Warrior Insider

Sunday will not be a day of rest for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball in the month of December. The Warriors (5-1) have a game on each of the first four Sundays this month, including today’s 5 p.m. meeting with Central Arkansas in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff […]

Beating Utah in Salt Lake City turned out to be a tall order, indeed, as the super-sized Utes turned back Hawai’i, 79-66, in non-conference men’s basketball action Thursday evening. A neutral arena crowd of 4,686 at the Delta Center and Pac-12 Network TV audience watched 7-foot center Branden Carlson score […]

Hawai’i Five-O is back — not the TV show, but the men’s college basketball team in Manoa that is off to the program’s first 5-0 start since 2010. That pristine record will be put on the line Thursday in the Warriors’ biggest test so far — a 4 p.m. (Hawai’i […]

University of Hawai’i men’s basketball senior Noel Coleman comes across a quiet guy who does not care much about bringing attention to himself. But his production has made big noise on the court early this season, and that earned him Big West Player of the Week honors on Monday. Coleman, […]

The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team remained unbeaten and added a new tournament championship trophy to its collection with a 77-66 victory over San Diego on Saturday evening at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif. The Rainbow Warriors improved to 5-0 by defeating the Toreros before a crowd of […]

Matthue Cotton scored a game-high 23 points and fellow senior guard Noel Coleman added 17 points Friday evening to help Hawai’i blow past Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 76-57, in the first round of the Acrisure Invitational at Palm Desert, Calif. A neutral site crowd of 735 at Acrisure Arena watched Bernardo […]

In this non-conventional start to the 2023-24 season, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team now finds itself on a first “road trip” in a California desert resort area known more for golf courses, spas and the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. But on this Thanksgiving weekend, Greater Palm Springs […]

Kansas, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, did not play its best basketball on Tuesday in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center, and lost to No. 4 Marquette. On that same colorful Maui Invitational court less than three hours later, home team Hawai’i also did not play its […]

When a reporter noted that SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center will be the “center of the basketball universe” this week, University of Hawai’i men’s basketball coach Eran Ganot replied, “It’s always the center of basketball universe.” He was only half joking. For Ganot and the 2-0 Warriors, their […]

Taking full advantage of its last-minute “bonus game” opportunity, Hawai’i shot past visiting Niagara, 92-73, Thursday night in nonconference men’s basketball action. A sparse but lively “WhiteOut” crowd of 1,862 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Noel Coleman score a game-high 21 points and JoVon McClanahan and […]