Warriors look to build on recent Pyramid success

While UCLA basketball lore is built largely around John Wooden’s conceptual “Pyramid of Success,” Long Beach State prides itself on the success built inside its own Walter Pyramid.

Which … is literally a pyramid.

Hawai’i will again get a close-up look inside the odd-shaped venue at 2 p.m. (HST) Saturday, when the Warriors face rival Long Beach State in a key Big West Conference showdown. UH is 18-8 overall and 9-5 in league play, good for fourth place. But Long Beach State is looking right over the Warriors’ shoulder at 15-12, 9-6.

And historically, the 49ers have been tough to beat at home in the 4,000-seat Walter Pyramid, one of nation’s most unique arenas in a conference full of mostly…