The benefits of an historic summer trip Down Under were evident this past weekend as the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team began official practice for the 2018-19 season a step ahead and ready to take more big steps forward.
Due to a busy weekend of events on UH’s Lower Campus and a renovation project temporarily closing the familiar “Gym II,” the Warriors held their first practice at ‘Iolani School on Saturday and then moved Sunday to the low-profile “Gym I,” a warm, aging-but-functional facility more commonly used for student pickup games, intramurals and even badminton.
But as well-traveled teams often do, they took everything in stride.