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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Stiff competition

By Brian McInnis on April 4, 2013

If Hawaii is to land the services of Mount San Antonio College guards Corey Allen and/or Garrett Nevels, it will have to beat out some tough competition to do so. The two completed their mid-week visit to UH on Thursday. Allen has visits coming up to Pittsburgh and South Florida and Nevels to Morehead State, and likely Seton Hall and New Mexico. Nevels and Allen, reached in separate phone interviews, said they both enjoyed their time in the islands. Their […]

Allen, Nevels arrive // Banquet time

By Brian McInnis on April 3, 2013

Hawaii basketball recruiting targets Corey Allen and Garrett Nevels of Mount San Antonio College (Calif.) are expected to attend the Rainbow Warriors’ team banquet tonight at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Ballroom. They’re believed to be primary targets among UH’s top five recruiting prospects for next season. The guard pair arrived in Honolulu late Tuesday night, and will be here until Thursday morning. (Allen is pictured on left with Nevels on right.) Having recruits in for a mid-week visit is […]

Mount SAC duo (updated with visit confirmed)

By Brian McInnis on March 27, 2013

Mount San Antonio College’s starting backcourt of 6-foot Corey Allen and 6-2 Garrett Nevels led the Mounties to their first California Community College Athletic Association state championship last week. If you didn’t read Ferd Lewis this week, Hawaii has its eyes on both players. The two averaged about a combined 40 points during a 29-3 season. UPDATED: The two players are taking visits to UH, but the exact time frame for their visits are unknown. They might be here this weekend or, […]

Disappearing act (updated: Joaquim speaks)

By Brian McInnis on March 22, 2013

Well, we’ve had a couple of days to digest Hawaii’s 69-65 season-ending loss to Air Force in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Here’s the short list of things the game could be remembered most for: A) Air Force bombing 15 3s in 31 attempts without its best player B) 12th man Michael Harper helping spark a 19-0 first-half run that put UH up three at halftime C) Vander Joaquim ending his career by storming out of the Stan Sheriff Center with […]

CIT UH-AFA ticket info

By Brian McInnis on March 18, 2013

UH athletics is in scramble mode to get the word out about Wednesday’s CIT game against Air Force. Here’s what UH is offering on short notice, straight from their release. Note the discounts offered to military personnel. ———— The University of Hawai`i Athletics Department will offer special ticket promotions for the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament first-round game it is hosting against Air Force on Wednesday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Stan Sheriff Center. Beginning today (Monday) at 5:00 p.m., […]

CIT still up in the air

By Brian McInnis on March 16, 2013

Let’s assume for a moment that the Hawaii athletics administration is willing to put up the $35,000 base fee for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, plus whatever additional ticket and operational costs UH has to front, which might come out to about another $20K. As of Saturday night, there’s a chance Hawaii could score a berth to the 32-team CIT. Take a moment to appreciate how unlikely this seemed on the heels of the demoralizing 71-60 loss to UC Irvine in […]

Final seeding scenarios

By Brian McInnis on March 9, 2013

Now that we’ve entered the final day of the Big West regular season, some of the convoluted seeding scenarios are finally a little more clear. All will be known after tonight. First, on the men’s side: UH can finish as either the No. 5 team or the No. 6. UH will be the fifth seed if UC Davis loses at home to UC Irvine. In which case UH (10-8) will play the Anteaters (11-7) in the 4-5 matchup. UH will […]

Tavita dislocates finger // Big West scenarios // Kapiolani Hospital team visit

By Brian McInnis on March 4, 2013

Adding injury to insult, Hawaii point guard Jace Tavita suffered a dislocated left pinkie finger in UH’s 64-61 loss to Cal Poly on Saturday’s senior night. He played the last 10-15 minutes of the game with it, UH coach Gib Arnold said. Unlike Brandon Spearman’s ankle sprain, the team doesn’t believe it to be a serious setback, though. Tavita is set to have a minor surgery on Tuesday to re-align his finger, after which Arnold hopes he’ll be good to […]

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