There’s no place like home, especially when you can play six straight Big West Conference games here over a 16-day midseason stretch.
That is how the Hawai’i men’s basketball team is feeling right now, entering a crucial two-game series against league co-leader UC Santa Barbara (12-3 overall, 6-2 Big West), with a 7 p.m. tipoff scheduled Friday and Saturday at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The Warriors (7-5, 5-5) have won four out of their past five games, including three straight the past two weekends, with the only loss coming in a 53-51 heartbreaker against the other league co-leader, UC Irvine.