Big Time HS holiday tourneys

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Originally Posted by truerookie

I just finished working the 25th Iolani Classic here in Oahu, Hawaii. Where there was a 16 team field. 7 from the mainland, 1 from China and 8 local teams. We did not enforced dunking during warm-ups and we used the shot clock (35). Great games Championship came down to Double overtime.

Iolani Classic Hawaii Basketball Tournament

Teams were:
Fairfax (CA)
Iolani (HI)
Oak Hill Academy (VA)
Kaimuki (HI)
Dematha (MD)
Leilehua (HI)
LeFlore (AL)
Moanalua (HI)
Montrose Christian (MD)
McKinley (HI)
Putnam City (OK)
Mid Pacific (HI)
Whitney Young (IL)
Maryknoll (HI)
Tsinghua (China)
Kamehameha (HI)

LeFlore is a top team in Mobile. Oak Hill, Montrose Christian and DeMatha are national programs and Fairfax is a power in California. I would think this was probably one of the best holiday tournaments going.

Who won the tournament? Wow, I've moved around so much I've officiated 3 out of those 4 teams. The ironic thing is the only one of those 4 I haven't officiated is now the closest (LeFlore is only 50 miles from me now).