HOST SCHOOL
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Malika Sport Tours
2022 BIG ISLAND CLASSIC
The 2022 two-part slate features a total of 22 teams participating from across the ranks of NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
The December schedule will feature a four-team men's basketball tournament between Hawai'i Hilo, Central Methodist, Valley City State and Milligan.
The women's slate will be heavy-loaded with 12 games set to be played in three days in December.
HISTORY
Winter 2022 marks the return of the Big Island Holiday Classic, bringing many college basketball men’s and women’s programs to the Big Island of Hawai‘i for competition and fun at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
The event, put on by 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 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. The one-year stint featured Menlo, Indiana Wesleyan, Benedictine University and Northern New Mexico and was played at Kealakehe High School.
DATES
NOVEMBER
22-25
DECEMBER
17-19
LOCATION
Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
Hilo, Hawai‘i
LIVE STREAM
Single-Game Purchases Available for $10
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets will be available for purchase (CASH ONLY) on-site at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium ticket booth at the front entrance.
HiloAthletics.com/Tickets
One ticket purchase will grant access to all game sessions in same day.
2022 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
MEN'S TEAMS
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Central Oklahoma
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UCCS
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Hawai‘i Hilo
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Central Methodist
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Milligan
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Valley City State
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The December slate of men's basketball games will feature a four-team tournament between Hawai‘i Hilo, Milligan, Central Methodist and Valley City state.
WOMEN'S TEAMS
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Fairmont State
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Hawai‘i Hilo
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St. Edward's
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No. 14 Tampa
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UMary
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DePauw
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Grove City College
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Lake Forest
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Luther
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St. Benedict
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Worcester State
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Arizona Christian
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Morningside
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Valley City State
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Viterbo
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William Carey
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