Commissioner sees UH as a key addition as the Big West tries to raise its profile
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 03, 2013
~~<p>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?"</p>
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?"
The schools are separated by 2,481 miles, and that's as close as UH can get in Division I in most sports. Login for more...