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Posted on: Friday, September 4, 2009

Rainbow Wahine basketball team releases schedule

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RAINBOW WAHINE SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER

4—HAWAI‘I PACIFIC (exhibition), 7 p.m. 17—at UC Riverside, 3 p.m. 19—at UCLA, 7 p.m. 21—at Cal State Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

27-29 (Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic), 27—ARIZONA STATE, 5 p.m. 29—EAST TENNESSEE STATE, 5 p.m.

DECEMBER

3—SAN FRANCISCO, 7 p.m. 4-5 at Brigham Young-Hawai‘i Tournament. 4—BYU-Hawai‘i, 4 p.m. 5—BYU, 1 p.m. 19-21 at Duel in the Desert. 19—Kansas State, 7:30 p.m. 20—UNLV or Virginia Commonwealth, TBD. 21—TBD. 29-30 Waikïkï Beach Marriott Classic. 29—KENT STATE, 7 p.m. 30—KENT STATE, 7 p.m.

JANUARY

6—at Fresno State*, 7 p.m. 9—at New Mexico State*, 7 p.m. 13—IDAHO*, 7 p.m. 16—NEVADA, 7 p.m. 18—UTAH STATE*, 5 p.m. 21—at Louisiana Tech*, 7 p.m. 23—at Boise State*, 7 p.m. 27—SAN JOSE STATE*, 7 p.m.

FEBRUARY

6—FRESNO STATE*, 5 p.m. 10—NEW MEXICO STATE*, 7 p.m. 13—at Idaho*, 2 p.m. 15—at Nevada*, TBA. 17—at San Jose State*, 7 p.m. 20—LOUISIANA TECH*, 5 p.m. 24—BOISE STATE*, 7 p.m.

MARCH

6—at Utah State*, 3 p.m. 9-13 at WAC Tournament

*—Western Athletic Conference games

all game times for game location

Road trips to Southern California, Las Vegas and Lä‘ie highlight the upcoming Rainbow Wahine basketball schedule.

Hawai‘i, under new coach Dana Takahara-Dias, opens the 2009-10 season on Nov. 17 at UC Riverside. The Rainbow Wahine then visit UCLA (Nov. 19) and Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 21).
It’s the first time the Rainbow Wahine will start the season on the road since 1982.
Hawai‘i then hosts the Rainbow Wahine Classic during Thanksgiving weekend with games against Arizona State and East Tennessee State in the three-team, round-robin format.
Hawai‘i hosts San Francisco on Dec. 3 before traveling to Lä‘ie for the Brigham Young-Hawai‘i Tournament on the 4th and 5th against BYU-Hawai‘i and BYU.
The Rainbow Wahine play at the eight-team Duel in the Desert from Dec. 19 to 21 where teams except the Rainbow Wahine and host UNLV played in a postseason tournament last year.
Hawai‘i returns 13 players from a team that went 8-23 last year.
Hawai‘i wraps up the preseason against Kent State on Dec. 29 and 30 in the Waikïkï Beach Marriott Classic.
The Western Athletic Conference season starts on Jan. 6 at Fresno State. The WAC home opener is Jan. 13 against Idaho. Hawai‘i was 4-12 in WAC play last year.
The WAC Tournament is scheduled for March 9 to 13 in Reno, Nev.

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