Boys basketball

It was a matter of will for No. 2 Maryknoll. Facing an unbeaten Saint Louis squad — one with two wins over St. Francis — the Spartans looked out of sorts early on. The first quarter looked like a mismatch. > Maryknoll shot 2-for-11 from the field. > The Spartans, who had spent hours on free-throw shooting in recent weeks, were 1-for-5 at the foul line. > Saint Louis outrebounded the visitors and had an 11-8 edge on the boards. […]

This could start with a, “Once Upon a Time…” Jim Nicholson was a 6-foot-6 center at Saint Louis in 1966. In a chaotic basketball season that saw mass forfeitures across the then blended Interscholastic League of Honolulu, players were banned almost across the board for breaking a rule about offseason participation in non-school leagues. The late, great Bill Kwon chronicled the sad circus. (Click twice on the photo below to read the column.) Today, there are leagues for youths like […]

Stopping short of Sagarin ratings and slightly more modernized forms of analytics, gauging high school hoops teams now — at roughly halfway through the season — can seem difficult. But the congestion involved with examining more than a dozen quality boys basketball teams, and perhaps as many as two dozen, can be simplified. One way is looking at a team’s win-loss mark against opponents who are or have been ranked in the Star-Advertiser Top 10. There are sometimes flaws, like […]

The shuffle continued today for every team in the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10 except for one. While Punahou remains atop the poll, Farrington and Lahainaluna entered for the first time this season. No. 9 Farrington (8-6) may be the hottest team in the Oahu Interscholastic Association after posting wins over then-No. 7 Moanalua and then-No. 9 Kalaheo in the past two weeks. The Governors are 3-0 in the East’s blended schedule. They will play in the OIA Division II […]

Strange as it may sound, Maryknoll gave up 14 3-pointers by ‘Iolani and still played well enough defensively to pull out a 62-54 road win on Saturday at the Raiders’ gym. Frank Felix scored 23 points and poured in seven treys, including four in the first quarter and two in the second, but it wasn’t enough for No. 2 ‘Iolani. The Raiders are now 0-1 in ILH play (9-6 overall) despite making all those treys, largely because the visiting Spartans […]

The OIA East race got a little tighter on Friday night. It’s Farrington, playing its best basketball of the young season, that is causing more headaches for boys basketball coaches. The Governors continued their home-court roll, stunning No. 9 Kalaheo 70-68. Raefe McEnroe led the way again with 24 points, and post scorer Christian Havea added 12. Farrington is slotted in Division II, but until the playoffs begin, the Governors are proving to be as dangerous as any team out […]