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The basketball ‘Bows will play Utah in the Nov. 22 opening round of the Wooden Legacy tournament in Fullerton, Calif. The ‘Bows open the Diamond Head Classic against UNLV. On the road The recruiting trail is far and wide. The UH basketball coaches are spread out in pursuit of prospects, with stopovers in New York and South America.
As the old saying goes, opinions are like belly buttons. Everyone has one. (Well, except for Jeannie, who didn’t have a navel the first few seasons of “I Dream of Jeannie.”) This time, Nick Rolovich is seeking your input. As part of a challenge, Rolovich asked the Mountain West head coaches to bring gifts representing their school/state to the media summit. In 2016, Rolovich distributed this to the other coaches: Last year, Rolo brought this: And this: Rolo’s question to […]
UCLA is at it again. This time, it’s one of UH’s most valuable staffers — Courtney Chai — heading to Westwood. Chai has that wordy title of assistant to the associate athletic director/administrative services at UH. But she also has handled administrative work for the UH baseball and men’s volleyball teams. She has a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount and a master’s from Long Beach State. “I think she’s the best,” baseball coach Mike Trapasso said. “We’ll miss her. It’s […]
Not sure abut the rest of you, but I try to avoid confrontations with angry sorts. And when the angry sort is a half-ton bull that does not want to be ridden, well, I think the preferred choice is to wait, as we used to say in the ’70s, for “cool heads” before getting on board. Keelan Ewaliko did wait, going on hiatus from bull riding for five years while playing football for the Warriors. But this weekend Ewaliko returned […]
A title-winning quarterback from Texas has agreed to join the Warriors next season. Zach Daniel of The Kincaid School in Houston told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he has accepted a 2019 scholarship offer from the Warriors. Daniel said he is 6 feet, 191 pounds, and capable of running 40 yards in 4.69 seconds. The past season, Daniel threw for 2,532 yards and 24 touchdowns in a pro-style offense that features similar concepts to the Warriors’ run-and-shoot schemes. “With the changes in […]
The University of Hawaii baseball team’s top pitcher — Dylan Thomas — is returning to the Manoa campus for his junior season. Thomas was the Minnesota Twins’ 38th-round pick in last month’s Major League Baseball Draft for First-Year Players. They could not reach agreement on a contract before today’s signing deadline. “I’m excited to come back,” Thomas told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “It was a cool experience, if anything, to get (drafted) this year.” NCAA Division I players are eligible for […]
Slotback John Ursua and defensive lineman Zeno Choi will represent the Warriors at the Mountain West Media Summit on July 25 in Las Vegas. The three-day event features interview and promotional sessions with the Mountain Division representatives on July 24 and the West Division players and coaches on July 25. Ursua is a leading candidate for consideration on the MW preseason all-star team. Ursua was leading the nation in receiving when he suffered a knee injury last season. He has […]
Before stretch-4s and pick-and-pop offenses, there were the UH basketball teams of the 1990s. Those ‘Bows were ahead of these times, with double posts, high-low movements and, of course, G Game. Two of the best wings from that era were Phil Handy and Alika “Freak” Smith. They were reunited this morning at a clinic at Saint Francis School. Handy recently completed a four-year stint coaching a Northern Ohio team whose best player is THE best player — LeBron James. Smith […]