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Baseball America rated the 2014 University of Hawaii baseball recruiting class among the top 10 in the country last November. The next three days will determine if it stays that way.
The marquee nonconference names on the 2013-14 Hawaii men's basketball schedule have emerged. Three, and possibly four, 2013 NCAA Tournament teams are on the docket, with the possibility of encountering more in another stacked Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic field.
One more player in, one more player out. Would-be senior Garrett Jefferson requested a release from the Hawaii basketball program, it was confirmed on Saturday, raising the program's early departure count to three this offseason.
Rainbow Warriors freshmen Manroop Clair and Ozren Pavlovic will not return for their sophomore seasons, UH coach Gib Arnold confirmed Saturday. But the same night the Warriors picked up a commitment from touted Missouri transfer Negus Webster-Chan, team sources confirmed.
Vander Joaquim wants a do-over on his farewell.
A net loss of $43,634 from this year’s Collegeinsider.com Tournament makes it unlikely the University of Hawaii will be involved in any more bottom-tier postseason basketball events, athletic director Ben Jay said Tuesday.
A disappointing end to a season of stepped-up expectations leaves the Hawaii basketball team with more questions than answers heading into the offseason.
University of Hawaii athletic director Ben Jay said he has been contacted by an attorney for Gib Arnold to discuss a possible extension of the head basketball coach’s contract.
With an assist from its former head coach, the University of Hawaii basketball team was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. The Rainbow Warriors' season was on the brink of ending after a first-round loss to UC Irvine in the Big West tournament.
Coach Bob Thomason was given a fitting sendoff from a 25-year career in the league he helped build with a 64-55 Tigers win over UC Irvine in the Big West Conference tournament championship game on Saturday.
Don't count on any charity from the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament this time.
Three times this season, Hawaii came back from a double-digit deficit in the second half to win a Big West Conference game.
Neither Christian Standhardinger's offense nor Vander Joaquim's rebounding could keep short-handed Hawaii from a late collapse in its final Big West Conference regular-season game.
Boosted by a crowd of 8,336 for the final regular-season home game Saturday, and an enhanced student following, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball attendance edged up by an average of 33 fans per game over last season.
Hawaii has a new nemesis, and its name is Cal Poly. The Mustangs spoiled the Rainbow Warriors' senior night behind 25 points from Chris Eversley and survived a frantic finish to deal UH a 64-61 defeat on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Partway through Thursday night's basketball game between the University of Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara, Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell turned to UH booster Ernie Nishizaki and said, "Do you realize that Hawaii is probably playing its closest geographical opponent tonight?"
There's still one more "first" to cross off the hoops to-do list for Hawaii veterans Vander Joaquim, Hauns Brereton and Jace Tavita. "Senior night, you only get one in your college career," Tavita said. "I'm excited."
Jace Tavita hadn't attempted a free throw in a game since Nov. 16, and was 1-for-7 at the line for the season when he stepped to the stripe with about a minute left.
Scott Fisher put it bluntly, as the Hawaii basketball assistant coach tends to do. "This time of the year, if you don't come to play, you're not going to win," Fisher said.
Hauns Brereton takes a grown-up approach to a youthful game. No matter how much ribbing the Hawaii basketball senior swingman takes about it.
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks had no chance of bracket-busting Hawaii's tallest trees. On "Star Wars Night," "Darth Vander" Joaquim was a force from all over the court, and the Rainbow Warriors rolled to their most lopsided win of the season, 84-50, behind their big men on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
ESPN's BracketBusters event has for years been widely criticized as close to meaningless for the majority of its mid-major participants. There is plenty of meaning to be found, however, in Hawaii's last hurrah in the soon-to-be defunct 11-year event.
It had all the makings of a script for the next "Mission: Impossible" movie. The premise: Give the University of Hawaii men's basketball team something it's never really had — an honest-to-goodness, raucous student section.
MRI results received Monday about the Hawaii basketball junior guard's left ankle were not good. Ligament tears around the joint could shelve him for the remainder of the 2012-13 season.
Hawaii junior guard Brandon Spearman doesn't yet know the extent of his left ankle injury suffered Saturday in a loss at Pacific, but he is optimistic on a return to action by the end of the regular season.
Brandon Spearman was looking glum. The Hawaii guard spent the second half of Saturday night's game at Pacific sitting on the last chair on the Rainbow Warriors' bench, his left leg stretched out over the next two chairs.
UC Davis sophomore forward Clint Bozner grabbed the rebound and went back up for the dunk attempt. He couldn't quite get there, slamming the ball off the rim. And then, it bounced in.
In a 48-hour span, a weakness became a strength. Hawaii went from tying a season-high of 23 turnovers on Thursday to setting a season low of seven, and the Rainbow Warriors matched their longest winning streak under Gib Arnold at five games with a 78-72 defeat of UC Irvine on Saturday night.
Few things are more fitting than a Battle of the 'Fros on " '70s Disco Night." The retro hair styles of Hawaii freshman Isaac Fotu and UC Irvine senior Michael Wilder will be on full display at 7 tonight, when the Rainbow Warriors and Anteaters square off at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The game couldn't end fast enough, until Hawaii finally ended it. Five Rainbow Warriors scored in double figures as UH rocked Big West-leader Long Beach State in the first half, then got through a suspenseful second half in putting away the 49ers 94-73 on Thursday night.
