2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team

2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball
2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball
Outrigger Rainbow Classic champions
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	15–16 (7–13 Big West)
Head coach	Eran Ganot (10th season);
Associate head coach	Brad Davidson
Assistant coaches	Rob Jones; Gibson Johnson; Cullen Neal;
Home arena	Stan Sheriff Center; (Capacity: 10,300)

2024–25 Big West men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC San Diego †	18	–	2	.900	30	–	5	.857
UC Irvine	17	–	3	.850	32	–	7	.821
UC Riverside	14	–	6	.700	21	–	13	.618
Cal State Northridge	14	–	6	.700	22	–	11	.667
UC Santa Barbara	11	–	9	.550	21	–	13	.618
UC Davis	9	–	11	.450	15	–	17	.469
Cal Poly	8	–	12	.400	16	–	19	.457
Cal State Bakersfield	8	–	12	.400	14	–	19	.424
	7	–	13	.350	15	–	16	.484
Long Beach State	3	–	17	.150	7	–	25	.219
Cal State Fullerton	1	–	19	.050	6	–	26	.188

† 2025 Big West tournament winner

The 2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by tenth-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center located in Honolulu, Hawaii as members of the Big West Conference.

With a loss to CSUN on March 8, the Rainbow Warriors failed to qualify for a postseason conference tournament for the first time since 2009–10.

Previous season

The Rainbow Warriors finished the 2023–24 season 20–14, 11–9 in Big West play to finish in fourth place.^[1] They defeated Cal State Northridge,^[2] before falling to UC Davis in the semifinals of the Big West tournament.^[3] Despite a second consecutive 20-win season, the team decided to not pursue a postseason bid.^[4]

Roster

2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kody Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	South Kent School	Minnetonka, Minnesota
G	2	Tom Beattie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Rosmini College	Auckland, New Zealand
G	4	Marcus Greene	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Houston Christian	Gilroy, California
F	5	Gytis Nemeikša	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Xavier	Kaunas, Lithuania
G	6	Osahon Obasohan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Espoirs Le Mans	Antwerp, Belgium
G	8	AJ Economou	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Southern California Academy	Santa Monica, California
G	10	Logan Robeson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Fr	Campolindo High School	Moraga, California
G	11	Jacopo Van der Knaap	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Tobarra CB	Verona, Italy
F	13	Roy Igwe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	St. Mary's International School	Tokyo, Japan
F	14	Harry Rouhliadeff	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Villanova College	Brisbane, Australia
F/C	20	Jerome Palm	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Valparaiso	Almere, Netherlands
G	22	Ryan Rapp	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Washington State	Melbourne, Australia
G	30	Aaron Hunkin-Claytor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Salesian College Prep	Wahiawa, Hawaii
C	32	Tanner Christensen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	GS	Utah Tech	Spokane Valley, Washington
F	34	Akira Jacobs	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	NBA Global Academy	Yokohama, Japan

