The University of Hawai’i basketball team was picked to finish fourth (out of nine teams) in the Big West Conference preseason media poll, announced on Thursday.
The Rainbow Warriors were behind UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and CSUN. No Hawai’i players were selected to the six-member Preseason All-Conference Team,
The Warriors return four players with starting experience (Drew Buggs, Samuta Avea, Zigmars Raimo, Eddie Stansberry) from last season’s team that finished 18-13 overall and in fourth place in the Big West at 9-7.
UC Irvine, which won the Big West last season with a 15-1 conference record, edged UC Santa Barbara in the preseason media poll.