When the going got tough — REALLY tough — this week, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team got going and knocked off two of the top three teams in the Big West Conference. The Warriors completed the homestand sweep Saturday night with a resounding 87-70 victory over second-place UC […]

As much as the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team would like to think Thursday’s thrilling 94-86 overtime home victory against UC San Diego was a major “turning point,” it won’t actually be so unless the Warriors can follow up with a “hana hou” win versus UC Davis on Saturday. […]

Short-handed again but not short on heart and spirit, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball dug down deep Thursday night and pulled out its most significant and important victory of the season to date, a 94-86 overtime thriller against visiting UC San Diego. A vocal and equally spirited crowd of […]

Even as the “new kid on the block,” UC San Diego did not take very long to establish itself as a force in Big West Conference men’s basketball. The Tritons are in their fourth league season since moving up from NCAA Division II status, and thus are still ineligible for […]

Pouncing quickly and thoroughly on Hawai’i’s poor shooting and soft defense, UC Irvine overpowered the visiting Warriors, 93-68, in Big West Conference men’s basketball action Saturday night. An announced crowd of 3,042 at the Bren Events Center watched Bent Leuchten score 15 points and grab six rebounds and Carter Welling […]

UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center is only about 20 miles south of Titan Gym at Cal State Fullerton, usually just a half-hour drive down the 57 and 55 freeways. But for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team, the journey looms as a rough road ahead and the destination promises […]

Good shooting, good defense and good rebounding resulted in good times for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team Thursday, as the Warriors earned a crucial 76-68 road victory at Cal State Fullerton. A student-led energetic crowd of 1,339 at Titan Gym watched JoVon McClanahan and Ryan Rapp each add […]

For the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team, this week’s road trip to Orange County, Calif., is all about second chances. In particular, Thursday’s game at Cal State Fullerton is about negating a heartbreaking 63-61 overtime home loss to the Titans on Dec. 30, in the Warriors’ Big West Conference […]

On the long list of goals for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team Saturday night, by far the most important was, “Get the ‘W.’ “ That box got checked with a crucial and much-needed 83-73 victory over visiting Cal Poly, snapping a frustrating three-game losing streak that left the […]

Nothing cures self-doubt quite like a victory, which the University of Hawai’i really hopes — or needs? — to achieve Saturday night against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center, and the game will be televised live statewide […]