The 2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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during the
2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November with the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Atlanta, April 6–8.
Season headlines
*October 29 – The AP preseason All-American team was named. Indiana's ...
.
The Rainbow Warriors, led by third year head coach
Gib Arnold
Gibson Kirk Arnold (born October 19, 1968) is an American college basketball player and coach.
Early life and education
Arnold was born in 1968, when his father Frank Arnold was an assistant coach at the University of Oregon. As Frank Arnold l ...
, played their home games at the
Stan Sheriff Center
The SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP,[Big West Conference
The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...]
. They finished the season 17–15, 10–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
Big West tournament to UC Irvine. They were invited to the
2013 CIT where they lost in the first round to Air Force.
The 2012–13 Rainbow Warrior roster was composed of players from eight countries (Angola, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, New Zealand, and the United States).
In 2015, Hawaii announced it would vacate wins from this and the 2013–14 season due to the participation of Davis Rozitis and
Isaac Fotu
Isaac Fotu (born 18 December 1993) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex of the Japanese B.League. He also represents the New Zealand national team in international competition.
Early life
Born in York, England to ...
, who were ruled ineligible due to improper benefits. The 2016–17 Hawaii media guide indicates that all but the November 12 win over Houston Baptist were vacated. Rozitis did not play in that game.
Roster
Schedule
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2013 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
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2013 CIT
References
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Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball seasons
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA men's competition. (Women's sports teams at the school are known as Rainbow Wahine.) The team currently competes in the Big West Conference aft ...
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA men's competition. (Women's sports teams at the school are known as Rainbow Wahine.) The team currently competes in the Big West Conference aft ...