Showing posts with label University of Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Hawaii. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Broseph's Bits And The Wednesday Gospel
San Jose State/Hawaii Over 137.5 -- Hawaii looks to pick up their third win this season against San Jose State as both try to advance towards a WAC Championship. The Warriors offensively have scored at least 70 points in five straight and seven of their last nine games. They played a slower paced game at home against the Spartans winning 67-61. Hawaii then beat them at their place 77-71 as well. UH's offense averages 68.7 points per contest. They are led by Zane Johnson (15.8 ppg) and Bill Amis (15.1 ppg). San Jose State is the more potent team of the two putting up nearly 73 points per game. They are deficient at the other end of the court giving up 73.1 points per contest. Adrian Oliver (24.3 ppg), Justin Graham (14.8 ppg) and Keith Shamburger (11.5 ppg) are the leaders of this team. SJSU has scored at least 70 points in nine of their 16 conference games. They've also given up 70 or more in 12 of those contests. This one's going to have a good pace to it helping us pick up the over.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Broseph's Bits And The Monday Gospel
It's Monday and there is nothing but wounded egos and a boatload of ranked teams licking their wounds. Stunning how many teams lost over the weekend giving us more of a reason to love the sport of college basketball. There aren't even that many upsets in a regular season of the NBA. Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Florida, Texas A&M, BYU, UConn and Wisconsin all lost on Saturday. We almost saw the only undefeated team go down at Northwestern. Sunday we saw Duke dismantled by St. John's and Washington fall at rival Washington State.
These results are great for parity, but bad for those schools in the smaller conferences who desperately want an at-large bid. I had a friend tell me that St. John's wasn't worthy of a bid. You can't say that right now after the way they beat Duke. The Red Storm finished up a stretch of eight straight ranked games winning only three. It's a catch-22 for teams like that. Tons of chances to get good wins, but you have to actually win some of those games. Do you give them the benefit of the doubt because they won only three of eight during that stretch? The team that took the court on Sunday was one of the best 68 teams in the country. The team that lost to Fordham? Not so much. It's the peaks and valleys of this sport. Any team can get up for 40 minutes to knock off a rival or a ranked team.
The game that touched me the most this weekend was Hawaii and Utah State. This game fell completely under the radar mostly because those on the East Coast were well asleep. Being a college basketball geek/degenerate gambler, I threw a little something down on the Rainbows at home. Always a tough trip to go to the islands. I fired up the ESPN Radio Hawaii broadcast and sat in my apartment to listen in. I was treated to one of the best games of the season. Hawaii had a nice lead and blew it. There was an overtime and then another overtime. Unfortunately Hawaii could not pull it out. One of the best stories involving this contest was Jeremiah Ostrowski. The little used guard had played just 68 mins in eight games before Sunday morning. His father passed away suddenly just a few days before the January 30th contest. Miah, as they called him on the broadcast, went out and played inspired basketball scoring 15 points adding six assists and three steals in 38 minutes of work. ((GO HERE AND WATCH- http://www.flipshare.com/ViewFbReshare.aspx?i=7f0c83df-fe42-4e43-9a68-ddd107b090a6)) It was a tremendous crowd for a losing team who has struggled the past few seasons.
The ironic thing about sports is that the best headlines/stories don't always come from the best games. Manhattan and Marist played Sunday at noon in a game that combined two teams with seven wins between them. Neither has any sort of aspirations of postseason play, but they were on TV and on the court for a pretty good contest. Michael Alvarado who is one of the Jaspers better players heaved up a shot from half-court at the buzzer to knock off the Red Foxes. The jubilation that the team felt was pretty great to see.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have Centenary. The Gentlemen as they are called are 0-23, 0-11 in the Summit Conference. It's almost painful to call up their team page and look at the schedule. This is a team that has played just six home games so far. Their closest loss was by four at home against Missouri Kansas City on January 13th. Their best chance at a win could be February 24th when they host seven win Western Illinois. Somehow Centenary played a home and home with Division II Arkansas-Monticello and lost both games to them. The Boll Weevils led wire-to-wire in both contests. Should be noted that the Centenary women's basketball team is 0-17 as well. The Ladies lost 100-36 at Oakland on Saturday. At least baseball season is coming for them soon. They at least won a game.
