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Hawaii basketball forward Zigmars Raimo joined some exclusive company when he was named to the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic all-tournament team on Christmas. He was joined by tournament MVP Alex Robinson and Jaylen Fisher of tourney champion TCU, Jordan Barnes of runner-up Indiana State and Nate Sestina of third-place Bucknell. In the DHC’s 10 years, only six Rainbow Warriors have been named to the all-tourney team. The junior from Latvia had seven points and seven rebounds against UNLV, 14 […]

This kind of finish to the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic did not seem especially likely a few days ago. Yet Hawaii went from merely salvaging a game in its premiere tournament to putting together — on the fly — the kind of run that could last well into conference play. A 68-60 defeat of Rhode Island of the Atlantic 10 on Christmas lent credence to the notion that UH’s overtime upset of Colorado was no fluke two days prior. […]

There’s rebounding, and then there’s what Hawaii did on Sunday against Colorado. The Rainbow Warriors went from getting outdone soundly on the glass to UNLV, to polishing the windows at both ends in a thrilling 70-62 overtime comeback win over the Buffaloes in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic consolation semifinals Sunday. UH won the battle of the boards 48-35 about 24 hours after losing it 44-29. But it was a rebound of a performance in general; UH was deflated […]

Ouch. What else can you say after Hawaii was taken apart in the second half of its Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic opener against UNLV of the Mountain West? “I appreciated our fight-back at the end there to give us an opportunity with two and a half, three minutes left,” UH coach Eran Ganot said. “But we just had too many lapses in a lot of areas.” The Runnin’ Rebels sped away for a 73-59 victory, sending the Rainbow Warriors […]