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Post by kchoya on Nov 24, 2008 12:03:13 GMT -5
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Post by Boz on Nov 24, 2008 12:14:44 GMT -5
I believe we played in the "Honolulu Classic" under Esherick, not the better-known Maui Invitational.
Beat Minnesota for the title.
That was the Sweet 16 year. Unless you are referring to another year.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Nov 24, 2008 12:28:30 GMT -5
I believe we played in the "Honolulu Classic" under Esherick, not the better-known Maui Invitational. Beat Minnesota for the title. That was the Sweet 16 year. Unless you are referring to another year. IIRC we played in the 1999 Maui Invitational and lost a close game to UNC.
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Post by Boz on Nov 24, 2008 12:33:03 GMT -5
Yeah, you're right. I thought that Maui tourney was while Pops was still the coach, but I was wrong. Either way, kc's point -- which I take to mean as "When are the Hoyas going to give us an excuse for a Hawaii vacation?" -- is still a good one.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Nov 24, 2008 13:52:57 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure we played in one in III's first year, the "Rainbow Classic" or something, over Christmas Break. I think we lost to Oral Roberts in one of the games.
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Post by hifigator on Nov 24, 2008 14:09:33 GMT -5
I don't know if there has been pressure to "spread" the invitations around to be more fair or whether it is simply a matter of there being more of these annual tourneys, but I used to really look forward to the Maui Invitational (and the Great Alaskan Shootout for that matter), but it doesn't generate the same interests. It seems like there used to be a consistently higher level of talent in the fields. Maybe I'm wrong though, and like I said it could just be that there are so many more similar tourneys this time of year, that no one or two really "stand out" like they used to.
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Post by TigerHoya on Nov 24, 2008 14:43:34 GMT -5
The Maui was not the one we played in. It was the other one - the Rainbow.
Oral Roberts gave everybody fits in that tourney and I had to deal with a Clemson-GU game.
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Post by hifigator on Nov 24, 2008 15:00:35 GMT -5
The Maui was not the one we played in. It was the other one - the Rainbow. Oral Roberts gave everybody fits in that tourney and I had to deal with a Clemson-GU game. I guess the Rainbow tourney got axed the same time the Rainbow Warriors became just the Warriors.
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Post by kchoya on Nov 24, 2008 15:57:37 GMT -5
Here it is:
1999
11-22 W 71-55 vs Memphis (at Maui Invitational, Lahaina, HI) 11-23 L 79-85 vs North Carolina (#4) (at Maui Invitational, Lahaina, HI) 11-24 L 62-72 vs Florida (#6) (at Maui Invitational, Lahaina, HI)
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Post by FLHoya on Nov 24, 2008 17:09:17 GMT -5
The tournament from the Esherick era had some funky name like the "Hawaii Pacific Classic". We played in November 2000:
11-24 W 77-65 vs Central Florida (HPU Classic, Honolulu, HI) 11-25 W 79-68 vs Coll. of Charleston (HPU Classic, Honolulu, HI) 11-26 W 76-60 vs Minnesota (HPU Classic, Honolulu, HI)
Story I heard from a friend who worked in McDonough was that he found the trophy from the tournament in a drawer during a house-cleaning in the basketball office c. 2003 or 2004.
As for the Maui Invitational, we won't be in the field for a few years. They just announced their 2010 field--UConn is the Big East representative. In 2009 it'll be Louisville.
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Post by ichirohoya on Nov 24, 2008 17:15:07 GMT -5
The Maui was not the one we played in. It was the other one - the Rainbow. Oral Roberts gave everybody fits in that tourney and I had to deal with a Clemson-GU game. I guess the Rainbow tourney got axed the same time the Rainbow Warriors became just the Warriors. Just to set some facts straight: The Rainbow Classic is alive and sort of well. This years field is pretty weak truth be told: Hawaii, Vermont, WG, Coppin, Colorado, Pepperdine, Colorado St, Buffalo. Tourney runs from December 27th to the 30th at Univ of Hawaii. Only the Univ of Hawaii Football team has gone with Warriors as their nickname. All of the rest of mens sports teams, including basketball, are still the Rainbow Warriors. Baseball just goes by the Rainbows. For anyone dreaming of possible Hawaii basketball vacations, The Rainbow Classic is getting a new companion tournament in Honolulu starting next year. hawaiiathletics.com/news/2008/10/13/MBB_1013082949.aspx?path=mbballThe Rainbow Classic will shrink down to a 4 team round robin and the new 12 team Diamond Head Classic will be the feature event. I am still a little puzzled why in the name of common sense Chaminade, a school in Honolulu, hosts their tournament on another island. Aside from Maui being a much nicer tourist destination, I've always found that kind of odd.
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Post by theexorcist on Nov 24, 2008 17:33:06 GMT -5
I guess the Rainbow tourney got axed the same time the Rainbow Warriors became just the Warriors. Just to set some facts straight: The Rainbow Classic is alive and sort of well. This years field is pretty weak truth be told: Hawaii, Vermont, WG, Coppin, Colorado, Pepperdine, Colorado St, Buffalo. Tourney runs from December 27th to the 30th at Univ of Hawaii. Only the Univ of Hawaii Football team has gone with Warriors as their nickname. All of the rest of mens sports teams, including basketball, are still the Rainbow Warriors. For anyone dreaming of possible Hawaii basketball vacations, The Rainbow Classic is getting a new companion tournament in Honolulu starting next year. hawaiiathletics.com/news/2008/10/13/MBB_1013082949.aspx?path=mbballThe Rainbow Classic will shrink down to a 4 team round robin and the new 12 team Diamond Head Classic will be the feature event. I am still a little puzzled why in the name of common sense Chaminade, a school in Honolulu, hosts their tournament on another island. Aside from Maui being a much nicer tourist destination, I've always found that kind of odd. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Rainbow_WarriorsWow. Read the articles linked to for all the controversy on the name change. People getting propositioned, stolen lands - strange. For the record, I think that the Hawaii baseball team just goes by Rainbows. And hosting a tournament in a nice location is a perfectly logical thing to do. It's why Maryland doesn't play their tournament in College Park.
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Post by ichirohoya on Nov 24, 2008 17:39:33 GMT -5
Good catch exorcist. Corrected.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Nov 24, 2008 18:42:21 GMT -5
I went to Maui in 1999, so Georgetown was definitely there. The Hoyas handled Memphis with ease, battled UNC in one of the single best games Craig coached, and, then, well, the team didn't have much left in the Wednesday finale with Florida. That's something to watch in this series--are the young players prepared for a three game series in such short order.
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