The Rainbow Warriors will try to make their Christmas a jolly one for the third straight year in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic third-place game against Auburn. Tipoff is at 1:30 p.m. with the game televised on ESPN2.
Jack Purchase’s family, including Australian Hall of Famer Andrew Gaze, is taking a holiday visit to the islands.
The details are very much in the infant stages, but Eran Ganot’s basketball Rainbow Warriors are planning an international tour to Australia, and maybe New Zealand as well, either in the summer of 2016 or 2017. The UH football team is opening its 2016 season against Cal in Sydney on Aug. 27.
There’s something brewing on the end of the Hawaii bench.
A Q&A session with Matthew Owies, the first UH men’s basketball commitment for the 2016-17 season.
Eran Ganot has his first oral commitment for the 2016-17 season in Australian point guard Matthew Owies.
UH hoops recruit Bryce Canda did not gain admission to UH for the fall semester.
Not only will Jack Purchase potentially provide something for three years after he redshirts — his shooting and passing are said to be his greatest assets, especially for his size — he marks the first in what Ganot hopes will be a long line of Australians eager to join the program in seasons to come.