Head coach

Eran Ganot (Swarthmore)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Davidson (Sydney)
Rob Jones (Saint Mary's)
Gibson Johnson (Hawaiʻi)
Cullen Neal (Saint Mary's)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 28, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	at Hawaii–Hilo	W 64–61	–	14 – Nemeikša	11 – Christensen	4 – Beattie	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (1,987) Hilo, HI
November 2, 2024* 5:00 p.m.	vs. Chaminade	W 85–80	–	20 – Jacobs	17 – Christensen	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	Ka'ulaheanuiokamoku Gym (301) Pukalani, HI
Regular season
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Life Pacific Outrigger Rainbow Classic	W 96–61	1–0	20 – Jacobs	9 – Nemeikša	3 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (4,221) Honolulu, HI
November 10, 2024* 5:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	San Jose State Outrigger Rainbow Classic	W 80–69	2–0	20 – Christensen	8 – Christensen	4 – Greene	Stan Sheriff Center (4,580) Honolulu, HI
November 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Pacific Outrigger Rainbow Classic	W 76–66	3–0	18 – Tied	10 – Nemeikša	2 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (4,313) Honolulu, HI
November 17, 2024* 5:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Weber State	W 73–68 ^OT	4–0	25 – Christensen	8 – Nemeikša	4 – Beattie	Stan Sheriff Center (4,433) Honolulu, HI
November 22, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10 North Carolina	L 69–87	4–1	16 – Nemeikša	10 – Tied	4 – Greene	Stan Sheriff Center (8,948) Honolulu, HI
November 26, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Hawaii Pacific	W 67–63	5–1	24 – Williams	10 – Christensen	3 – Beattie	Stan Sheriff Center (4,089) Honolulu, HI
December 3, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Grand Canyon	L 72–78	5–2	24 – Nemeikša	8 – Rouhliadeff	4 – Rapp	Global Credit Union Arena (7,004) Phoenix, AZ
December 7, 2024 11:00 a.m., Spectrum SportsNet	at Long Beach State	L 68–76	5–3 (0–1)	17 – Greene	10 – Christensen	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	Walter Pyramid (1,446) Long Beach, CA
December 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 71–62	6–3	19 – Rapp	6 – Tied	3 – Rapp	Stan Sheriff Center (4,614) Honolulu, HI
December 22, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	Charlotte Diamond Head Classic first round	W 78–61	7–3	24 – Nemeikša	8 – Christensen	3 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (5,049) Honolulu, HI
December 23, 2024* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	Nebraska Diamond Head Classic semifinals	L 55–69	7–4	11 – Greene	4 – Tied	2 – Williams	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
December 25, 2024* 1:30 p.m., ESPN2	Oakland Diamond Head Classic 3rd place game	W 73–70 ^OT	8–4	25 – Nemeikša	11 – Tied	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (5,086) Honolulu, HI
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	UC Santa Barbara	L 61–64	8–5 (0–2)	15 – Christensen	8 – Nemeikša	2 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (4,753) Honolulu, HI
January 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Cal Poly	W 68–55	9–5 (1–2)	19 – Nemeikša	10 – Christensen	4 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (4,763) Honolulu, HI
January 9, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Riverside	W 83–76	10–5 (2–2)	18 – Christensen	9 – Christensen	6 – Williams	SRC Arena (1,235) Riverside, CA
January 11, 2025 11:00 a.m., Spectrum SportsNet	at Cal State Fullerton	W 95–86	11–5 (3–2)	20 – Nemeikša	8 – Nemeikša	4 – Beattie	Titan Gym (513) Fullerton, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Cal State Northridge	L 60–83	11–6 (3–3)	10 – Hunkin-Claytor	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (4,237) Honolulu, HI
January 18, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Cal State Bakersfield	W 81–70	12–6 (4–3)	17 – Tied	9 – Christensen	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (5,803) Honolulu, HI
January 23, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Davis	L 66–68	12–7 (4–4)	21 – Rouhliadeff	8 – Christensen	5 – Williams	University Credit Union Center (1,478) Davis, CA
January 25, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 55–71	12–8 (4–5)	12 – Jacobs	8 – Nemeiksa	3 – Jacobs	Bren Events Center (3,148) Irvine, CA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	UC San Diego	L 63–74	12–9 (4–6)	11 – Tied	7 – Christensen	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (4,218) Honolulu, HI
February 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Cal State Fullerton	W 82–57	13–9 (5–6)	14 – Tied	11 – Rouhliadeff	5 – Beattie	Stan Sheriff Center (5,518) Honolulu, HI
February 6, 2025 5:00 p.m., Spectrum SportsNet	at Cal Poly	L 63–79	13–10 (5–7)	13 – Nemeikša	5 – Tied	3 – Hunkin-Claytor	Mott Athletics Center (1,756) San Luis Obispo, CA
February 8, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 72–76	13–11 (5–8)	23 – Christensen	8 – Christensen	4 – Hunkin-Claytor	The Thunderdome (2,109) Santa Barbara, CA
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	Long Beach State	W 62–60	14–11 (6–8)	10 – Tied	9 – Rouhliadeff	3 – Beattie	Stan Sheriff Center (4,358) Honolulu, HI
February 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	UC Irvine	L 49–66	14–12 (6–9)	11 – Christensen	8 – Rapp	3 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (5,475) Honolulu, HI
February 22, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 44–83	14–13 (6–10)	9 – Rapp	6 – Rouhliadeff	3 – Hunkin-Claytor	LionTree Arena (3,084) La Jolla, CA
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	UC Riverside	L 76–82	14–14 (6–11)	17 – Nemeikša	7 – Christensen	5 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (4,229) Honolulu, HI
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports	UC Davis	W 78–70	15–14 (7–11)	16 – Christensen	9 – Christensen	6 – Hunkin-Claytor	Stan Sheriff Center (5,088) Honolulu, HI
March 6, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield	L 64–76	15–15 (7–12)	21 – Nemeikša	8 – Rapp	8 – Hunkin-Claytor	Icardo Center (1,158) Bakersfield, CA
March 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge	L 73–82	15–16 (7–13)	20 – Nemeikša	6 – Christensen	4 – Greene	Premier America Credit Union Arena (2,055) Northridge, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Hawaii–Aleutian.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "Hawaii downs CSUN, heads to Big West semis". KHON2. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "Hawaii men's basketball rally against UC Davis falls short in Big West semifinals". Spectrum News. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "No tournament for Hawaii men's basketball team— season over". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "2024-2025 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[2] "Hawaii downs CSUN, heads to Big West semis". KHON2. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[3] "Hawaii men's basketball rally against UC Davis falls short in Big West semifinals". Spectrum News. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[4] "No tournament for Hawaii men's basketball team— season over". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[5] "2024-2025 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[6] "Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

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