For two weeks, roughly 14 practices, everything has been calm, quiet and pleasant.
It’s fun to come to work, UH-Hilo women’s basketball coach David Kaneshiro said, of the tweaking, mixing and matching involved with fusing a roster of five returning players and eight newcomers.
That said, Kaneshiro looks forward to stirring the pot and throwing his charges into the deep end of the pool.
The Vulcans’ annual exhibition game at UH-Manoa – on tap for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Honolulu’s Stan Sheriff Center – certainly isn’t sink or swim, but more of a dry run to see how his players respond to the adversity of facing the size and athleticism the Division I Rainbow Wahine offer.