FULLERTON, Calif. — When it rained in soggy Orange County Thursday morning, it poured.
The dream of the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team notching its first Big West Conference Tournament victory since 2016 was abruptly washed away less than 12 hours before tipoff at the Honda Center in Anaheim when the league announced all games are cancelled effective immediately, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
So just like that — as the Warriors were in a meeting room at the Fullerton Marriott preparing for a 5:30 p.m. (Hawai’i time) first-round game against UC Davis — an emotional up-and-down 100th anniversary season is over at 17-13.