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The marquee nonconference names on the 2013-14 Hawaii men's basketball schedule have emerged. Three, and possibly four, 2013 NCAA Tournament teams are on the docket, with the possibility of encountering more in another stacked Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic field.
One more player in, one more player out. Would-be senior Garrett Jefferson requested a release from the Hawaii basketball program, it was confirmed on Saturday, raising the program's early departure count to three this offseason.
Rainbow Warriors freshmen Manroop Clair and Ozren Pavlovic will not return for their sophomore seasons, UH coach Gib Arnold confirmed Saturday. But the same night the Warriors picked up a commitment from touted Missouri transfer Negus Webster-Chan, team sources confirmed.
Vander Joaquim wants a do-over on his farewell.
A net loss of $43,634 from this year’s Collegeinsider.com Tournament makes it unlikely the University of Hawaii will be involved in any more bottom-tier postseason basketball events, athletic director Ben Jay said Tuesday.
A disappointing end to a season of stepped-up expectations leaves the Hawaii basketball team with more questions than answers heading into the offseason.
University of Hawaii athletic director Ben Jay said he has been contacted by an attorney for Gib Arnold to discuss a possible extension of the head basketball coach’s contract.
With an assist from its former head coach, the University of Hawaii basketball team was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. The Rainbow Warriors' season was on the brink of ending after a first-round loss to UC Irvine in the Big West tournament.
Coach Bob Thomason was given a fitting sendoff from a 25-year career in the league he helped build with a 64-55 Tigers win over UC Irvine in the Big West Conference tournament championship game on Saturday.
Don't count on any charity from the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament this time.
Three times this season, Hawaii came back from a double-digit deficit in the second half to win a Big West Conference game.
Neither Christian Standhardinger's offense nor Vander Joaquim's rebounding could keep short-handed Hawaii from a late collapse in its final Big West Conference regular-season game.
Boosted by a crowd of 8,336 for the final regular-season home game Saturday, and an enhanced student following, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball attendance edged up by an average of 33 fans per game over last season.
Hawaii has a new nemesis, and its name is Cal Poly. The Mustangs spoiled the Rainbow Warriors' senior night behind 25 points from Chris Eversley and survived a frantic finish to deal UH a 64-61 defeat on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Partway through Thursday night's basketball game between the University of Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara, Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell turned to UH booster Ernie Nishizaki and said, "Do you realize that Hawaii is probably playing its closest geographical opponent tonight?"
There's still one more "first" to cross off the hoops to-do list for Hawaii veterans Vander Joaquim, Hauns Brereton and Jace Tavita. "Senior night, you only get one in your college career," Tavita said. "I'm excited."
Jace Tavita hadn't attempted a free throw in a game since Nov. 16, and was 1-for-7 at the line for the season when he stepped to the stripe with about a minute left.
Scott Fisher put it bluntly, as the Hawaii basketball assistant coach tends to do. "This time of the year, if you don't come to play, you're not going to win," Fisher said.
Hauns Brereton takes a grown-up approach to a youthful game. No matter how much ribbing the Hawaii basketball senior swingman takes about it.
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks had no chance of bracket-busting Hawaii's tallest trees. On "Star Wars Night," "Darth Vander" Joaquim was a force from all over the court, and the Rainbow Warriors rolled to their most lopsided win of the season, 84-50, behind their big men on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
ESPN's BracketBusters event has for years been widely criticized as close to meaningless for the majority of its mid-major participants. There is plenty of meaning to be found, however, in Hawaii's last hurrah in the soon-to-be defunct 11-year event.
It had all the makings of a script for the next "Mission: Impossible" movie. The premise: Give the University of Hawaii men's basketball team something it's never really had — an honest-to-goodness, raucous student section.
MRI results received Monday about the Hawaii basketball junior guard's left ankle were not good. Ligament tears around the joint could shelve him for the remainder of the 2012-13 season.
Hawaii junior guard Brandon Spearman doesn't yet know the extent of his left ankle injury suffered Saturday in a loss at Pacific, but he is optimistic on a return to action by the end of the regular season.
Brandon Spearman was looking glum. The Hawaii guard spent the second half of Saturday night's game at Pacific sitting on the last chair on the Rainbow Warriors' bench, his left leg stretched out over the next two chairs.
UC Davis sophomore forward Clint Bozner grabbed the rebound and went back up for the dunk attempt. He couldn't quite get there, slamming the ball off the rim. And then, it bounced in.
In a 48-hour span, a weakness became a strength. Hawaii went from tying a season-high of 23 turnovers on Thursday to setting a season low of seven, and the Rainbow Warriors matched their longest winning streak under Gib Arnold at five games with a 78-72 defeat of UC Irvine on Saturday night.
Few things are more fitting than a Battle of the 'Fros on " '70s Disco Night." The retro hair styles of Hawaii freshman Isaac Fotu and UC Irvine senior Michael Wilder will be on full display at 7 tonight, when the Rainbow Warriors and Anteaters square off at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The game couldn't end fast enough, until Hawaii finally ended it. Five Rainbow Warriors scored in double figures as UH rocked Big West-leader Long Beach State in the first half, then got through a suspenseful second half in putting away the 49ers 94-73 on Thursday night.
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