The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Haw ...

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men's competition. (Women's sports teams at the school are known as

Rainbow Wahine The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at ...

.) The team currently competes in the

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after leaving its longtime home of the

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in July 2012. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in

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, with them getting their first NCAA Tournament victory that same year as well. The Rainbow Warriors are coached by

Eran Ganot Eran Ganot (born September 8, 1981) is an American college basketball head coach for the University of Hawaii men's team. In 2015–16, his first season as head coach at Hawaii, he earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades. Early and persona ...

Season-by-season results

Postseason history

NCAA tournament results

The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in five NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5.

NIT results

The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in eight National Invitational Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 10–8.

CIT results

The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in two

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(CIT). They have a combined record of 1–2.

NAIA tournament results

The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their combined record is 0–1.

Coaches

Notable players

Retired numbers

The Rainbow Warriors retired their first number in program history on February 15, 2020, honoring number 33 for UH great and coach Bob Nash.

All-Americans

*1971–1972: Bob Nash (Third team – "Basketball News", Honorable Mention – UPI, AP, Universal Sports) *1972–1973: Tom Henderson (Honorable Mention – NBA Coaches, Sporting News, Basketball Weekly) *1973–1974: Tom Henderson (First Team – Sporting News, NBA Coaches, Street & Smith's Basketball Yearbook, Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation) (Second Team – Basketball Weekly, Universal Sports), (Third Team- AP), (Honorable Mention-UPI) *1995–1996: Anthony Harris (Honorable Mention – Basketball Weekly) *1996–1997: Anthony Carter (Honorable Mention – AP) *1997–1998: Anthony Carter (Honorable Mention – AP) *2001–2002: Predrag Savović (Honorable Mention – AP)

NBA draft

*1971: Tom Newell – Round 10 – Phoenix Suns *1972: Bob Nash – Round 1 –

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*1972: Dwight Holiday – Round 9 –

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*1973: John Penebacker – Round 13 – Cleveland Cavaliers *1974: Tom Henderson – Round 1 –

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*1975: Jimmie Baker – Round 3 – Philadelphia 76ers *1975:

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– Round 10 –

*1976: Tom Barker – Round 4 –

*1981: Aaron Strayhorn – Round 6 – Cleveland Cavaliers *1982: Clarence Dickerson – Round 5 –

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*1989:

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– Round 2 – Philadelphia 76ers

NBA free agents

* Anthony Carter * Trevor Ruffin * Predrag Savović

NBA champions

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EuroLeague and international players

Jared Dillinger Jared Ryan B. Dillinger (born January 6, 1984) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Dillinger is the second pick overall in the very talented draf ...

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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 ...

* Stefan Janković *

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Sammis Reyes Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel (born October 19, 1995) is a Chilean-born former professional American football tight end. He was the first player from Chile to play in the NFL. Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of the Chile nati ...

(born 1995), Chilean player who played for the Chilean national basketball team and later switched to American football by the 2020s * Christian Standhardinger * Aaron Valdes (born 1993) * Luc-Arthur Vebobe

Facilities

The Rainbow Warriors play at the 10,300 seat

Stan Sheriff Center The SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP,Neal S. Blaisdell Center The Neal S. Blaisdell Center is a community center near downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. The complex has a multi-purpose arena, concert hall, exhibition hall, galleria, meeting rooms, Waikiki Shell and others. Constructed in 1964 on the historic Wa ...

(originally the Honolulu International Center) and prior to that at the "Otto "Proc" Klum Gymnasium".

References

External links

* {{Big West Conference men's basketball navbox