ANAHEIM, CALIF. » Don’t count on any charity from the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament this time.

Hawaii basketball fans shouldn’t expect an invitation from the pay-for-play CIT like the Rainbow Warriors received two years ago, and it’s not a given that budget-conscious UH would accept an offer to host a game if one were extended.

UH has all but officially called it a season at 17-14 coming off its 71-60 loss to UC Irvine in the Big West Conference tournament quarterfinals at the Honda Center on Thursday.

Third-year coach Gib Arnold and his assistants went into offseason recruiting mode in California on Friday, while UH players flew back to the islands.

UH athletic director Ben Jay did not discount the possibility, but said Friday "nothing going on right now" in regard to postseason discussions.

Just before UH’s Big West tournament loss, Jay did not sound interested in the CIT.

"At this point in time I really have to be fiscally responsible. … We’re already over budget," he said.

Former UH coach Riley Wallace, the selection committee chairperson of the 32-team CIT, likewise would not rule out UH but also made the possibility sound bleak.

Still, he will have to replace a Big West team that will win the league tournament championship today and go to the NCAA Tournament.

"Something would have to happen with the West Coast teams," Wallace said. "We’ve got three from that conference now. … Something could open up. But as of right now it doesn’t look good."

Wallace said Pacific, UC Irvine and Cal Poly were in line for invitations. Long Beach State, which lost to Irvine in a Friday semifinal, is bound for the NIT.

The former coach said UH would be asked to host in any longshot invitation scenario. Hosting teams in the CIT pay a base fee of $35,000 this year, Wallace has said.

UH’s two-game appearance in the 2011 CIT — in which it hosted both contests, a win over Portland and a loss to San Francisco — was the program’s first postseason participation since the 2004 NIT.

Meanwhile, Jay said there was no timetable on an end-of-season evaluation interview with Arnold.

Arnold is entering the final year of his three-year contract UH reworked in the summer of 2011.

"It’s not even about contracts," Jay said. "You sit down with your coaches and talk about the season and what they’re doing looking forward. But the coaches (Arnold and Rainbow Wahine coach Laura Beeman) are already working on recruiting. They’re back out on the road. So we’ll sit down with both coaches and talk about their season. It’s part of the evaluation process."