Overall, it was a great weekend on the college hardcourt. More weekends like this and we're going to have to find a catchy F phrase to match March Madness in February.
These results are great for parity, but bad for those schools in the smaller conferences who desperately want an at-large bid. I had a friend tell me that St. John's wasn't worthy of a bid. You can't say that right now after the way they beat Duke. The Red Storm finished up a stretch of eight straight ranked games winning only three. It's a catch-22 for teams like that. Tons of chances to get good wins, but you have to actually win some of those games. Do you give them the benefit of the doubt because they won only three of eight during that stretch? The team that took the court on Sunday was one of the best 68 teams in the country. The team that lost to Fordham? Not so much. It's the peaks and valleys of this sport. Any team can get up for 40 minutes to knock off a rival or a ranked team.
The game that touched me the most this weekend was Hawaii and Utah State. This game fell completely under the radar mostly because those on the East Coast were well asleep. Being a college basketball geek/degenerate gambler, I threw a little something down on the Rainbows at home. Always a tough trip to go to the islands. I fired up the ESPN Radio Hawaii broadcast and sat in my apartment to listen in. I was treated to one of the best games of the season. Hawaii had a nice lead and blew it. There was an overtime and then another overtime. Unfortunately Hawaii could not pull it out. One of the best stories involving this contest was Jeremiah Ostrowski. The little used guard had played just 68 mins in eight games before Sunday morning. His father passed away suddenly just a few days before the January 30th contest. Miah, as they called him on the broadcast, went out and played inspired basketball scoring 15 points adding six assists and three steals in 38 minutes of work. ((GO HERE AND WATCH- http://www.flipshare.com/ViewFbReshare.aspx?i=7f0c83df-fe42-4e43-9a68-ddd107b090a6)) It was a tremendous crowd for a losing team who has struggled the past few seasons.
The ironic thing about sports is that the best headlines/stories don't always come from the best games. Manhattan and Marist played Sunday at noon in a game that combined two teams with seven wins between them. Neither has any sort of aspirations of postseason play, but they were on TV and on the court for a pretty good contest. Michael Alvarado who is one of the Jaspers better players heaved up a shot from half-court at the buzzer to knock off the Red Foxes. The jubilation that the team felt was pretty great to see.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have Centenary. The Gentlemen as they are called are 0-23, 0-11 in the Summit Conference. It's almost painful to call up their team page and look at the schedule. This is a team that has played just six home games so far. Their closest loss was by four at home against Missouri Kansas City on January 13th. Their best chance at a win could be February 24th when they host seven win Western Illinois. Somehow Centenary played a home and home with Division II Arkansas-Monticello and lost both games to them. The Boll Weevils led wire-to-wire in both contests. Should be noted that the Centenary women's basketball team is 0-17 as well. The Ladies lost 100-36 at Oakland on Saturday. At least baseball season is coming for them soon. They at least won a game.
Overall, it was a great weekend on the college hardcourt. More weekends like this and we're going to have to find a catchy F phrase to match March Madness in February.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Colt Brennan seriously hurt in Honolulu car crash
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| Colt Brennan/Courtesy: betbigdc.com |
Former Washington Redskins quarterback and former star at the University of Hawaii Colt Brennan is in a Honolulu hospital in serious condition after a Friday car crash.
Read more on what happened from the Washington Post RIGHT HERE
Brennan was riding in his girlfriends SUV Friday morning when the crash happened. We are assuming, since we aren't sure, that he was back in Hawaii waiting for another shot at the NFL. He was the third string quarterback for the Redskins for 2 seasons.
We hope that Brennan and the other two people injured in the crash are able to recover from their injuries.
The TV Version from KGMB-TV:
Saturday, November 6, 2010
TWTW: Why Are We Still Following Boise State...?
((HT: KTVB-TV Boise))
The HQ is now a firm believer that, even with all the style points in the world unless TCU loses, the Broncos are out on their ass when it comes to a BCS at-large bid.
It was another stomp-and-go today on the blue turf against Hawai'i.
