If the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team is on the road again, it must be time for another adventure.

The Rainbow Warriors departed Honolulu on Tuesday for their longest road trip of the season — at Louisiana Tech today and at New Mexico State on Saturday — and hit a snag yesterday.

A connecting flight was delayed four hours, then Hawai'i head coach Bob Nash had to take a separate flight — to a different city — from the rest of the team.

"It is what it is," Nash deadpanned. "What can I say that I haven't already?"

The good news is the 'Bows and Nash all arrived in Ruston, La., in time for a two-hour practice at the Thomas Assembly Center last night.

LaTech will host the 'Bows in a Western Athletic Conference game today at the Thomas Center. It is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. (Hawai'i time). It will be televised live on OC-16, and via radio on ESPN 1420 AM.

"In the end it didn't affect our preparation," Nash said of the flight delays. "It just took us a little longer than normal to get here."

The 'Bows were forced to wait in the Dallas airport for four hours due to icy runways. When it was cleared, the Hawai'i players and assistant coaches were put on a flight to Monroe, La. Nash and all the team's luggage were put on a flight to Shreveport, La.

A chartered bus picked up the players in Monroe, dropped them off in Ruston, then picked up Nash and the luggage in Shreveport and returned to Ruston.

"We'll rest tonight and hopefully be ready (today)," Nash said.

The 'Bows will need to be ready if they want to end a five-game losing streak. Hawai'i is 9-10 overall and in last place in the WAC at 1-6. LaTech is 8-12 overall and in seventh place at 2-5.

Hawai'i's last win was a home victory over LaTech, 65-64, on Jan. 5.

"We gotta get this one," Hawai'i leading scorer Roderick Flemings said. "We already beat them once, so we know we can do it."

Flemings, a 6-foot-7 wing, ranks second in the WAC with 17.0 points per game, but recently aggravated a right ankle injury that has been bothering him all season.

"It's hurting real bad right now," Flemings said before the team departed on Tuesday. "I haven't been able to elevate on my shots. I'm supposed to rest it, but I don't think that's an option. I'm just going to play hard and see what I can do on it."

Nash said the team has re-adjusted its goals for the stretch run of the season.

"I told the team we may not win the WAC, but certainly we have the same chance as everybody else to win the WAC Tournament," Nash said. "We'll keep seeing how much progress we can make in these next 10 games and then see where it leads us in the WAC Tournament."

Nash said this past week of practice could also produce a new rotation of players for today's game.

"There are certain guys who are not fully on board with running things the way we want to," he said. "Guys who are not buying in with what we're doing can't play until they are ready to buy in."