{"id":223887,"date":"2025-10-17T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=223887"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:36:03","slug":"manoa-basketball-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/manoa-basketball-preseason-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warrior basketball ranks 3rd in preseason poll"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men\u2019s basketball<\/a> team ranked third in the Big West men’s basketball preseason coaches poll. It is the third time in the last four years that the Rainbow Warriors have been picked in the top three.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa earned 76 points to be slotted at the No.<\/abbr> 3 spot as the Rainbow Warriors embark on their 14th and final season in the Big West.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bows forward Gytis Nemeik\u0161a also garnered a spot on the six-player all-Big West preseason team. The senior was the team’s leading scorer last year. Nemeik\u0161a is part of a 13-player roster this year that includes four returnees and nine newcomers.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa hosts the first of two free exhibition games on October 18, versus Pomona-Pitzer at Bankoh Arena. The \u2018Bows will take on Chaminade on October 26, before opening the 2025–26 regular season on the road at Oregon on November 4.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Big West announced its men’s basketball preseason coaches poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-223887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t