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 […]
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Annual Tip-Off banquet set for Oct. 19
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 […]
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Warriors open with ‘fiery’ first practice
By Wes Nakama The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team held its first official practice of the 2023-24 season Thursday afternoon, but the players’ intensity definitely had a mid- or even postseason vibe to it. Drills — whether one-on-one, 3-on-3 or without defense — were run at game speed. Blocked […]