Rarely does a road trip offer a good opportunity to move up in the standings, but that is the prospect facing the University of Hawai’i basketball team this week.
The Warriors departed Honolulu on Tuesday afternoon, and will play Big West Conference games at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, then at Cal Poly on Saturday.
UCSB and Cal Poly happen to be the two teams at the bottom of the conference standings, and the Warriors already beat both teams earlier this year in Honolulu.
Hawai’i is 12-12 overall and tied for fourth place in the Big West at 6-5.