Court Sense

I haven’t posted about all things Rainbow Wahine for a while, so it’s about that time. Depth has been a concern all season, especially with the announcement this week that backup point guard Jasmine Ray requested (and was granted) her release from the team. The writing was on the wall about this one; she’d been suspended for a few games, including the New York road trip, and the body language wasn’t good while she was out. Sophomore wing Shawna Kuehu […]

There was a silver lining in the UH football team’s implosion down the stretch this season. At least, if you’re a UH basketball fan. Point guard Miah Ostrowski makes his second and final transition to the hardwood starting tonight in an evening practice, considerably earlier in December than if the Warriors had qualified for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve. The role of Ostrowski, who did much to turn around the basketball team’s fortunes in WAC play last season, won’t […]

As bright an early signing period as it was for the Hawaii men’s basketball team, news on the personnel front wasn’t all positive. Morningside (Calif.) High graduate Gerry Blakes will not be able to join the Rainbow Warriors over the upcoming semester break, as he continues to focus on academics at Citrus College in California. UH coach Gib Arnold was previously optimistic he could arrive midway through the season. Right now, the combo guard is greyshirting and is not playing […]

The battle between No. 6 Duke and No. 14 Kansas for the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational tonight should be just as interesting in the stands as it is on the court. With a capacity of only 2,400, the Lahaina Civic Center has no chance of housing all of the hundreds of fans who flew over. Kansas filled the gym by itself in its two preliminary games, and Duke wasn’t far behind. Reports surfaced of fans waiting from 4:30 this […]

I was dispatched to the Valley Isle to cover the EA Sports Maui Invitational, so the intrepid Jason Kaneshiro will be our writer at the Hawaii-Eastern Washington game at the Stan Sheriff Center on Tuesday night. EWU (1-2) won’t be afraid of UH (1-1). The Eagles have single-digit losses at Gonzaga (the same team that just defeated the ‘Bows by 19 in Vancouver) and at Oregon. Should be a tester game for the ‘Bows coming off a short rest from […]

Hawaii’s opponent in its season opener tonight at 11 p.m. might be one of the more unique foes UH faces all season. Cal State Northridge is young (the youngest in Division I basketball), guard-oriented, and unorthodox with its defense. UH coach Gib Arnold, who took scout duties himself for this opponent, had plenty to prepare for based on his knowledge of 16-year CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell. “I’m expecting a lot of fullcourt pressure, both in the man-to-man and run-and-jump, […]

In lieu of a full press conference on Monday, UH elected on a press release today for Gib Arnold’s new three-year deal worth $344,000 annually. The new contract is effective going back to July 1, with this season counting as the first on the deal. It replaces his original three-year contract of his date of hire in March 2010. Here’s what athletic director Jim Donovan and Arnold had to say in the release. “I think Gib had an outstanding inaugural […]

Friday’s UH men’s basketball practice had some international flavor to it. Two prospective players for the Hawaii men’s basketball team are on official visits to the Manoa campus this weekend. Orel Lev, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Tel Aviv, Israel, and Isaac Fotu, a 6-foot-7 forward from New Zealand, took in the Rainbow Warriors’ practice. Lev, who’s captained the Israeli Under-18 national team, also has experience with Maccabi Tel Aviv’s U-18 amateur squad. He could potentially join UH over the […]