Bryan Moniz was held to 154 yards passing total as the Broncos pounded the Warriors 42-7. Kellen Moore completed 19 straight at one point... 507 yards passing on the day in total.
The blue-turfed folks now are on top of the Mountain West Conference...
Yippee...
Zach Wolken is indoors with your highlights...
The HQ is now a firm believer that, even with all the style points in the world unless TCU loses, the Broncos are out on their ass when it comes to a BCS at-large bid.
It was another stomp-and-go today on the blue turf against Hawai'i.
Bryan Moniz was held to 154 yards passing total as the Broncos pounded the Warriors 42-7. Kellen Moore completed 19 straight at one point... 507 yards passing on the day in total.
The blue-turfed folks now are on top of the Mountain West Conference...
Yippee...
Zach Wolken is indoors with your highlights...
Friday, August 7, 2009
Insufficient Evidence Ends Hawai'i FB Probe
((HT: CBSSports))
A review of expenses rung up by the University of Hawaii when the Warriors traveled to New Orleans to play in the 2008 Sugar Bowl has ended with officials saying there is insufficient evidence the school violated the state's ethics code.
Daniel Mollway, executive director of the state Ethics Commission, had said the panel wanted to determine if people with no official function traveled at the state's expense to watch the Warriors play Georgia.
"The commission concluded that the Sugar Bowl presented unique circumstances for the University of Hawaii, and that organizing the trip to New Orleans for a large contingency from Hawaii under extreme time constraints was a significant undertaking for the university," the commission said in a letter to Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw.
"Because the invitation to the Sugar Bowl was a 'first' for the university, the university did not have a written policy in place that applied specifically to a postseason football event of this magnitude, which required travel to the mainland for a great number of individuals.
"The commission found no evidence of bad faith on the part of the University of Hawaii in terms of the decisions that were made by the university concerning travel to the Sugar Bowl," the panel said.
The commission decided to require the university to create a formal policy concerning participation in future postseason events.
The cost of sending 550 people has been estimated as high as $2 million. The university initially refused to identify 75 of them.
A review of expenses rung up by the University of Hawaii when the Warriors traveled to New Orleans to play in the 2008 Sugar Bowl has ended with officials saying there is insufficient evidence the school violated the state's ethics code.
Daniel Mollway, executive director of the state Ethics Commission, had said the panel wanted to determine if people with no official function traveled at the state's expense to watch the Warriors play Georgia.
"The commission concluded that the Sugar Bowl presented unique circumstances for the University of Hawaii, and that organizing the trip to New Orleans for a large contingency from Hawaii under extreme time constraints was a significant undertaking for the university," the commission said in a letter to Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw.
"Because the invitation to the Sugar Bowl was a 'first' for the university, the university did not have a written policy in place that applied specifically to a postseason football event of this magnitude, which required travel to the mainland for a great number of individuals.
"The commission found no evidence of bad faith on the part of the University of Hawaii in terms of the decisions that were made by the university concerning travel to the Sugar Bowl," the panel said.
The commission decided to require the university to create a formal policy concerning participation in future postseason events.
The cost of sending 550 people has been estimated as high as $2 million. The university initially refused to identify 75 of them.
Monday, August 3, 2009
WAC Reprimands McMakin
From the WAC its ownself...
"The Western Athletic Conference has reprimanded University of Hawai‘i head football coach Greg McMackin for comments he made last week during the WAC's annual football media preview in Salt Lake City. His comments included a gay slur that he used while discussing the University of Notre Dame football team.
In addition to the reprimand, McMackin has been warned that any further violations of the WAC Sportsmanship Code will result in an automatic one-game suspension, at the minimum.
"I greatly appreciate the quick and decisive actions by UH Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw and Athletics Director Jim Donovan as it has made my job in processing this very unfortunate situation much easier," WAC Commissioner Karl Benson said. "Coach McMackin's comments were clearly offensive, violated the WAC Code, and are not condoned by either Hawai‘i or the WAC."
"The Western Athletic Conference has reprimanded University of Hawai‘i head football coach Greg McMackin for comments he made last week during the WAC's annual football media preview in Salt Lake City. His comments included a gay slur that he used while discussing the University of Notre Dame football team.
