Court Sense

Hawaii is no stranger to tough opening-round matchups in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. Florida State. Auburn. Miami. Illinois State. And now, Miami again, this time with the Hurricanes ranked No. 6. Miami-UH marks the first time in the nine years of the DHC that a first-round matchup is repeated. The Shane Larkin-led Hurricanes topped the Rainbows 73-58 in 2012, then dropped their next two to finish fourth. This is Hawaii’s first ranked foe in the DHC first round. […]

In what’s considered a toss-up game, Hawaii has a hurdle to clear in the form of Utah Valley before it settles in for the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. Utah Valley (7-4), a former junior college program that formerly went by Utah Valley State, has been in Division I for 15 years. The Wolverines have steadily been on the rise under third-year coach Mark Pope, who’s brought in a bevy of D-I and junior college transfers. UVU doesn’t do a […]

Let us pause and take a moment of appreciation for the Hawaii basketball team’s steadiest performer. That would be fourth-year junior point guard Brocke Stepteau, the 5-foot-9 walk-on wonder who delivered once again for the Rainbow Warriors coming off the bench on Wednesday night. Stepteau is shooting an eye-popping 64.5 percent from the field through seven games for UH (5-2) going into tonight’s contest against Hawaii Hilo at the Stan Sheriff Center. His season-high 16 points on 3-for-5 shooting (7-for-8 […]

Hawaii’s seven-game homestand through the month of December begins now, against Prairie View A&M of the SWAC. Drew Buggs is back in the starting lineup after his season-high 14-point game in Saturday’s 20-point loss at Utah. Will the season trend — the point guard coming off the bench outplaying the starter — endure tonight? Brocke Stepteau has been very steady in almost any situation. UH (4-2) actually has a pretty strong RPI — it was 120 as of the start of […]

Of course Hawaii is doing a Greenout on Black Friday. That’s a very Hawaii-esque thing to do. You know what else is? Beating Nevada at home. UH did that with regularity until its last few years in the WAC, when the Wolf Pack went on a 10-game overall streak against the ‘Bows. As it is, UH leads the series in Honolulu 11-5. If UH (3-0) is to remain unbeaten after tonight, it’ll take quite some doing against Nevada (5-0). The […]

Jaaron Stallworth’s Hawaii basketball career will go down as a few DNPs. Stallworth is leaving the Rainbow Warriors, according to sources. The third-string point guard has not been at recent practices and is not expected to be on the bench for UH’s matchup with Nevada tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound sophomore who transferred from Yuba College will likely look to transfer out at the semester break. The Elk Grove, Calif., native did not appear in UH’s […]