The Rainbow Warriors appear to have the size and talent to make another successful run in the Western Athletic Conference, but there are still so many questions.

What about team chemistry? What about unselfish play and hustle? What about staying healthy?

None of those questions could be answered yesterday.

Instead, the biggest question seemed to be "who are these guys?" — as in the players not recognizing the reporters as well as the other way around.

There are nine newcomers on the 15-player roster, and practices have been closed to the public, creating an aura of mystery.

So, in an effort to get to know the team a little better before its exhibition game against Hawai'i-Hilo on Sunday, here are some little things you probably didn't know about each of the 'Bows.

• Matt Gibson (6-5 sophomore shooting guard) once took a basketball as his date to a high school prom.

"That's how much I love this game," Gibson said. "I even took the pictures with the basketball in my hands."

• Jake Sottos (6-4 senior shooting guard) carries a 4 handicap in golf.

"Coach Wallace says he's never been beaten by one of his players, so I'm looking forward to playing him some day," Sottos said.

• Matt Gipson (6-9 junior forward) has an eclectic music collection of more than 500 albums, including nearly 100 vinyl records.

"Everything from the Beatles to Miles Davis to Bob Dylan," Gipson said. "I probably have too many, but I'm into my music."

• Kenny Kelly (6-0 sophomore guard) is ambidextrous. He writes with his left hand, but throws with his right. He can shoot a basketball with either hand.

"My right is stronger, but my left is more accurate," he said.

• Kris Groce (5-10 sophomore point guard) is the team's undisputed champion of video games.

"Football, basketball, it doesn't matter," he said. "Nobody has come close to me yet."

• Milos Zivanovic (6-11 junior center) is a computer-holic. He once went 23 consecutive hours online.

"I ate one meal that day," said Zivanovic, who is from Serbia and Montenegro. "I don't watch TV, so I spend a lot of time on the computer. I can talk to my friends back home that way."

• Brandon Matano (5-11 sophomore guard) ran a 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds as a cornerback on the Siena football team last season.

• The father of Seth Caine (6-3 junior guard) is a well-known morning radio DJ in Seattle.

"It's a country music station, so it's not that popular," Caine said. "But people recognize his name."

His father's name is Ichabod Caine.

• Vaidotas Peciukas (6-7 senior forward) said he is named after a Lithuanian warrior.

• Deonte Tatum (6-3 junior point guard) has a brother-in-law who is an aspiring rap artist going by the name P Raw.

"I like it; I listen to it because it's good, not just because he's family," Tatum said.

• Ryan Schmidt (6-6 junior forward) was on a state championship football team at McNary High in Oregon, and was briefly recruited by the UH football team as a receiver.

• Bobby Nash (6-6 sophomore shooting guard) is a budding artist who has filled his parents' home with drawings and ceramic sculptures.

• Jeff Blackett (6-8 senior forward) is an avid snowboarder who qualified to ride on the "expert" trails in Utah.

• Julian Sensley (6-9 junior forward) has 14 tattoos on various parts of his body, including a skull he got done on his left arm just last week.

"One day I want to open my own tattoo shop," he said. "I just like looking at the different art."

• Chris Botez (7-0 junior center) is not really 7 feet tall. He said he is 6-11&Mac253;.

"When you say 7-footer, people notice right away," he said. "I'm close enough, I guess."