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Hawaii men’s basketball: Center Dawson Carper enters NCAA transfer portal

By Brian McInnis on March 27, 2020

“Big Sauce” is taking his talents elsewhere. On Friday, sophomore center Dawson Carper became the second Hawaii basketball player to enter the NCAA transfer portal in three days, following Drew Buggs on Wednesday. Hawaii C Dawson Carper (SO) has entered the transfer portal. https://t.co/vAUsINLpHc — Verbal Commits (@VerbalCommits) March 27, 2020 Carper confirmed his intention to leave the program in a message to Hawaii Warrior World. The true 7-foot sophomore from Colorado Springs, Colo., started 22 games in the 2019-20 […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: 100th Season Best-Team Bracket, Elite Eight, Day 2

By Warrior World on March 27, 2020

Today would’ve been the last day of the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. How’s that for some perspective as you hang out at home, looking for things to do? In our tournament, it’s Day 2 of the Hawaii basketball 100th Season Best-Team Bracket. The top seed, 2015-16, rolled to another easy victory as decided by the voters on Thursday, becoming the first team to make it to our “Final Four.” Another spot is up for grabs today between two storied NIT […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: 100th Season Best-Team Bracket, Elite Eight, Day 1

By Warrior World on March 26, 2020

Now it gets interesting. Welcome to the Elite Eight of the Hawaii basketball 100th Season Best-Team Bracket, where all eight top seeds survived their opening-round matchup. Some really good squads are about to go home disappointed. We start with the overall seed, the history-making “Incredibows” of 2015-16, against a fellow NCAA Tournament team, the hot-shooting and battle-tested Trevor Ruffin-led ‘Bows of 1993-94. Voting begins at 9 a.m. (HST) on Twitter. You can vote below, or directly on the Warrior World […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Point guard Drew Buggs enters NCAA transfer portal

By Warrior World on March 25, 2020

The following appeared on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s breaking news. Point guard Drew Buggs, the University of Hawaii basketball team’s career leader in assists, confirmed he has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. PORTAL: Hawaii G Drew Buggs (RS JR) has entered. Grad transfer w/one year to play. https://t.co/fJ6bJpQsst — Verbal Commits (@VerbalCommits) March 26, 2020 “It’s been a tough year for me, obviously,” said Buggs, whose mother died of cancer in October. “I told Coach (Eran) Ganot since I’ll be graduating […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: 100th Season Best-Team Bracket first round is all chalk, but that doesn’t stop the talk

By Dave Reardon on March 25, 2020

After the first round of our virtual tournament to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of University of Hawaii basketball, our seeding committee can feel pretty good about itself (not that we don’t always in general, or at least most of the time). Well, that is if we’re judging our efforts based on voting on Twitter. Hmm, OK. Now’s a good time for some context, right? Or, in other words, for me to explain what the heck we’re talking […]

Hawaii volleyball: Mahalo and aloha

By Cindy Luis on March 25, 2020

The photo is from 1987 NCAA womens volleyball championship at Blaisdell With future UH broadcaster Tiff Wells It was the start of wonderful times sitting courtside together We have been the only mother-son combo in Sports media for over 10 years ******** Good morning all, Apologize for not putting up an earlier explanation of the blog going dark. I was on the mainland last week for my mother’s funeral and all the abnormalities that went along with trying to do […]

Hawaii basketball lands 6-7 junior college standout Manel Ayol

By Stephen Tsai on March 23, 2020

Manel Ayol, a versatile junior college player, has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team. Ayol, who recently completed his sophomore season at Western Wyoming College, said he will sign a letter of intent with the Rainbow Warriors. The NCAA’s signing period for basketball is set to begin on April 15, although that starting date might change as schedules are being reconfigured because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Ayol said he is firm in his […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: 100th Season Best-Team Bracket, Round of 16, Day 4

By Warrior World on March 22, 2020

Day 4 of the Hawaii basketball 100th Season Best-Team Bracket, the last day of the Round of 16, could begin to help us get a better feel for something. Was the Hawaii Warrior World tournament committee wrong to make the “Fabulous Five” NCAA Tournament team of 1971-72 the No. 2 seed, and not the No. 1? After all, that team was long considered the best in program history, and you’ll read why below. How the votes go in their first-round […]

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