In addition to the reprimand, McMackin has been warned that any further violations of the WAC Sportsmanship Code will result in an automatic one-game suspension, at the minimum.
"I greatly appreciate the quick and decisive actions by UH Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw and Athletics Director Jim Donovan as it has made my job in processing this very unfortunate situation much easier," WAC Commissioner Karl Benson said. "Coach McMackin's comments were clearly offensive, violated the WAC Code, and are not condoned by either Hawai‘i or the WAC."
Saturday, August 1, 2009
McMakin Suspended 30 Days, Takes Voluntary Paycut
((HT: Honolulu Advertiser/Asato))
University of Hawai'i head football coach Greg McMackin ((pictured, thanks Norman Shapiro/Honolulu Advertiser)) was suspended without pay for 30 days and will take a voluntary 7 percent pay cut from his $1.1 million salary after he used a gay slur during a Western Athletic Conference press conference yesterday in Salt Lake City, school officials announced today.
McMackin, who will lose approximately $169,000, will be allowed to coach the team "as a volunteer" during the suspension, and the money from his suspension will be used to fund an intern for a gay/lesbian group as well for other awareness efforts, UH athletic director Jim Donovan said.
McMackin's pay cut ($77,000) matches the voluntary cut Donovan said he would take earlier this week in response to the state's budget crisis.
An emotional McMackin broke down during today's press conference, while making another apology.
"I just made a big mistake," McMackin said. "I apologize to everyone and anyone I offended. I'm committed to do whatever I can as a life lesson to learn from my mistake."
McMackin left the press conference without taking any questions.
"We all recognize that yesterday Coach McMackin made a serious mistake that has hurt many people and brought negative attention to our state and university," UH-Manoa Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw said at a press conference today. "He is clearly remorseful — as well he should be. This has been a painful experience for all involved, but we must now consider actions that will help everyone learn from this very negative event."
Members of some of the campus gay/lesbian groups were at today's athletic department press conference at the Stan Sheriff Center.
"I am entirely devoted to providing every opportunity for Coach McMackin and the department of athletics to serve as advocates for change in support of LGBT people in Hawai'i," said Camaron Miyamoto, UH coordinator of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services. "Today will strengthen a positive and on-going working relationship between LGBT Student Services, the UH commission on the status of LGBTI Equality and the department of athletics."
Dozens of football team members also attended to support McMackin.
"It was very emotional for him, and for us. (Came) to show support for coach," senior offensive lineman Aaron Kia said. "To let him know we're here for him in times of trouble."
Said Raphael Ieru, senior offensive lineman: "It was hard to watch him break down.
"I think the punishment was fair. "We've got to support our coach."
Here's your standard local reaction piece from our friends at KHNL/NBC8 and Zahid Arab. Plenty of stereotypic sound bites...
More player reaction can be found here in black...thanks again to the Advertiser...
Donovan said McMackin has agreed to coach the team for those 30 days "because he doesn't want the team or the university to be harmed from his mistake."
McMackin met with Hinshaw and Donovan earlier today.
McMackin left Hawaii Hall about 1:30 p.m. without speaking to the media.
Earlier today, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis said that McMackin "demonstrated poor judgment" yesterday in making a slur about gays while describing the Fighting Irish.
McMackin made the reference in describing Notre Dame's team dance at a banquet prior to the Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in which the Fighting Irish beat the Warriors, 49-21.
In a prepared release, Weis said: "Yesterday, Coach McMackin demonstrated poor judgment when, while making comments critical of our football program, he used a derogatory word.
"Speaking only for our football program, we were offended by the remarks.
"This afternoon I received a phone call from Coach McMackin and he apologized to me and asked I pass that along to my players and coaches. We accept his apology and we will move on."
McMackin ignited a firestorm of national outrage when he repeatedly used the slur in his press conference with football writers at the Western Athletic Conference Football Media Review in Salt Lake City before apologizing.
He returned to Hawaii last night and has spent much of this morning apologizing further on radio shows.
In his statement, Weis also noted that as a parent of a daughter with global developmental delays "I am especially sensitive to offensive characterizations like the one at issue here."
