{"id":1610,"date":"2024-10-18T00:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2024-10-18T00:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:32:00","slug":"rainbow-madness-set-for-saturday-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/rainbow-madness-set-for-saturday-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rainbow Madness&#8217; set for Saturday debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RainbowMadness-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first annual &#8220;Rainbow Madness&#8221; event featuring the University of Hawai&#8217;i men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams makes its debut at 1 p.m. Saturday in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center. (Graphic courtesy UH Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Hawai&#8217;i will celebrate the start of the college basketball season at 1 p.m. Saturday with &#8220;Rainbow&nbsp;Madness&#8221; in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center. The free event will not only give&nbsp;fans their first glimpse of the&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Warrior and&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Wahine basketball teams, but also promises a fun and interactive afternoon of competition and prize giveaways.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The afternoon will feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Introductions<\/strong>&nbsp;of each player on the 2024-2025 men&#8217;s and women rosters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>3-point contest<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>skills challenge<\/strong>&nbsp;where players represent fans who will claim a prize if their player wins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>keiki dunk contest<\/strong>, judged by members of the men&#8217;s team and women&#8217;s team.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The fan-favorite&nbsp;<strong>Mystery Box<\/strong>&nbsp;promotion with a pair of coveted prizes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A prime opportunity for fans to preview and pick locations for&nbsp;<strong>new season tickets<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free posters<\/strong>&nbsp;for all fans with both teams closing out the day with an&nbsp;<strong>autograph session<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Warriors are coming off their second straight 20-win season with eight newcomers joining seven returnees.&nbsp;Their first &#8220;game&#8221; will be an exhibition vs. UH Hilo at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Wahine return 10 players and welcome five newcomers to a team that captured last season&#8217;s Big West regular-season title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Hawai&#8217;i will celebrate the start of the college basketball season at 1 p.m. Saturday with &#8220;Rainbow&nbsp;Madness&#8221; in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center. The free event will not only give&nbsp;fans their first glimpse of the&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Warrior and&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Wahine basketball teams, but also promises a fun and interactive afternoon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}