Burgeoning respect
By Brian McInnis on July 30, 2014Tuesday’s docket in the College Summer League offered hoops watchers a chance for the two most productive Hawaii players in the competition, Isaac Fleming and Michael Thomas, to go head to head.
Tuesday’s docket in the College Summer League offered hoops watchers a chance for the two most productive Hawaii players in the competition, Isaac Fleming and Michael Thomas, to go head to head.
The emergence of Michael Thomas is fast becoming the best Hawaii-related storyline at this year’s College Summer League. He’s getting it done on both ends, even in a loss on Saturday night.
The most interesting aspect of Thursday’s games at the College Summer League, besides another strong effort from Michael Thomas, was a matchup of two of the best big men in the league.
Well, that’s more like it. Hawaii basketball’s representatives in the College Summer League finally had an honest-to-goodness explosive night as a collective group on Tuesday.
Incoming Hawaii freshman Isaac Fleming got some meaningful playing time for Clark Hatch Fitness on Thursday night, in contrast to some sparse minutes in his debut.
The waiting game continues for those looking to see a new Hawaii basketball player see significant action in the College Summer League. In the meantime, some of them have started acclimatizing to their new digs.
The Twitterverse revealed two new recruiting prospects for the Hawaii men’s basketball team over the last 24 hours. The first is Newark Memorial High (Bay Area, Calif.) senior point guard Joey Frenchwood. The 6-foot-1 Frenchwood picked up his first Division I offer on Sunday from Hawaii, he said in a phone interview Tuesday. He said he plans to take a visit to the islands before deciding — but UH’s odds seem good here, as his other interest is from Montana […]