Saint Mary’s turned Friday night’s charity exhibition game into a clinic on Top 25 men’s basketball, taking a strong hold on Hawai’i and not letting go for an impressive 92-58 victory. An energetic and vocal crowd of 3,923 (4,902 tickets issued) in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched […]

The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team will open its 2023-24 campaign with a big bang — some 25 days before the regular season actually begins. In a rare but well-placed opportunity, the Warriors will face No. 23-ranked Saint Mary’s at 7 p.m. Friday in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan […]

By Wes Nakama There is a good kind of “edginess” to this year’s 2023-24 University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team, so it is only fitting that three hard-nosed “blue collar” workers were announced as team captains for this season. Point guard JoVon McClanahan, center Bernardo da Silva and shooting guard […]

Back in the day, “Midnight ‘Ohana” in mid-October would signal the exciting approach of the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball season. With the official start of practice now moved up to the end of September, the “new” October college hoops tradition in Manoa is the annual “Tip-Off” banquet showing the […]