It’s not exactly on Halley’s Comet pace, but the University of Hawai’i basketball team playing for a regular-season conference championship is quite rare, and you might want to catch a glimpse of it while you can.
Hawai’i has been affiliated with either the Western Athletic Conference (33 seasons) or the Big West Conference (fourth season) for 37 consecutive seasons. The Warriors have finished atop the regular-season standings just twice in that span.
A prime view of the current run is scheduled for this Thursday, February 11, when the Warriors host UC Irvine in a showdown for sole possession of first place in the Big West Conference.