Still, Weis says, "in no way do I believe Coach McMackin's comments were intended to be offensive.
"In our phone conversation today, I expressed those sentiments. It is now time to put this incident behind us and return focus to the 2009 season.
Here's his apology, thanks to CSTV/XXL/ESPN...
Friday, July 31, 2009
Weis Reacts To McMakin Slur
((HT: WNDU-TV/South Bend))Not wanting the story to linger until next week's media day, Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis issued a statement on Friday reacting to the comments made by Hawaii coach Greg McMackin ((pictured, thanks South Bend Tribune file)) this week.
Notre Dame, of course, romped Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve. Two days before the game, the two programs participated in a Bowl Banquet together.
At the dinner, a friendly dance off ensued.
This week at the WAC conference media day, McMackin referred to Notre Dame's routine as a "Little faggot dance."
Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis in regards to Hawaii coach Greg McMackin¹s comments yesterday:
"Coach McMackin demonstrated poor judgment when, while making comments critical of our football program, he used a derogatory word," Weis said in the statement. "Speaking only for our football program, we were offended by the remarks."
"[Friday] afternoon I received a phone call from Coach McMackin and he apologized to me and asked I pass that along to my players and coaches. We accept his apology and we will move on."
"As a parent of a daughter with global developmental delays, I am especially sensitive to offensive characterizations like the one at issue here. But in no way do I believe Coach McMackin's comments were intended to be offensive. In our phone conversation today, I expressed those sentiments."
"It is now time to put this incident behind us and return focus to the 2009 season."
The Irish hold their annual Media Day next Friday with the first day of practice next Saturday.
If you want to see the towel waving the Irish players did in the banquet room, you can view it here... thanks, again to WNDU-TV...
Here's the reaction from the Notre Dame football program...
Note: The anchor actually uses the quoted phrase in his story...
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Hawai'i Coach Doesn't Like Irish Dancing Skills
((HT: KGMB-TV))
University of Hawaii Warrior head football coach Greg McMackin ((pictured, thanks KHNL-TV)) used a gay slur three times during his news conference Thursday at the Western Athletic Conference football preview while recalling a story from last year's Hawaii Bowl against Notre Dame.
McMackin used the term first when discussing a team "dance" performed by the Irish during night-before-game festivities involving both teams.
In the game, Hawaii lost 49-21 to the Fighting Irish.
According to multiple media reports, McMackin asked reporters in attendance to "cover for me" after uttering the slur.
To hear the audio of his speech, click here.
He returned to the interview room after the session to apologize for using the phrase and again later for a formal statement.
"I would sincerely like to apologize for the inappropriate verbiage and words that I used," McMackin said. "I have nothing against the University of Notre Dame. I don't talk like that. I'm really ticked off at myself for saying that. I don't have any prejudices and it really makes me mad that I even said that. I'm disappointed in myself.
"What I was trying to do was be funny and it wasn't funny."
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Timmy Chang Arrested
((HT: CBSSports/KGMB-TV))
Former Hawaii quarterback Timmy Chang, one of the most prolific passers in college football history, has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and released without charges pending further investigation.
The 27-year-old Chang was arrested at his Mililani home Thursday after a woman alleged her camera was taken away from her while she was filming a brawl last month in the Pearlridge area.
A man, whom Honolulu police say was Chang, told the woman to stop filming the fight. A struggle ensued and the suspect allegedly took the camera and threw it on the roof of a nearby building.
Chang could not be reached for comment. He is the NCAA career leader in passing yards. He last played in the Canadian Football League and was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in February.
Former Hawaii quarterback Timmy Chang, one of the most prolific passers in college football history, has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and released without charges pending further investigation.
The 27-year-old Chang was arrested at his Mililani home Thursday after a woman alleged her camera was taken away from her while she was filming a brawl last month in the Pearlridge area.
A man, whom Honolulu police say was Chang, told the woman to stop filming the fight. A struggle ensued and the suspect allegedly took the camera and threw it on the roof of a nearby building.
Chang could not be reached for comment. He is the NCAA career leader in passing yards. He last played in the Canadian Football League and was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in February.
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