HAWAI'i(6-2, 0-0 WAC) Vs. CHICAGO STATE (2-9, 0-0GREAT WEST)
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2010-11 SCHEDULE GAME HAWAI‘I (6-2, 0-0 WAC) vs. DATE OPPONENT TIME N 6 Chaminade (Exhibition) W, 83-55 9 CHICAGO STATE (2-9, 0-0 GREAT WEST) Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic What: Hawai‘i (6-2, 0-0 WAC) vs. Chicago State (2-9, 0-0 Great West) N 12 Montana State (PPV) W, 77-59 Date: Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 N 13 Cal State Fullerton (PPV) W, 84-70 Time: 7:00 p.m. HT N 15 Central Michigan (ESPN) W, 65-62 Where: Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) - Lahaina, Maui Television: None. N 19 Central Arkansas (KFVE) W, 83-69 Streaming Video: None. N 24 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (PPV) W, 70-63 Radio: ESPN 1420 AM will carry the game live with Bobby Curran (play-by-play) and Jeff Portnoy D 1 at Cal Poly L, 53-54 (color). Neighbor islands can listen live on KNUI on Maui, KHLO in Hilo, KKON in Kona. D 4 vs. #21 BYU (Salt Lake City) L, 57-78 Audio Webcast: Live audio streaming on espn1420am.com D 11 Hawai‘i Pacific (KFVE) W, 72-50 Live Stats: Live in-game stats are available at HawaiiAthletics.com D 17 Chicago State (Lahaina, Maui) 7:00 p.m. Ticket Information: $12 (adults) and $6 (senior citizens and students ages 4-high school). All seats are general admission. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Promotions: American Savings Bank and Pepsi are the game sponsors. American Savings Bank will D 22 Florida State (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m. distribute “stress balls” to the first 800 fans to enter the arena. Pepsi will award a year’s supply of D 23 TBD (ESPN2 or ESPNU) TBA Pepsi products to the winner of the halftime contest and a six-month supply to the runner-up. One D 25 TBD TBA lucky fan will compete for an inter-island airline ticket during the “Shooter’s Challenge” during a second-half timeout. American Savings Bank will present 10 “Lucky Seat Prize Packs” throughout D 29 at Utah State* 7:05 p.m. the game. Fans can register for the promotional activities by signing up at the UH sports marketing D 31 at Nevada* (ESPNU) 5:00 p.m. table at the main entrance before the game. There will be “T-shirt Tosses” during select timeouts J 6 Idaho*# (KFVE) 7:30 p.m. and at halftime. Also, fans are encouraged to stay after the game for an autograph session with the J 8 Boise State*# (KFVE) 7:30 p.m. UH players and coaches. J 13 at New Mexico State* 7:00 p.m. Coaches: Gib Arnold is in his first year at UH (6-2). Tracy Dildy is in his first season at Chicago J 15 at Louisiana Tech* 7:00 p.m. State (2-9). J 20 Fresno State* (KFVE) 7:00 p.m. Series Information: UH leads 2-0 J 22 San Jose State* (KFVE) 7:00 p.m. J 29 Utah State* (KFVE) 7:00 p.m. THIS WEEKEND’S ACTION F 3 at Boise State* 7:05 p.m. The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team (6-2) heads to Maui for its first neighbor F 5 at Idaho* 7:05 p.m. island contest in seven years as the Rainbow Warriors face Chicago State (2-9) on Friday, Dec. F 14 Nevada* 7:00 p.m. 17. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center. F 19 at ESPNU BracketBuster Saturday TBA The Rainbow Warriors last appeared on Maui in the 2003 EA Sports Maui Invitational F 24 Louisiana Tech*# (KFVE) 7:30 p.m. which was also played in the Lahaina Civic Center. UH players and coaches will conduct an F 26 New Mexico State*(KFVE) 7:00 p.m. M 3 at San Jose State* 7:30 p.m. autograph session following Friday’s game. M 5 at Fresno State* 8:00 p.m. The ’Bows are coming off a 72-50 win over Hawai‘i Pacific to improve to a perfect 6-0 at M 9-12 WAC Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) TBA home this year. UH’s opponent—Chicago State—is a familiar one in a number of ways. This will be the third straight year that the teams will meet in a December non-conference matchup. CAPS = Home game played at Stan Sheriff Center The ’Bows won the previous two meetings handily at the Stan Sheriff Center. Benjy Taylor * = WAC Game All times local to site served as the Chicago State head coach during those two meetings and now serves as a UH # = part of women’s basketball doubleheader assistant. Following this weekend’s game, UH will return to O‘ahu to host the second annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Dec. 22, 23 and 25. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) This Week’s Storylines UH plays on the neighbor islands for the first time in seven MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY years. Hawaii’s last appearance on Maui was in the 2003 EA Sports Practice Practice Practice Practice Game 8 Maui Invitational. 