Jankovic picks up another award

A day after being named Big West Player of the Year, Hawaii forward Stefan Jankovic picked up some more hardware on Tuesday.

He was named to the US Basketball Writers Association Region IX team, one of 10 players among all teams in California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona and Alaska.

Per UH, he is the first Rainbow Warrior to make that list since Michael Kuebler in 2004, and is the fifth ‘Bow, period.

The others were Carl English (2002-03), Predrag Savovic (2001-02) and Anthony Carter (1996-97).

Oregon coach Dillon Brooks was the region player of the year and UO’s Dana Altman is the region coach of the year.

The USBWA and NABC regional awards are different. Isaac Fotu last made the NABC list, a second-team region pick in 2013-14.

UH relocated from Long Beach to the Fullerton Marriott this morning, on the campus of Cal State Fullerton. The Rainbow Warriors held a practice at nearby Fullerton Junior College.

From Monday, here were a couple shots of UH’s practice at Long Beach State’s Pyramid. It was admittedly a little strange to be there right after Saturday’s 74-72 loss to LBSU.