Gameday: at UC Irvine
By Brian McInnis on February 20, 2016When Hawaii and UC Irvine met up at the Stan Sheriff Center nine days ago, that was a big game. This one’s bigger.
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Gameday: UC Irvine
By Brian McInnis on February 11, 2016The Big West regular-season title won’t be decided tonight, but the inside track for it is definitely up for grabs.
Gameday: at Cal Poly
By Brian McInnis on February 6, 2016Snakebitten. That’s really the only way to describe Cal Poly’s season to this point. The 2-6 Mustangs could be 6-2, coach Joe Callero feels, if their late-game execution had been better at some key moments. Nowhere was that better illustrated than Poly’s inability to close out UC Irvine on Wednesday at Mott Gym. They allowed the Anteaters, trailing by three in the final seconds, to heave a fullcourt pass to Mamadou Ndiaye at the opposite elbow. After the defense inexplicably […]
Still getting a few votes
By Brian McInnis on January 18, 2016So much for the notion that two road wins would boost Hawaii basketball’s standing in national poll voting. After beating UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton on the mainland last week, UH (15-2, 4-0 Big West) actually received fewer votes in today’s Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls. UH dropped from four points to three in the AP Poll and from one point to none in the Coaches. Apparently the road W’s weren’t emphatic enough to impress […]
Gameday: Big West tournament quarterfinals
By Brian McInnis on March 12, 2015Hawaii wins its first game in three tries in the Big West Tournament.
Gameday: at UC Irvine
By Brian McInnis on February 19, 2015Can Hawaii recapture the magic at UC Irvine? The Rainbow Warriors will likely have to do it shorthanded, although there’s a chance Benjy Taylor could get some minutes from both Aaron Valdes and Mike Thomas. Isaac Fleming is still doubtful. However, the second-place Anteaters could be pretty shorthanded as well. The 7-foot-6 Mamadou Ndiaye has played in only two Big West games with foot problems, though he’s supposedly nearing a return. Alex Young went out with a foot injury against […]
Gameday: UC Irvine
By Brian McInnis on January 24, 2015UC Irvine center Mamadou Ndiaye will not play against Hawaii on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Arnold responds to report
By Brian McInnis on October 22, 2014On Wednesday after practice, Hawaii coach Gib Arnold responded to a Star-Advertiser report that UH could come down with self-imposed sanctions on the men’s basketball program in the near future.