Ahmed Ali, a 5-11 guard who started 24 games for Washington State the past season, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser this morning he is joining the Rainbow Warrior basketball team. After two years at a junior college and one at WSU, Ali has two years to play one season. He is seeking a waiver that would allow him to play this season without redshirting. “That’s the goal,” Ali said of the waiver. “That’s what I’m hoping. That’s what I’m banking on […]
The Hawaii men’s basketball 2019-20 nonconference schedule continues to be revealed piece by piece. The latest reveal came Monday afternoon, when San Francisco announced its schedule on Twitter. The Dons of the West Coast Conference will travel to play UH in a stand-alone game at the Stan Sheriff Center on Nov. 29. The #Dons are pleased to announce the 2019-20 non-conference schedule! Read the full release here: https://t.co/LU9MXnpZgj#changemakers | #USFDons | #GoldenEra | #WCCHoops pic.twitter.com/8LjKp5ys00 — San Francisco Men's Basketball […]
“We can hardly wait to get out on our new floor, it is going to be something,” University of Hawaii women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman said today as workers have begun the refinishing of the Stan Sheriff Center court. The floor that the Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warriors basketball teams call home was last resurfaced nearly 20 years ago. The Stan Sheriff Center itself is about to enter its 25th year of athletics. The approximately $90,000 project is scheduled to […]
Hawaii’s first-known nonconference opponent of the 2019-20 season — aside from Ball State in the previously announced Diamond Head Classic pairings — is Maine of the America East Conference. The Black Bears put out their nonconference schedule on Monday. Lo and behold, UH was listed as an away game for the Black Bears on Dec. 29. 📅 Men's Hoops Releases 2019-20 Non-Conference Slate 📅 Details: https://t.co/HYnVtPn1bDSchedule: https://t.co/Hdur4Tiifg#BlackBearNation | #AEHoops pic.twitter.com/JKfMOrMmZL — Maine Basketball (@BlackBearsMBB) July 22, 2019 UH has never faced Maine. […]
Whistles and wide eyes greeted the latest upgrade for the Hawaii men’s basketball team. When players rounded the wall corner inside their locker room, there was amazement, especially among the returnees who’d used the 25-year-old facilities in place since the Stan Sheriff Center opened in 1994. The makeover was complete. There were glistening new lockers (16 of them), showers, sinks, toilets and urinals, flooring, carpeting, ceilings, televisions, a sound system and a brand-new lounge and snack area, all at a […]
Phil Handy has an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time, a skill he demonstrated yet again last NBA season in Toronto. The former Hawaii men’s basketball guard and two-time NBA champion as an assistant coach is leaving for Los Angeles, where his career took off as a player development coach with the Lakers back in 2011-13. The move was first reported by Marc J. Spears of ESPN and The Undefeated. The Lakers, who feature […]
The Rainbow Warriors will open against Ball State in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on Dec. 22, ESPN Events announced today. Depending on the outcome, the ‘Bows will face either UTEP or Washington. The other first-round pairings are Houston against Portland, and Georgia Tech against Boise State. Ball State returns eight letterwinners from a team that went 16-17 overall (6-12 in the Mid-American Conference). The Cardinals are touring Costa Rica this summer. The 2019 Bracket for the Hawaiian Airlines […]
Former Hawaii men’s basketball forward Noah Allen has another opportunity to impress in NBA circles. Allen, who was drafted by and spent last year with the Washington Wizards’ G League outfit, the Capital City Go-Go, received an invitation to play for the Wizards’ NBA Summer League squad in Las Vegas beginning Saturday. “I’m just excited and blessed for the opportunity and hope to make the most of it,” Allen messaged Hawaii Warrior World on Wednesday. Allen averaged 26.4 minutes in […]
