As I reflect on the news of the death of Mike McIntyre in a horrific traffic accident, I remember him as one of the most underrated athletes I’ve been around in 30-plus years of covering University of Hawaii sports. The 2000-01 UH men’s basketball team had players from all over the world. Coach Riley Wallace was ahead of most in coming to realize how players from Europe and other parts of the globe had vastly improved, and he had an […]
As first noted by Brian McInnis last week, the basketball ‘Bows will have the players’ names on the back of their jerseys this coming season. “It’s something we worked toward getting back to,” coach Eran Ganot said after a recent practice. The initial reasoning to not include names was to promote team-first unity. But on reflection, it was decided the basketball jerseys could be used as a way to honor the school, the sponsor and the players’ families. “You know […]
After three full practices — 13, if you’re counting the pre-Australia trip workouts — the basketball ‘Bows have a full roster of options. “We have a foundation of how we run a program, a foundation of style of play,” UH coach Eran Ganot said. “We’re not stubborn. We’ll wrinkle it to our strengths. Maybe this year, there will be versatility within a game.” Translation: The ‘Bows have the personnel groups to go big, attack with two point guards, use a […]
Saturday’s opening Hawaii basketball practice of the 2018-19 preseason was in the relative air-conditioned comfort of ‘Iolani School’s gymnasium. Sunday, it was back to the sweaty confines of UH Gym I, a place that is slated for a full renovation once work on Gym II is completed. That’s expected to be available in mid-December. By all accounts, the Rainbow Warriors went just as hard for about three hours Sunday’s as they did during Saturday’s closed session, which coach Eran Ganot […]
Wednesday was media day for the Hawaii men’s basketball team. Once the Los Angeles Clippers cleared out from their morning session of preseason training camp, UH’s 15-player roster and full coaching staff was on hand for its team picture in the Stan Sheriff Center. Players broke into smaller groups and individually for various media requests, including from yours truly while the excellent Jamm Aquino took photos to be used in our season preview coverage. (I’m in a support role; our […]
Some college hoops players toil away behind the scenes and never get much in the way of public recognition. Such is the life of a scout-team player. Occasionally, some guys never get the public spotlight at all. Alas, such is the case with Hawaii basketball walk-on Trevor LaCount, who follows in the tradition of Caleb Dressler, Orel Lev, Aleksandar Milovic and Gary Satterwhite Jr., to name a few players of recent vintage who practiced and scouted opponents for at least […]
Todd Okeson’s playing career took off with the Nevada Wolf Pack. The former Hawaii director of basketball operations is hoping Reno, Nev., can do the same for his coaching career. Okeson, the former Pack point guard who helped lead the team to the Sweet 16 in 2004, was announced as the DOBO for coach Eric Musselman’s resurgent program on Tuesday. Okeson chose to leave UH soon after his second year as DOBO under Eran Ganot. He’d bounced around the coaching […]
It was tough break for former UH safety Trayvon Henderson. He was expected to make the Cincinnati Bengals’ 53-player, opening-day roster. But Henderson, who signed with the Bengals as a free agent, suffered what was diagnosed as a torn ACL, his representatives told the Warrior Beat. Henderson is expected to be placed on injury reserve. * * * * * One of the things the basketball ‘Bows do well is celebrate birthdays. Yesterday, they sang and ate brownies in honor […]
