Billy Hull: Hawaii’s chances to go dancin’ again will only get tougher
The only time it got scary was when Hawaii had missed its first seven shots and was trailing 11-0. Fortunately for the Rainbow Warriors men’s basketball team, they started making some 3’s, and the end result of Thursday’s first round NCAA Tournament track meet against Arkansas was a respectable 97-78 loss considering how badly the game started. There is a reason 13 seeds don’t often beat No.
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The only time it got scary was when Hawaii had missed its first seven shots and was trailing 11-0. Fortunately for the Rainbow Warriors men’s basketball team, they started making some 3’s, and the end result of Thursday’s first round NCAA Tournament track meet against Arkansas was a respectable 97-78 loss considering how badly the game started. There is a reason 13 seeds don’t often beat No.
4 seeds. There is another reason Arkansas point guard Darius Acuff Jr. might hear his name read aloud as one of the top five picks of the NBA Draft this summer.
The funny thing about March Madness is nobody is going to remember Acuff and Meleek Thomas becoming the first Arkansas freshmen duo with at least 20 points and five assists in a NCAA Tournament game. Nobody’s going to know whose single-season assists record Acuff passed in Arkansas school history, or that Trevon Brazile surpassed 1,000 career points as a Razorback. The only thing people are going to remember is Hawaii went dancin’ in 2026, and in college basketball, that is all that matters.