The last, and only, time a University of Hawai’i basketball team entered a conference tournament as a No. 1 seed, it ran roughshod over three Western Athletic Conference foes on the way to the NCAA Tournament.
That was 2002. This is 2016, and the Warriors have finally earned another No. 1 seed, although this time in the Big West Conference. If history is to repeat, the Warriors need to start strong on the opening day, just as the 2002 team did.
Hawai’i will face No. 8 seed Cal State Fullerton in a quarterfinal game on Thursday afternoon (2:30 p.