Isaac Fotu, Hawaii basketball’s junior forward, put up a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double in a 73-61 win over Ukraine on Wednesday. He followed that up with 18 points and eight boards as New Zealand edged Finland 67-65 on Thursday.
Isaac Fotu and the New Zealand Tall Blacks couldn’t pull the all-time upset in the FIBA World Cup group stage in an ESPN2-televised game on Tuesday, falling 98-71 to Team USA. But in a little over 16 minutes off the bench, Hawaii’s top returnee held his own while being matched up with a wide variety of foes at small forward.
It was expected to be a pretty eventful showing for current and former Hawaii men’s basketball players in the FIBA World Cup, which got underway in Spain as of Saturday. Present-day Rainbow Warrior Isaac Fotu is playing for New Zealand’s Tall Blacks, recent ‘Bow Vander Joaquim is off with Angola and Jared Dillinger is with the Philippines again. Three people representing one school is pretty significant, considering most players in the 24-team competition did not play college ball in the […]
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 […]
Well, we’ve had a couple of days to digest Hawaii’s 69-65 season-ending loss to Air Force in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Here’s the short list of things the game could be remembered most for: A) Air Force bombing 15 3s in 31 attempts without its best player B) 12th man Michael Harper helping spark a 19-0 first-half run that put UH up three at halftime C) Vander Joaquim ending his career by storming out of the Stan Sheriff Center with […]
Pete Derzis at ESPN Regional TV and David Matlin, the executive director of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, should be given a round of applause for the fine 2012 edition of the just-completed tournament at the Stan Sheriff Center. The championship game of the 2012 DHC should help keep this tournament on the map in the years to come. No. 3 Arizona needed a huge block from freakishly athletic Nick Johnson on Chase Tapley’s layup attempt at the buzzer […]
Greetings from the Friendly Isle. After a bumpy ride in a tiny Cessna prop plane and some stumbling around on dark streets upon landing, your humble correspondent is settled in and ready to cover some hoops on Molokai. Tipoff between UH (4-3) and Chaminade (3-6) is tonight at 7:30 p.m. No TV or video streaming for this one, so you’ll have to tune in to KKEA, 1420-AM to catch it. UH arrived safely Friday night and headed straight to Molokai […]
It’s that time ladies and gentlemen. The UH basketball 2012-13 season tips off tonight against Maryland-Eastern Shore at the Stan Sheriff Center. Here are some things to keep an eye on in this one: >> Vander Joaquim’s minutes. It’s looking like the big fella will play, but the question is, how much? Does Gib Arnold give him spot minutes off the bench? When he’s in, which other bigs will he play alongside? >> Point guard play. It was a struggle […]