The tournament will run from Dec. 18-23 at Iolani's main gym, director Eddie Hamada said. There will be no games on Dec. 22, a Sunday.
Stu Vetter, who has brought Scott and three other future NBA players to the classic since 1987, will be here as fourth-year head coach of St. John's at Prospect Hall (Frederick, Md.).
Teams coached by Vetter have been ranked nationally in USA Today every year since the 1983-84 season. They have been in the top 10 eight times in that period.
Two years ago, the only time St. John's won the Iolani Classic, the team finished No. 2 in the nation.
Vetter also coached Flint Hill Prep (Va.) and Harker Prep (Md.), both blue-chip basketball schools.
Flint Hill won the classic in 1985, 1986 and 1987 when it was nationally ranked No. 2, No. 1 and No. 9.
The other NBA players Vetter coached in the classic were Randolph Childress (Portland Trailblazers), George Lynch (Vancouver Grizzlies) and Corey Alexander (San Antonio Spurs). They and Scott were all Flint Hill players.
Kidd's prep coach, Frank LaPorte, will bring his St. Joseph's of Alameda, Calif., team to the classic. St. Joseph's was ranked briefly last season but did not finish in the Super 25. The team is regarded as a strong possibility for preseason national ranking this year.
St. John's has added two underclassmen considered to be future prep All-Americans.
They are 6-foot-7 junior Jason Capel, whose brother, Jeff, plays for Duke, and 6-8 sophomore Damien Wilkins, whose father is Orlando Magic swing man Gerald Wilkins. His uncle is ex-Celtic Dominique Wilkins.
Three other mainland teams also are in the classic: Fairfax High (Los Angeles), Provo High (Utah) and Norland High (Miami, Fla.).
Topping the Hawaii field will be state champion Moanalua High and Oahu Interscholastic Association champion Kalaheo.
Joining them will be Kahuku, Kamehameha, Kauai, Damien, University High, Waianae, Kaimuki, the Okinawa Select Team, and host Iolani.
Despite the fact that Oceanic decided not to televise regular-season OIA games this year, the gate for the season opener between Waianae and Kahuku Sept. 6 was only 2,533. That is compared with 3,188 for the Farrington-Waipahu, Campbell-Leilehua varsity doubleheader Sept. 9, 1995.
Saturday's Campbell-Waianae game drew 4,077 compared with the 4,760 who went to see the Roosevelt-Kailua, Kahuku-Waianae doubleheader Sept. 15, 1995.
But OIA football coordinator Richard Townsend said those figures are deceiving.
He said that by breaking up the doubleheader and putting one game back at a home site, the combined attendances should exceed the previous season's take at the stadium.
"The principals wanted more games at home fields, and concession sales at home sites have increased," he said.
Oceanic will televise all games in the expanded OIA playoffs this year, beginning Oct. 24.
Meanwhile, the ILH is wrestling with the problem of how to avoid midnight football at the stadium.
Last weekend's season-opening tripleheader pushed well past midnight. A stadium official said that the league tripleheader might be as much as 90 minutes longer than last year.
A new stipulation in the National Federation Football Rules Book doesn't let the clock start on change of possession until the snap of the ball. That, combined with the clock-stopping passing games that dominate the ILH, has added 70 to 90 minutes to a tripleheader.
ILH principals will meet on the matter tomorrow. There are four more tripleheaders scheduled this season at the stadium.
St. Louis has made it into the USA Today Super 25 football poll despite starting the preseason unranked, and not having played a mainland power.
"Well, I give them a pretty good look over there nowadays because of their record over the years," said poll-maker Dave Krider. So Krider put St. Louis at No. 25. The Crusaders have been ranked every year now since 1987.
Because it takes an unbeaten team to make the Super 25, the only local team that could break into the poll by beating St. Louis is Kamehameha. The Warriors, like St. Louis, are 3-0 since preseason.
The teams meet on Oct. 4 at the stadium.
It is free to the public. For more information, contact Assets athletic director Bill Villa at 423-1356.
ILH volleyball opens on Friday. The OIA West opened on Saturday while the East opens tomorrow.
The ILH bowling season opened on Monday and the OIA season opens today.
On Saturday, the annual preseason ILH cross-country meet will be held at Iolani at 9 a.m.