After Hawaii got over the hump and reached the round of 16 last Saturday in College Station, Texas, it was coach Dave Shoji who started the postgame celebration in the locker room.
“We ain’t done” Shoji said. “We ain’t done, baby.”
If his Rainbow Wahine are indeed not finished at the NCAA tournament, Shoji will have to beat a fellow coaching legend for the first time.
No. 7 Hawaii meets No. 8 Penn State at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Des Moines (Iowa) Regional in a clash of the all-time winningest coaches in Division I.
In his 37 seasons as the coach of the the Nittany Lions (28-5), Russ Rose has led the program to seven national titles, including the past two, amassing a record of 1,189-185 with an NCAA-best .