next weekend at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. The five-day event features nine teams from across the NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA with 10 total collegiate basketball contests.

Tickets can be purchased through Hawai'i Hilo's recently-launched online ticket platform at HiloAthletics.com/TIXBIC. Both individual-date tickets and an all-event pass is available.

All nine contests will be live streamed online for a $10 single-game purchase price.

More details and information is available at HiloAthletics.com/BigIslandClassic.

2023 BIG ISLAND HOLIDAY CLASSIC SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15
6 PM [WBB] Bridgewater State vs Angelo State

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16
12 PM [WBB] Angelo State vs Hawai'i Hilo

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
2 PM [WBB] Bridgewater State vs Hawai'i Hilo
4 PM [MBB] Alaska vs Hawai'i Hilo
6 PM [MBB] Concordia Nebraska vs San Francisco State

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18
2 PM [MBB] Olivet Nazarene vs Concordia Nebraska
4 PM [MBB] San Francisco State vs Alaska
6 PM [MBB] Hastings vs Hawai'i Hilo

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19
11 AM [MBB] Olivet Nazarene vs Hastings
6 PM [MBB] San Francisco State vs Hawai'i Hilo

BIG ISLAND HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Winter 2022 marked the return of the Big Island Holiday Classic, bringing many men's and women's collegiate basketball programs to the Big Island of Hawai'i for competition and fun at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

The event, put on by TItleTown Events (previously Malika Sport Tours) and hosted by the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, is a modern reiteration of the Big Island Invitational Tournament from the 1990s, which featured many NCAA Division I programs with the likes of Oklahoma, Oregon State, Iowa State, Arkansas, Creighton, Purdue, Stanford and UConn among others.

The Big Island Classic moniker was also previously resurrected in winter 2016 when current Hawai'i Hilo men's basketball head coach Kaniela Aiona was at the helm of the Menlo College men's hoops program where they played games at Kealakehe High School on the west side of the island.

2023 BIG ISLAND HOLIDAY CLASSIC TEAMS