Bolstering the ranks
By Brian McInnis on May 20, 2016UH has added two players as walk-ons from California junior colleges.
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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
Latest news
Upcoming hoops events
By Brian McInnis on May 17, 2016UH coach Eran Ganot makes a public appearance on Wednesday, and some dates have been set for UH basketball’s summer hoops clinics for kids.
UCLA’s Allen announces commitment
By Brian McInnis on May 10, 2016UCLA wing Noah Allen told the Star-Advertiser on Tuesday that he’ll be transferring to Manoa for his final year of eligibility as a graduate student.
Banking banquet awards
By Brian McInnis on May 6, 2016The UH basketball postseason banquet seemed to function as a goodbye for this successful team.
UH looks to Latvia
By Brian McInnis on May 4, 2016Forward Zigmars Raimo of Latvia has offered a verbal commitment to the Rainbow Warriors and is expected to become official soon, possibly as soon as Thursday.
Friday recruiting update
By Brian McInnis on April 29, 2016Salt Lake CC’s Gibson Johnson called his visit to UH a “10 out of 10” earlier this week. He said he plans to take a visit to North Carolina State of the ACC in the next two weeks, then will make his decision.
Big recruiting week
By Brian McInnis on April 26, 2016As you most likely are aware, the Hawaii basketball team has a lot of work to do on the recruiting front to replace its considerable offseason player losses. UH lost nine of the 15 players from its Big West championship season. Of the six slated to return, three are walk-ons, and two of the six (Mike Thomas and Sheriff Drammeh) played meaningful minutes in 2015-16. So far, the Rainbow Warriors have one player signed this spring in Redondo Union High’s […]
Filipovich bids farewell
By Brian McInnis on April 9, 2016Niko Filipovich, UH’s third-year sophomore guard, has decided to call it a hoops career.