The 2025–26 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rainbow Wahine, led by 14th-year head coach Laura Beeman, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as members of the Big West Conference.
At the conclusion of the season, Beeman retired from coaching.
Previous season The Rainbow Wahine finished the 2024–25 season 22–10, 16–4 in Big West play, to finish as Big West regular season champions. They were upset by eventual tournament champions UC San Diego in the semifinals of the Big West tournament. They received an automatic bid to the WBIT, where they would be defeated by UNLV in the first round.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Big West released their preseason poll. Hawai'i was picked to finish atop in the conference, with four first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +Big West Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 Hawai'i 91 (4) 2 90 (4) 3 83 (1) 4 77 (2) 5 61 6 57 7 51 8 34 9 27 10 20 11 14
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Preseason All-Big West Team Preseason All-Big West TeamPlayerYearPositionImani PerezSeniorForwardRitorya TamiloSophomoreCenter Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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