| Current: | 2023–24 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team |
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | |
| University: | University of Hawaii at Mānoa |
| Conference: | Big West |
| Coach: | Eran Ganot |
| Tenure: | 9th |
| Arena: | Stan Sheriff Center |
| Capacity: | 10,300 |
| Nickname: | Rainbow Warriors |
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| Ncaaroundof32: | 2016 |
| Ncaatourneys: | 1972, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2016 |
| Conference Tournament: | 1994, 2001, 2002, 2016 |
| Conference Season: | 1997, 2002, 2016 |
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA men's competition. (Women's sports teams at the school are known as Rainbow Wahine.) The team currently competes in the Big West Conference after leaving its longtime home of the Western Athletic Conference in July 2012. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2016, with them getting their first NCAA Tournament victory that same year as well. The Rainbow Warriors are coached by Eran Ganot.
The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in five NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5. Number in parentheses is opponent's seed in tournament. The Rainbow Warriors' first tournament appearance with seeds (The NCAA started seeding teams with the 1978 tournament, with the seeding format used today beginning in 1979) was in 1994.
| N/A | First Round | L 64–91 | |||
| 13 | First Round | L 78–92 | |||
| 12 | First Round | L 69–79 | |||
| 10 | First Round | L 58–70 | |||
| 13 | First Round Second Round | W 77–66 L 60–73 |
The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in eight National Invitational Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 10–8.
| First Round Quarterfinals | W 88–87 L 64–73 | ||
| First Round Quarterfinals | Fairfield Purdue | W 66–65 L 72–85 | |
| First Round | L 57–73 | ||
| First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Stanford Long Beach State New Mexico | W 69–57 W 84–79 L 58–80 | |
| First Round Second Round | Oregon UNLV | W 71–61 L 80–89 | |
| First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Arizona State Gonzaga Fresno State | W 90–73 W 78–70 L 83–85 | |
| First Round Second Round | UNLV Minnesota | W 85–68 L 70–84 | |
| First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Utah State Nebraska Michigan | W 85–74 W 84–83 L 73–88 | |
The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). They have a combined record of 1–2.
| First Round Second Round | W 76–64 L 74–77 | |||
| First Round | L 65–69 |
The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their combined record is 0–1.
| First Round | L 53–70 |
See also: List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches.
| Dave Crawford | 1918–1919 | 2–5 | .286 | |
| Edward Williford | 1919–1920 | 2–5 | .286 | |
| Otto Klum | 1921–1923 | 13–8 | .619 | |
| Charles Jones | 1923–1926 | 12–11 | .522 | |
| Leslie Harrison | 1926–1929 | 12–10 | .545 | |
| Claude Swann | 1929–1930 | 3–4 | .429 | |
| Eugene Gill | 1930–1941 | 88–47 | .652 | |
| Bert Chan Wa | 1941–1942, 1946–1947 | 12–13 | .480 | |
| Art Gallon | 1947–1951 | 83–37 | .692 | |
| Al Saake | 1951–1954, 1957–1963 | 92–124 | .426 | |
| Ah Chew Goo | 1954–1957 | 31–46 | .403 | |
| Red Rocha | 1963–1973 | 112–136 | .452 | |
| Bruce O'Neil | 1973–1976 | 42–32 | .568 | |
| Rick Pitino | 1976 | 2–4 | .333 | |
| Larry Little | 1976–1985 | 103–143 | .419 | |
| Frank Arnold | 1985–1987 | 11–45 | .452 | |
| Riley Wallace | 1987–2007 | 334–265 | .558 | |
| Bob Nash | 2007–2010 | 34–56 | .378 | |
| Gib Arnold | 2010–2014 | 72–55 | .567 | |
| Benjy Taylor | 2014–2015 | 22–13 | .629 | |
| Eran Ganot | 2016–present | 156–102 |
See main article: List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers. The Rainbow Warriors retired their first number in program history on February 15, 2020, honoring number 33 for UH great and coach Bob Nash.[1]
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors retired numbers | |||||||||||
| width=40px style="" | No. | width=150px style="" | Player | width=40px style="" | Pos. | width=100px style="" | Career | width= px style="" | No. ret. | width= px style="" | Ref. |
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| 33 | 1970–1972 | 2020 |
The Rainbow Warriors play at the 10,300 seat Stan Sheriff Center, which opened in 1994. Originally called the "Special Events Arena" it was renamed in 1998 after Stan Sheriff, the former UH Athletics Director, who had lobbied for its construction. Previously, the team had played from 1964–1994 at the 7,500 seat Neal S. Blaisdell Center (originally the Honolulu International Center) and prior to that at the "Otto "Proc" Klum Gymnasium".