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
Hawaii recruiting prospect Gligorije Rakocevic, who visited the Manoa campus over the weekend, indicated he doesn’t plan to make a commitment until the late signing period in the spring. He named the other schools he’s considering as Washington State, Oregon State, New Mexico and Utah.
The Hawaii men’s basketball team tipped off full practices for the 2014-15 season on Saturday morning in UH’s auxiliary Gym 2.
Besides Saturday’s Green & White scrimmage, Hawaii coach Gib Arnold said Wednesday he doesn’t plan to have a complete practice until Friday, Oct. 10, because of various player ailments.
Aaron Valdes claimed Gib Arnold’s 2014 “King of the Beach” preseason conditioning title on Saturday morning at Queen’s Beach, outdoing runner-up Sammis Reyes and third-place Garrett Nevels.
Where did the offseason go? The start of NCAA men’s basketball full 2014-15 practices are nearly upon us.
With his FIBA World Cup competition at its end in the round of 16, it can be said convincingly: Isaac Fotu stood tall among the Tall Blacks.
The Hawaii men’s basketball team and Hawaii Hilo are working on converting a preseason exhibition into an official regular-season game on Nov. 19.
Isaac Fotu, Hawaii basketball’s junior forward, put up a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double in a 73-61 win over Ukraine on Wednesday. He followed that up with 18 points and eight boards as New Zealand edged Finland 67-65 on Thursday.