After a break of about seven weeks or so, the Hawaii basketball team was back on the court yesterday. The NCAA allows members eight hours each week for team activities, of which up to four hours may be spent on the court. This training session runs for about six weeks. > What’s new? As previously reported, Gibson Johnson and Jack Rydquist have been added as graduate managers. Dominic Drury, who was a graduate manager last year, is now the assistant […]
Former Hawaii guard Brocke Stepteau has put his basketball dreams on pause, just for a little bit, while he pursues a music career in New York City. A few months after the release of his album Ascension Stepteau is spending time in the Big Apple as an independent hip-hop artist. In a text to the Warrior Beat, Stepteau wrote: “Working in a studio. I’m an independent artist … which means I’m not signed to a label, so that money I […]
Former Hawaii forward Gibson Johnson is still looking to go pro in basketball — just not with a jersey on his back. He’ll be wearing aloha shirts on the sidelines instead. Johnson was made official as a graduate manager with the Rainbow Warriors for the 2019-20 season this week, with an eye toward an eventual career as a coach or perhaps more. “I’m excited to be back with the team. I have an awesome staff to learn from and a great […]
Dominic Drury has been promoted from graduate manager to the Hawaii basketball team’s assistant director of basketball operations. The past season was Drury’s first with the Rainbow Warriors after serving as Saint Mary’s student manager for four years. Drury had served the ‘Bows’ marketing coordinator and coordinator of the managers, as well as assisting with videos, facility scheduling, statistical analysis, scouting and practice preparation. In his new role, Drury will assist Jesse Nakanishi, the director of basketball operations. * * […]
Former UH basketball player Jack Purchase is having quite a week back in his native Australia. The Emerging Boomers have added Purchase to Australia’s entry in the 30th Sumer Universiade — also known as the World University Games — next month in Italy. “It’s an honor to wear the green and gold again,” Purchase texted to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “And I can’t wait to get over to Italy and represent Australia but also represent the great state of Hawaii.” Also, […]
There is a possibility a good recruiting month might become even better for the Hawaii basketball team. After receiving signed 2019 commitments from Justin Webster and Bernardo da Silva, the Rainbow Warriors learned they are in the running for Lok Wur of Papillion-La Vista South High in Nebraska. Wur tweeted he has narrowed his five choices to Creighton, Oregon, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and Hawaii. VaTech and Oregon played in the NCAA Tournament, with the Ducks advancing to the Sweet […]
The University of Hawaii basketball team today secured a commitment from a post player from one of the country’s top high school basketball teams. Bernardo da Silva of Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah, will sign a scholarship agreement and join the Rainbow Warriors this summer. Da Silva is 6 feet 9 with a 7-2 wingspan. “Bernardo is a fantastic athlete,” said Wasatch coach David Evans, a former BYU-Hawaii player and assistant coach. “He’s a very good and skilled post […]
Former Hawaii men’s basketball guard Phil Handy is an NBA champion once again. Handy, who won a title with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, can get a second finger fitted for a ring after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in six games on Thursday night in Oakland for the franchise’s first championship. Handy is a first-year Raptors assistant coach. It was the fifth straight year Handy faced the Warriors in the NBA Finals. He was there four […]
