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Posted on: Friday, September 4, 2009

Rainbow Wahine basketball team releases schedule

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RAINBOW WAHINE SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER

4�HAWAI�I PACIFIC (exhibition), 7 p.m. 17�at UC Riverside, 3 p.m. 19�at UCLA, 7 p.m. 21�at Cal State Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

27-29 (Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic), 27�ARIZONA STATE, 5 p.m. 29�EAST TENNESSEE STATE, 5 p.m.

DECEMBER

3�SAN FRANCISCO, 7 p.m. 4-5 at Brigham Young-Hawai�i Tournament. 4�BYU-Hawai�i, 4 p.m. 5�BYU, 1 p.m. 19-21 at Duel in the Desert. 19�Kansas State, 7:30 p.m. 20�UNLV or Virginia Commonwealth, TBD. 21�TBD. 29-30 Waik�k� Beach Marriott Classic. 29�KENT STATE, 7 p.m. 30�KENT STATE, 7 p.m.

JANUARY

6�at Fresno State*, 7 p.m. 9�at New Mexico State*, 7 p.m. 13�IDAHO*, 7 p.m. 16�NEVADA, 7 p.m. 18�UTAH STATE*, 5 p.m. 21�at Louisiana Tech*, 7 p.m. 23�at Boise State*, 7 p.m. 27�SAN JOSE STATE*, 7 p.m.

FEBRUARY

6�FRESNO STATE*, 5 p.m. 10�NEW MEXICO STATE*, 7 p.m. 13�at Idaho*, 2 p.m. 15�at Nevada*, TBA. 17�at San Jose State*, 7 p.m. 20�LOUISIANA TECH*, 5 p.m. 24�BOISE STATE*, 7 p.m.

MARCH

6�at Utah State*, 3 p.m. 9-13 at WAC Tournament

*�Western Athletic Conference games

all game times for game location

Road trips to Southern California, Las Vegas and L�ie highlight the upcoming Rainbow Wahine basketball schedule.

Hawai�i, under new coach Dana Takahara-Dias, opens the 2009-10 season on Nov. 17 at UC Riverside. The Rainbow Wahine then visit UCLA (Nov. 19) and Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 21).
It�s the first time the Rainbow Wahine will start the season on the road since 1982.
Hawai�i then hosts the Rainbow Wahine Classic during Thanksgiving weekend with games against Arizona State and East Tennessee State in the three-team, round-robin format.
Hawai�i hosts San Francisco on Dec. 3 before traveling to L�ie for the Brigham Young-Hawai�i Tournament on the 4th and 5th against BYU-Hawai�i and BYU.
The Rainbow Wahine play at the eight-team Duel in the Desert from Dec. 19 to 21 where teams except the Rainbow Wahine and host UNLV played in a postseason tournament last year.
Hawai�i returns 13 players from a team that went 8-23 last year.
Hawai�i wraps up the preseason against Kent State on Dec. 29 and 30 in the Waik�k� Beach Marriott Classic.
The Western Athletic Conference season starts on Jan. 6 at Fresno State. The WAC home opener is Jan. 13 against Idaho. Hawai�i was 4-12 in WAC play last year.
The WAC Tournament is scheduled for March 9 to 13 in Reno, Nev.

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