Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Championship Game Preview

It all comes down to the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, on Christmas Day to determine the winner of our 2024-25 NCAA Basketball Tip Off Tournament pool. The only college basketball being played on Christmas Day will be the 4 tournament games, with the championship game set with Oregon State taking on Nebraska. I love that we have a great battle for first, second, and third place in our pool! 🎅 

Here is the link to the current standings as we prepare to wrap up our pool and the last of the bracketed college basketball early season tournaments. I have outlined the path for each of the top 4 people. 

• Sohler: If Nebraska wins, Sohler wins. If Nebraska loses, Sohler will need to rely on the third tiebreaker to hold off Jenn, which is the closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game total. 🥇🥈

• Jenn: Her only path to victory is a Nebraska loss, and to win the third tiebreaker, which is  the closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game total. Jenn can come in first, second, or third. 🥇🥈🥉

• Tim: The best he can do is 2nd place with a Nebraska win (he would have the 2nd tiebreaker over Jenn). Tim can come in second, third, or fourth. 🥈🥉

• Novak: The best he can do is 3rd place with a Nebraska loss + win the third tiebreaker over Tim. 🥉

For everyone else not in the top 4, you will still want to pay close attention to the championship game, as we are all eligible for payouts. 💰

• Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Winner (Christmas Bonus 🎅) - The person who correctly picks the winner of this Christmas Day championship game will win $150. 4 people are still alive for this, including Ryan in 8th place

• Closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game final score total (More Christmas Bonus 🎅)  - The person with the closest championship game score wins $50. Even if you're in last place, with no other wins, you will have the opportunity to recoup your $50 on this final early season tournament championship game.

Good luck to everyone as we wrap up the 2024-25 NCAA Basketball Tip Off Tournament pool and move on to conference play after the holidays and gear up for conference tournaments and March Madness! 🏀