Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Men's Basketball

The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the University of Hawaii 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 after leaving its longtime home of the Western Athletic Conference in July 2012.

The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2016, with them getting their first NCAA Tournament victory that same year as well. The Rainbow Warriors are coached by Eran Ganot.

Season-by-season results

Postseason history

NCAA tournament results

The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in five NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5. Number in parentheses is opponent's seed in tournament. The Rainbow Warriors' first tournament appearance with seeds (The NCAA started seeding teams with the 1978 tournament, with the seeding format used today beginning in 1979) was in 1994.

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 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (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 – Detroit Pistons
*1972: Dwight Holiday – Round 9 – Seattle SuperSonics
*1973: John Penebacker – Round 13 – Cleveland Cavaliers
*1974: Tom Henderson – Round 1 – Atlanta Hawks
*1975: Jimmie Baker – Round 3 – Philadelphia 76ers
*1975: Victor Kelly – Round 10 – Atlanta Hawks
*1976: Tom Barker – Round 4 – Atlanta Hawks
*1981: Aaron Strayhorn – Round 6 – Cleveland Cavaliers
*1982: Clarence Dickerson – Round 5 – Washington Bullets
*1989: Reggie Cross – Round 2 – Philadelphia 76ers

NBA free agents

* Anthony Carter
* Trevor Ruffin
*Predrag Savović

NBA champions

*Phil Handy
* Tom Henderson

EuroLeague and international players

*Jared Dillinger
*Carl English
* Isaac Fotu
* Stefan Janković
* Vander Joaquim
*Matt Lojeski
* Sammis Reyes (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
*Brandon Jawato
*Akira Jacobs, Team Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Facilities

The Rainbow Warriors play at the 10,300 seat Stan Sheriff Center, which opened in 1994. Originally called the "Special Events Arena" it was renamed in 1998 after Stan Sheriff, the former UH Athletics Director, who had lobbied for its construction. Previously, the team had played from 1964–1994 at the 7,500 seat Neal S. Blaisdell Center (originally the Honolulu International Center) and prior to that at the "Otto "Proc" Klum Gymnasium".

See also

* Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball

References

External links

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