July 26, 2012

2012 Diamond Head Classic Bracket as a PDF File

TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Arizona men's basketball team will face East Tennessee State in its first game at the 2012 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The eight-team event, featuring Arizona; East Tennessee State; Indiana State; Miami, Fla.; Mississippi, San Diego State, San Francisco and host Hawaii, is scheduled for Dec. 22-23 and 25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.

First-round match-ups are as follows:
Mississippi vs. Indiana State, TBA, ESPNU
San Diego State vs. San Francisco, TBA, ESPNU
Arizona vs. East Tennessee State, TBA, ESPNU
Miami, Fla., vs. Hawaii, TBA, ESPNU

Arizona will meet the winner/loser of the Miami, Fla.,-Hawaii game in its consolation/semifinal tilt.

All tournament games will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with start times to be announced. First-round games, all consolations and one semifinal are on ESPNU. The other semifinal and the Christmas Day championship game will be shown on ESPN2.

The Wildcats return eight lettermen from last season's squad that went 23-12. UA is ranked 17th nationally in espn.com's "Way Too Early" 2012-13 preseason top 25.