Bringing in the guards
By Brian McInnis on April 15, 2017UH, which has four scholarships to hand out, is hosting two guards early in the spring signing period.
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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
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Taking stock
By Brian McInnis on April 13, 2017Hawaii basketball is up to four early player departures this spring.
Banquet pivot
By Brian McInnis on April 12, 2017In a sense, the 2017 UH basketball postseason banquet was a pivot from past to future.
Owies gets release
By Brian McInnis on April 7, 2017Point guard Matt Owies has been released from the program.
JUCO center to visit
By Brian McInnis on April 5, 2017Casper College (Wyo.) center Colin Russell will take an official visit to Hawaii this weekend, sources confirmed. Word is the 6-foot-10 (or 6-foot-9), 224-pound Russell is the first visitor of the spring. Russell, who averaged 9.1 points and 4.8 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game for the Thunderbirds in 2016-17, would fill a need up front for the Rainbow Warriors. With Russell, the Thunderbirds went 24-9 and reached the second round of the NJCAA Region IX tournament. UH has two […]
Final schedule breakdown
By Brian McInnis on April 4, 2017Now that all games for the 2016-17 season are in the books, here’s a breakdown of how UH’s full schedule rated.
Some notes
By Brian McInnis on April 2, 2017Everyone enjoying some March (now April) Madness? Despite an unusual Final Four composition, ultimately it was a couple of No. 1 seeds that made it to Monday’s national championship — North Carolina and Gonzaga. When UNC held off Oregon in the Final Four on Saturday, the Tar Heels became the first Hawaii opponent to reach the national final in the same season since 1992-93 — when UNC won it all. The Heels beat UH 101-84 in the Rainbow Classic third-place game on […]
2016-17 season officially over
By Brian McInnis on March 10, 2017Hawaii’s 73-62 loss to Long Beach State in the Big West tournament first round was the definitive end to the 2016-17 season.