Formerly about Rainbow Warriors basketball, but now covering all University of Hawaii sports.
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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
Hey all, particularly Rainbow Wahine basketball fans, our apologies about the delay on the online postings of UH women’s game stories today (of UH’s win over Idaho) and on Tuesday (of its loss to Nevada). The stories appeared as normal in the print version of the paper, but there was an error in both cases on getting the story posted online along with the day’s other stories, as some of you noted. It was a big week for the Wahine, […]
Huge victory tonight by Gib Arnold‘s Rainbow Warriors in Boise, Idaho. A program that reached a 13-game WAC road losing streak earlier this season (going back to 2008-09) now has a genuine WAC road winning streak to call its own. But UH (13-9, 4-6 WAC) can’t afford to let up. While four WAC wins exceeds last season’s three, there isn’t much separating the middle of the WAC pack from the bottom right now. The Rainbow Warriors remained in sixth place, and […]
The Hawaii men’s basketball team is feeling pretty confident going into tomorrow’s showdown against Western Athletic Conference leader Utah State at the Stan Sheriff Center. UH coach Gib Arnold promised “a little somethin’-somethin’ ” along with UH football coach Greg McMackin for fans who arrive early at the arena. Could it be the board shorts-and-slippers look he alluded to on the Call the Coach Show earlier this week? I don’t think he was referring just to the Bud Light Tailgate Party […]
It was simply amazing to see Miah Ostrowski go through Hawaii men’s basketball practice today without his father’s death — just hours earlier — showing any discernible effect on his play. He simply did what he does regularly by bringing energy and playmaking ability. For those who haven’t yet heard, Miah’s father, Kui Ostrowski, died overnight after suffering a seizure and heart failure. He was only 43. My condolences to Miah and his family. It was obvious how hard it […]
Last time Dana Takahara-Dias and her Rainbow Wahine went up to Fresno State, they got blasted by 41 points, a UH WAC record loss. A couple different ways to look at today’s matchup at FSU. The last-place Wahine (6-12, 0-5 WAC) could say they have nothing to lose — they fell 53-43 at lowly San Jose State on Saturday — and play inspired … or they could feel the weight of their brutal WAC start, come out flat, and get […]
There was plenty to like in the Hawaii men’s basketball team’s first half last night against Fresno State. The timely return of 3-point shooting, offensive execution and rebounding was encouraging. Almost just as much to dislike in the second half, when the Bulldogs nearly made up a 20-point halftime deficit. The shots stopped falling, but FSU didn’t have quite enough and fell 62-52 to the Rainbow Warriors. In the end, it’s still a UH win, and the Rainbows are in […]
The Hawaii men’s basketball team has played basketball at all hours this season. There was the late-night game in the Rainbow Classic, a morning game in the Diamond Head Classic on Christmas Day, not to mention awkward hours of practices on UH’s recent road trips. So the Rainbow Warriors (10-8, 1-5 WAC) shrugged off a late-night practice at Klum Gym last night — held from 9 to 10:45 p.m. because coach Gib Arnold had just returned home from a recruiting […]
While senior forward Bill Amis (22 points and 12 rebounds) rightfully got much of the credit for Hawaii’s huge 56-48 win at Louisiana Tech on Saturday, the Rainbow Warriors got much-needed support from junior guard Miah Ostrowski to help put the game away. Ostrowski got a steal and fed Joston Thomas for an alley-oop basket, then grabbed a rebound as was fouled in the final minutes, making both free throws. His two points and one assist in 12 minutes of […]