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2013 Summer League postmortem

By Brian McInnis on August 13, 2013

As College Summer Leagues go, this one was quite memorable. The crowds were consistently good, there was always someone or something interesting to watch on a nightly basis, and you couldn’t have asked for a better venue for the playoffs at Maryknoll’s new gym. Now that the 37th running of the league is over and Julian Sensley and Wealth Strategy Partners won the championship (88-78 over top-seeded Central Medical Clinic on Saturday), let’s look back at how the 2013-14 University […]

Summer league final set

By Brian McInnis on August 9, 2013

We have our title match in place. In the first of two College Summer League semifinals at Maryknoll, Julian Sensley uncorked a vintage 33-point performance to lead Wealth Strategy Partners over defending champion Solar Universe, 94-86. In the second semi, top-seeded Central Medical Clinic was surgical late in an 85-67 win over Clark Hatch Fitness. Bill Amis scored 21 points in the victory, in which CMC had to rally from an eight-point halftime deficit. No. 1 Central Medical Clinic (8-3) […]

UH walk-on watch list grows

By Brian McInnis on July 25, 2013

Add one more player to the list of prospective walk-ons for the Hawaii men’s basketball team. Dallas native Warren Oishi, a 6-foot-2, 215-pound guard, is hoping to become the latest addition to the Rainbow Warriors roster while he tries his hand at the College Summer League in Manoa. He joins hopefuls Malik Fields and Wesley Armbrust in the CSL. Oishi hit three 3-pointers for nine points on Thursday night for Central Medical Clinic in a 115-105 loss to Wealth Strategy […]

Back in action

By Brian McInnis on July 24, 2013

It felt good to be back in the Manoa Park gym on Tuesday night. My welcome back from an 11-day East Coast trip was a tasty matchup between UH guards, Keith Shamburger of Clark Hatch Fitness and Garrett Nevels of National Fire Protection. Freshmen Michael Thomas and Stefan Jovanovic also played and made their debuts for this blog. Shamburger played an effective floor game, tallying 14 points and somewhere close to double-digit assists (no official count) in routinely getting his […]

Scrappy night at summer league

By Brian McInnis on July 10, 2013

To quote Ron Burgundy, “That escalated quickly. That really got out of hand fast!” While no tridents were lobbed or hand grenades thrown, Tuesday night’s College Summer League action briefly became closer to Will Ferrell in Anchorman’s street melee scene than Will Ferrell playing hoops in Semi-Pro. Chippy play in the second half of Solar Universe’s 97-84 win over Wealth Strategy Partners ramped up steadily, until a frustrated Julian Sensley got into it with UH senior guard Brandon Spearman with […]

Garrett Nevels commits Q&A

By Brian McInnis on April 17, 2013

The second Hawaii spring commitment was confirmed late Tuesday night from Mount San Antonio College guard Garrett Nevels. It came down to UH and Morehead State. He said he intends to send in his LOI paperwork at a joint ceremony with Corey Allen (also recruited by UH, but he committed to South Florida) in a Friday ceremony at Mt. SAC. Here’s what Nevels had to say on the matter in some Q&A: Q: When did you know your decision? A: […]

2 out, 1 in (with Webster-Chan commit Q&A)

By Brian McInnis on April 13, 2013

Negus Webster-Chan became the Hawaii basketball team’s first commitment of the spring on Saturday night. Webster-Chan liked what he saw during his UH visit Friday and Saturday. The 6-7 swingman will have to sit out 2013-14 then will have three years of eligibility. Saturday also came with acknowledgement from UH coach Gib Arnold that freshmen Manroop Clair and Ozren Pavlovic will not return for their sophomore seasons. This shouldn’t come as a shocker to anyone who followed the program. Clair […]

Webster-Chan here, Q. Smith next week

By Brian McInnis on April 12, 2013

Hawaii did some shuffling of its recruit visits with the spring signing day rapidly approaching. Negus Webster-Chan, a 6-7, 200-pound swingman who played for Missouri in 2012-13, is currently on an official visit to UH. Webster-Chan, of Ontario, Canada, averaged 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 15.5 minutes as a Tigers freshman, starting six of 32 contests. He connected on 16 of 59 3-pointers (27.1) percent). He’ll have to sit out a year wherever he ends up, then will have […]

Negus Webster-Chan

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