The University of Hawai’i basketball team bounced back from an upset loss to UC Riverside last week, but the few national pollsters who were backing the Warriors have backed off.
Hawai’i did not receive any points in either the Associated Press Top 25 Poll or the USA Today Coaches Poll this week. The Warriors were in the “Others receiving votes” category for both polls last week, receiving 12 points in the AP Top 25 and three in the USA Today poll.
The cause for the drop is the loss to UC Riverside, even though the Warriors responded two nights later with a victory over CSUN.