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UH hoops practice preview

By Brian McInnis on September 24, 2013

Practice? Y’all want to talk about practice? Already? Believe it or not (I can’t), it’s that time again, ladies and gents. The Hawaii men’s basketball team starts up full practices for the 2013-14 season on Friday — a good two and a half weeks ahead of the traditional start to practices of past seasons around Oct. 15. The NCAA bumped up the time coaches get to spend with their players before the season, giving them 30 days of full practices […]

UNLV game rewind

By Brian McInnis on December 2, 2012

Playing at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center was going to be a tall order no matter what. But digging a 26-point hole in the first half  — and 22 at halftime — made things no easier for the Hawaii men’s basketball team on Saturday. Despite that, give the ‘Bows credit for coming out the way they did in the second half. They got to within eight points on two occasions before the No. 24 Rebels closed it out. They were […]

Getting the point

By Brian McInnis on October 14, 2012

One of the most interesting storylines around the Hawaii men’s basketball team all season will be point guard play. Jace Tavita has assumed the mantle of the starter after coming in from Utah nearly two years ago and redshirting since that time. Barring something drastic, he’ll get the bulk of the time at the position. But you can’t, obviously, have him responsible for all 40 minutes every game of the season. With no other traditional point guards on the roster […]

Summer League Saturday recap

By Brian McInnis on July 7, 2012

Hoops fans at the Manoa District Park gym were treated to quite the contest on Saturday night between the league leaders of the 36th College Summer League, unbeatens Flipbooks Hawaii (4-0) and Grantco Pacific (3-0). The infusion of current UH players this week for summer school undoubtedly helped spice things up, but leave it to one of the old guard to have the last word on the matter. UH alum Julian Sensley put the exclamation point on a back-and-forth affair, […]