The 2016–17 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by second-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to Long Beach State.
The Stan Sheriff Center saw its second consecutive season with a sellout (announced turnstile 9,211 out of 10,300) in an 83–68 defeat versus No. 5 North Carolina, the first instance since 1996–97 and 1997–98.
Previous season The Rainbow Warriors finished the 2015–16 season 28–6, 13–3 in Big West play to finish in a tie for the Big West regular-season title. They defeated the Long Beach State 49ers, the only team to sweep the Rainbow Warriors, in the finals of the Big West tournament.
The team, as a #13 seed in the 2016 NCAA tournament, defeated #4 California, 77–66, before bowing out to Maryland, a #5 seed, 73–60 in the second round.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Issac Fleming 0 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Wilmington, DE Transferred to East Carolina Niko Filipovich 2 G 6'0" 160 RS Sophomore Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Rodrick Bobbitt 5 G 6'3" 205 Senior Castro Valley, CA Graduated Dyrbe Enos 10 G 5'10" 170 RS Junior Aiea, HI Walk-on; left the team to finish degree and forego fifth year Quincy Smith 11 G 6'1" 180 Senior Antioch, CA Graduated Sai Tummala 12 G 6'6" 218 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Jakob Cornelissen 13 G 6'1" 165 Freshman Melbourne, Australia Walk-on; didn't return Stefan Jovanovic 15 C 6'10" 235 Junior Kraljevo, Serbia Graduate transferred to Loyola Marymount Aaron Valdes 32 G 6'5" 190 Junior Whitter, CA Declared for 2016 NBA draft Stefan Janković 33 F 6'11" 235 Junior Mississauga, ON Declared for 2016 NBA draft
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brian Garrett 20 G 6'4" 180 Junior San Carlos, CA Junior college transferred from Cañada College Gibson Johnson 21 F 6'8" 225 Junior Centerville, UT Junior college transferred from Salt Lake CC
2016 Recruiting
2017 Commitments
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#004231; color:white;"| Big West tournament
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