Hawaii Warrior World

Formerly about Rainbow Warriors basketball, but now covering all University of Hawaii sports.

About the blog host

Brian McInnis has covered sports on Oahu full time since 2007, when he joined the Honolulu Star-Bulletin staff as a general reporter. He was the UH basketball beat writer from the 2008-09 season through 2017-18. Follow him on twitter @Brian_McInnis

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Arnold speaks at QB Club

By Brian McInnis on June 25, 2013

Hawaii coach Gib Arnold entertained the Honolulu Quarterback Club with some general UH hoops updates on Monday. Here were some of the main items discussed at the Maple Garden Restaurant. The food was tasty. >> He led off by calling Christian Standhardinger and Isaac Fotu “two of the best forwards in the conference” as part of why he is anticipating the coming Big West season. >> Fotu turned down at least one fairly lucrative pro contract from a team in […]

2013 Summer League rosters set

By Brian McInnis on June 21, 2013

Time to draw some new blood in the 2013 Hawaii College Basketball Summer League. Action tips off Saturday at the Manoa Park Gym at 6 p.m. between Clark Hatch Fitness and Solar Universe, with a second game at 7:30 between National Fire Protection Co. and Wealth Strategy Partners. Rosters for the six-team league were released Thursday. Thirteen of the 16 players on the 2013-14 University of Hawaii roster are sprinkled among five of the teams, so on any given Tuesday, […]

Beeman/Wahine hoops summer update

By Brian McInnis on June 8, 2013

Hawaii women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman was gracious with some of her time to answer some general questions on Saturday in the midst of her Rainbow Wahine basketball camp. Nothing has yet been resolved on a new contract for her following the team’s 17-14 successful campaign, but both parties (Beeman and UH) seem comfortable with a deliberate pace on this one. “I’m just kind of waiting to see what’s going to happen, if there’s going to be any moving and […]

Rozitis to return

By Brian McInnis on April 25, 2013

The biggest question mark remaining on the current Hawaii basketball roster finally offered up an answer on Thursday. With a simple “I’m coming back!” message, Davis Rozitis confirmed he’d be around for his senior season in 2013-14, turning the tide (at least for the moment) of early player departures that have plagued the Rainbow Warriors under Gib Arnold. The 7-foot Latvian Rozitis, a popular teammate, will be the only player to play all four years under Arnold since the coach […]

Garrett Nevels commits Q&A

By Brian McInnis on April 17, 2013

The second Hawaii spring commitment was confirmed late Tuesday night from Mount San Antonio College guard Garrett Nevels. It came down to UH and Morehead State. He said he intends to send in his LOI paperwork at a joint ceremony with Corey Allen (also recruited by UH, but he committed to South Florida) in a Friday ceremony at Mt. SAC. Here’s what Nevels had to say on the matter in some Q&A: Q: When did you know your decision? A: […]

2 out, 1 in (with Webster-Chan commit Q&A)

By Brian McInnis on April 13, 2013

Negus Webster-Chan became the Hawaii basketball team’s first commitment of the spring on Saturday night. Webster-Chan liked what he saw during his UH visit Friday and Saturday. The 6-7 swingman will have to sit out 2013-14 then will have three years of eligibility. Saturday also came with acknowledgement from UH coach Gib Arnold that freshmen Manroop Clair and Ozren Pavlovic will not return for their sophomore seasons. This shouldn’t come as a shocker to anyone who followed the program. Clair […]

Webster-Chan here, Q. Smith next week

By Brian McInnis on April 12, 2013

Hawaii did some shuffling of its recruit visits with the spring signing day rapidly approaching. Negus Webster-Chan, a 6-7, 200-pound swingman who played for Missouri in 2012-13, is currently on an official visit to UH. Webster-Chan, of Ontario, Canada, averaged 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 15.5 minutes as a Tigers freshman, starting six of 32 contests. He connected on 16 of 59 3-pointers (27.1) percent). He’ll have to sit out a year wherever he ends up, then will have […]

Batter up

By Brian McInnis on April 8, 2013

With Corey Allen and Garrett Nevels come and gone from the islands with those two still undecided on their commitments, Hawaii is set to bring up the next recruit to the plate. City College of San Francisco 6-foot freshman point guard Quincy Smith will take an official visit to UH this weekend, CCSF coach Justin Labach said on Monday. Smith averaged 9.1 points, 3.6 assists and 1.7 turnovers on 46 percent shooting from the field, 74.2 percent from the free-throw […]

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