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Can ‘Bows beat out pick again?

By Brian McInnis on January 30, 2019

Hawaii baseball has never been picked especially high in the Big West. It’s also true that Mike Trapasso’s teams have outperformed their perceived status the last several years. The Rainbow Warriors were picked to finish sixth in the 2019 coaches poll announced Wednesday. It might not sound like much, but that matches the highest league prediction in UH’s seven years of Big West baseball. It’s the third time UH was picked there, along with its first two seasons in the […]

Baseball ‘Bows have fair share of prospects

By Billy Hull on January 29, 2019

The Big West preseason baseball poll as voted on by league coaches comes out Wednesday, but there have been other preseason prognostications for the conference that show Hawaii has its fair share of MLB Draft prospects. The D1Baseball.com season preview of the Big West has Hawaii finishing sixth at 11-13 (identical to last season) in a conference that is expected to be much improved in 2019. In terms of individual talent however, Hawaii right-hander Dylan Thomas, who UH coach Mike […]

Warriors stay at No. 2 in poll

By Cindy Luis on January 28, 2019

Hawaii (3-0) stayed at No. 2 for a second consecutive week in the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Volleyball Top 15 released on Monday. Ahead of Hawaii was unanimous No. 1 Long Beach State (7-0), the defending national champion receiving all 16 first-place votes. Behind the Warriors were BYU (4-0), which traded places with new-No. 4 UC Irvine (8-2). #AVCA Top-15 (Jan. 28): 1. Long Beach State2. Hawai'i3. BYU4. UC Irvine5. UCLA6. Pepperdine7. Loyola-Chicago8. Stanford9. UC Santa Barbara10. Lewis11. Ball State12. […]

Some in-the-stands perspective

By Dave Reardon on January 28, 2019

Each basketball season I make a point of watching at least one University of Hawaii game from the stands instead of courtside at the Stan Sheriff Center. It’s not just a ploy to try to get a free trim via the who-needs-a-haircut promotion, or, when the blimp makes its bombing run, coupons for those mystery meat fast-food tacos I really like. No, I like to remind myself what it was like watching these games before it became a job. Usually […]

Warrior Beat: Global network

By Stephen Tsai on January 27, 2019

It was a nice gesture for UH to recognize Australia Day before last night’s basketball game. Of the 82 international players on 2018-2019 UH rosters, 14 are from Australia. That’s second to Canada (22) in the number of international players represented from a foreign country. Of the men’s sports, the football team has the most Australians — defensive end Max Hendrie, kicker Ryan Meskell and punters Stan Gaudion and Ben Scruton. After crunching the numbers, it should be noted: > […]

Buggs outduels Shorts

By Brian McInnis on January 26, 2019

Drew Buggs really, really didn’t want to give UC Davis any life. On Wednesday against UC Irvine, he’d seen what could happen when that happened. So when Davis was hanging around within 10 points in crunch time, Buggs slammed the coffin shut on the Aggies and reigning Big West player of the year TJ Shorts II. He unleashed several minutes of scoring and playmaking that represented some of the best ball of his young career, taking the Rainbow Warriors home […]

UH tops No. 5 ASU, remains unbeaten

By Brian McInnis on January 26, 2019

The Hawaii water polo team dropped in the national rankings slightly this week, from a tie for sixth to No. 7. But the Rainbow Wahine figure to move up after defeating No. 5 Arizona State 10-7 at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex on Saturday. Senior attacker Irene Gonzalez scored four times and UH (4-0), off to its best start to a season since 2010, takes its unblemished record into a matchup at No. 3 UCLA on Friday. “I guess this […]

Warrior Beat: UH vs. UC Davis

By Stephen Tsai on January 26, 2019

Big west play continues with tonight’s basketball game between UC Davis and UH in the Stan Sheriff Center. Tipoff is at 7:05 p.m. * * * * * The ‘Bows (11-7, 2-2 Big West) are rebounding from Wednesday’s come-from-ahead loss in overtime in which they blew a 14-point lead in the second half. The turning point was a hook-and-hold call against UH forward Jack Purchase. It was a controversial call — not horrendous, like a Saints-Rams non-call — but still, […]

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