The history resonates on both sides.

When Hawaii takes on Chaminade at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center on Friday night, it will be a throwback to old days in local hoops lore.

UH played all its home games in the Blaisdell for 27 seasons, between 1967 to 1994, spanning the Fab Five era to Trevor Ruffin’s banked top-arc 3 to beat BYU at the buzzer in ’94.

Since the completion of the on-campus Special Events Arena (rebranded the Stan Sheriff Center), the Rainbow Warriors haven’t been back.

On Division II Chaminade’s side, it’s only what’s considered by many to be the greatest upset in college basketball history. Back on Dec. 23, 1982, Chaminade defeated top-ranked Virginia and Ralph Sampson at the NBC, a seminal moment that helped lead to the creation of the Maui Invitational.

"It has the sense of a lot of history to it," said Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird, gazing around the interior of the 7,500-seat venue for the first time on Thursday.

The Silverswords last played at the Blaisdell in 2011, but boast other signature wins there in the early 1980s against Louisville (twice), SMU and Hawaii.

"I’ll have to bring that up to the guys," Bovaird said. "It’s already been done, so go ahead and do it again."

Chaminade (4-5) is technically the home team on Friday, with the wrinkle that it counts as an exhibition for the Silverswords but a regular game for the Rainbow Warriors. This will be the fourth Division I team the ‘Swords face; they went 0-3 against Pittsburgh, BYU and Missouri on Maui last month.

UH (7-3) routed another PacWest Conference team, Hawaii Hilo, 89-71 on Nov. 19. Point guard Roderick Bobbitt went for a triple-double with a UH-record 10 steals.

"We want to try to win ‘em all. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing," Bovaird said. "We want to try to win every single game and try to get better every single game. It is a little bit different, but I know the guys are excited about this opportunity to play another Division I team."

Friday’s game is actually the nightcap of a doubleheader beginning with Hawaii Pacific and Montana State-Billings at 4:30 p.m. General admission seating purchased for either game is good for the other as well. There is no TV coverage.

Both teams held practices at the Blaisdell on Thursday. Of the two, UH went lighter.

"I think I got a pretty good feeling here," shooting guard Garrett Nevels said after the shootaround.

The teams met off island around this time the last two years. UH held off CU in competitive games on both Molokai in 2012 (104-93) and Kauai in 2013 (94-84).

"We just gotta come out focused and play hard from the beginning," Nevels said. "Last year we took them lightly and they got that (15-point first-half) lead on us."

UH hasn’t played since losing 90-70 to BYU in Salt Lake City on Dec. 6. It’s allowed swingman Negus Webster-Chan enough time over finals week to rehab his sprained right ankle suffered in BYU pregame warmups, and UH’s fourth-leading scorer (9.2 ppg) is likely to resume his starting role Friday.

Webster-Chan felt more game-ready than he thought he would at this point.

"Eighty, 85 percent," Webster-Chan said. "(Athletic trainer) Jay Goo did a lot of rehab with me and it helped me a lot."

UH will need its firepower against the up-tempo Silverswords, who’ve already topped 80 points five times this season and average 8.3 long ball makes per game. Senior point guard Lee Bailey leads CU with 14.3 points and 3.6 assists per game.

"I’m most concerned about us defensively," Bovaird said. "We’ve got to get better defensively guarding people off the dribble. rotations, stuff like that. It’s been our focus."

Chaminade is coming off a 78-72 loss to Hawaii Pacific at McCabe Gym on Wednesday night.

The Blaisdell was the site of Chaminade’s lone victory over UH in the series, a 56-47 ‘Swords victory under coach Merv Lopes on Dec. 17, 1982. Just six days later, Chaminade knocked off Virginia.

UH has won four straight in the series since, all since 2003.