2-5 pm 3-6 pm 1-4 pm 1-3 Closed This is the third straight year that UH will play Chicago State Gym 2 Klum Gym Klum Gym Klum Gym Shootaround with the Bows winning the last two meetings in Honolulu. No media UH assistant coach Benjy Taylor was the head coach for availability Chicago State for three seasons (2007-10) and led the Cougars UH-CS, 7 pm in the last two meetings with UH. Taylor earned 2009 Independent Division I Coach of the Year honors after leading the Cougars to their first winning record in 23 years. Dec. 14, 2010 1 2010-11 Hawai‘i Men’s Basketball MEDIA INFORMATION 2010-11 ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Hometown (Last School) UH Sports Media Relations 1 Bobby Miles G 6-1 190 Fr Los Angeles, CA/Workman HS GENERAL 2 Hiram Thompson***^ G 6-2 175 Sr Sacramento, CA/Oak Ridge HS Founded _______________________________1907 3 Zane Johnson G 6-5 205 Jr Phoenix, AZ / Arizona Enrollment ___________________________ 20,000 4 Bill Amis**^ F 6-9 235 Sr Oklahoma City, OK/Pratt (Kan.) CC Nickname __________________ Rainbow Warriors 5 Joston Thomas F 6-7 235 So Washington, D.C./College of Southern Idaho School Colors _________ Green, Black, Silver, White Conference ____________________Western Athletic 10 Jeremiah Ostrowski G 5-9 175 Jr ‘Aiea, O‘ahu/Punahou School Chancellor ___________________ Virginia Hinshaw 12 Pi‘i Minns# G 6-4 180 So Honolulu, O‘ahu/Chaminade University Athletics Director _________________Jim Donovan 15 Vander Joaquim C 6-10 245 So Luanda, Angola/College of Eastern Utah Arena (Cap.) ________ Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) 20 Trevor Wiseman F 6-7 210 Fr Santa Clarita, CA/Golden Valley HS HISTORY 21 Dominick Brumfield F 6-8 215 So Carson, CA/Big Bend Community College First Year of Basketball (Total) __________1912 (91) 24 Bo Barnes G 6-4 190 Fr Scottsdale, AZ/Westwind Prep International Overall All-Time Record ____________ 1007-999-1 34 Douglas Kurtz*^ C 7-0 265 Sr Pelotas, Brazil / Marshalltown CC Collegiate All-Time Record _____________ 672-824 40 Davis Rozitis# C 7-0 220 So Cesis, Latvia/USC Stan Sheriff Center All-Time Record ___ 209-86 (17) * denotes letters earned ^ - team captain # will sit 2010-11 per NCAA transfer rules All-Time WAC Record (Yrs) ________ 224-280 (31) NCAA Appearances (Last) ______________ 4 (2002) Head Coach: Gib Arnold NIT Appearances (Last) ________________8 (2004) Associate Coach: Walter Roese Last Postseason Opponent ________ Michigan (2004) Assistant Coaches: Benjy Taylor, Brandyn Akana Result ______________ NIT Quarterfinals, L, 73-88 Director of Operations: Scott Fisher SPORTS INFORMATION Media Relations Director __________ Derek Inouchi Amis = A-miss Pi‘i = Pee-ee Davis Rozitis = dah-VEES Rose-it-is Basketball SID ___________________Neal Iwamoto E-mail __________________ [email protected] Office Phone __________________ (808) 956-9748 Rainbow Notables: UH enjoyed its most com- Amis Sidelined: Bill Amis, who missed the entire Cell Phone ____________________ (808) 375-6819 fortable win of the season (+22) in a 72-50 win over 2009-10 season, is sidelined again with a foot Office Fax ____________________ (808) 956-4470 Hawai`i Pacific...the ’Bows improved to a perfect injury and has missed the last four games. A native Press Row Phone _______________ (808) 956-9408 6-0 at home and have won seven straight at the of Oklahoma City, Okla., the 6-9 forward led the Website _________________HawaiiAthletics.com Stan Sheriff Center dating back to last year...the 50 team in scoring (15.8 ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg), COACHING STAFF points and 29.7 percent shooting were season lows field goal percentage (.643), blocks (7) and minutes Head Coach _______________________Gib Arnold Alma Mater (Yr)___________ Brigham Young, 1994 for a UH opponent...UH grabbed 51 rebounds (30.0 mpg) through the first four games. Amis post- Record at UH (Yrs) ____________________ 6-2 (1) against the Sea Warriors...the last time UH grabbed ed a career-high 24 points and added nine rebounds Career Record (Yrs) _____________________ Same 50+ rebounds was in a win over Alcorn State in in UH’s 84-70 win over Cal State Fullerton (Nov. Associate Coach (Yrs) ___________ Walter Roese (1) November 2007...UH has used five different start- 13), then had 17 points and eight rebounds in Alma Mater (Yr)____ Brigham Young-Hawaii (1994) ing lineups in the last five contests...only sophomore UH’s win over Central Michigan. Amis was named Assistant Coach (Yrs) ____________Benjy Taylor (1) Alma Mater (Yr)_______________Richmond (1989) post Vander Joaquim and sophomore forward to the Rainbow Classic All-Tournament team for Assistant Coach (Yrs) __________Brandyn Akana (1) Joston Thomas have started all eight games....UH his efforts.