Like it or not, the pressure is on the University of Hawai’i basketball team when it hosts UC Riverside on Wednesday.
For starters, the Rainbow Warriors need to end a three-game losing streak if they want to remain in contention for the regular-season championship of the Big West Conference. Second, UC Riverside is winless in the conference so far this season, and Hawai’i can ill afford to be “that” team that allows the Highlanders to break through.
Hawai’i is 13-8 overall and 4-4 in the conference after a disappointing 0-2 road trip last week. UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara are the current co-leaders at 7-2, but they play each other on Thursday.