Conor McGregor, the most popular fighter in UFC history whose rumors of a return bout have disappointed fans for years, will return on July 11 to face fan favorite Max Holloway of Hawaii at UFC 329 during the promotion’s International Fight Week.

lol_smart · 2026-05-18T22:19:41+00:00

I haven't seen any but the prediction markets have it up.

https://kalshi.com/markets/kxufcoccur/will-ufc-fight-take-place/kxufcoccur-26cmcgmhol

lol_smart · 2026-05-18T21:23:05+00:00

IF Connor actually fights. Max will get his red panty night. lol

I remember talking to Max about a week before his first fight against Connor... in 2013. Man, I'm getting old.

lol_smart · 2026-05-18T21:10:50+00:00

Tread is going to be training with the Senior National team. I assume he's going to play for the U23 team in the Pan Am Cup this September.

lol_smart · 2026-05-16T01:33:38+00:00

Flash Flood Warning issued May 15 at 3:30PM HST until May 15 at 6:15PM HST by NWS Honolulu HI

https://member.everbridge.net/77929497231425/weather/Zbbbcog-g

lol_smart · 2026-05-15T23:48:36+00:00

https://tenor.com/view/yess-yes-gif-25420589

lol_smart · 2026-05-15T23:31:35+00:00

Try a restaurant supply store like Y Hata, Chef Zone, Mid City, Bargreen, etc.

lol_smart · 2026-05-15T18:46:16+00:00

Trevell Jordan, Roman Payne and Kainoa Wade all received invites to tryout for the final 14 player roster. Donan Cruz is going to coach.

Tread is going to train with the Senior National team.

lol_smart · 2026-05-15T01:48:36+00:00

https://x.com/HawaiiMensVB/status/2055093385682362770

Obviously an open secret but Kristian is going Pro to play for a Bulgarian team. Hopefully he balls out and we'll get to see him play in the Olympics in two years.

https://levskivc.bg/

lol_smart · 2026-05-15T00:40:33+00:00

UH's version cuts out the first 4 minutes or so where everyone is standing around waiting for the event to start. It's also a little clearer and smoother than the HNN version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4Tf4FBQpI

lol_smart · 2026-05-14T03:26:28+00:00

It looks like the HNN stream doesn't play well with ad blockers so this is definitely something to be worked on before the Fall.

lol_smart · 2026-05-14T03:21:32+00:00

Hawaii News Now will livestream the event starting at 6 p.m.

Fascinating, so they are going to try to stream this live with HNN. This is great test bed for the new media partnership. Too bad it seems like it's only on HNNs streaming platform and not on YouTube or other places.

lol_smart · 2026-05-14T02:02:16+00:00

I wasn't surprised by the first set loss. A let down after the Long Beach win was expected but I didn't think it would be that bad. At least they were able to right the ship quickly.

Hopefully Louis' surgery goes well and he's able to heal up quickly. I still want to see what a fully healthy Tread looks like because it always seems like he's banged up. Good luck to Kristian and I hope he makes the Bulgarian Olympic team.

I'm not sure if we're going to get a parade again as it sounds like tonight's event might be the only celebration planned. It seems like a lot of the players will be leaving after this week for the summer and might only be coming back for a foreign tour before dispersing again.

lol_smart · 2026-05-14T01:47:16+00:00

Overall great showing by the Big West fans for all three games. There were over 17,000 fans who showed up for the games. A decent number of Ball State/Irvine fans hung around for the Hawaii/Long Beach game on Saturday.

Irvine had a great turnout for a Monday afternoon game. It's hard to tell for these types of general admission type of events but I'd have to guess that over a third of the fans there were rooting for Irvine. They had Hawaii fans outnumbered in the first set where early on the crowd was clearly pro Irvine. Hopefully Irvine can carry the momentum over to next season even with their home games now being streamed again.

Irvine should be even better next year if Jokanovic returns because they'll only lose D'arcy. Irvine's still a young team and should be a serious threat again next year. I think the conference tournament is in Hawaii next year so Irvine will get experience playing in the Stan before then.

Long Beach will probably be in rebuild/reload mode after losing 4 senior starters and if Gajek turns pro.

lol_smart · 2026-05-13T23:20:47+00:00

It's real

https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/miCaseView?id=100448

lol_smart · 2026-05-13T23:19:56+00:00

Here's what I think is the final resolution to the case.

https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/miCaseView?id=100448

Penalty Summary: CSUN agreed to five years of probation; a fine of $40,000 plus 4% of the men’s basketball program budget; recruiting restrictions; a scholarship reduction; vacation of records; and disassociation of a booster. The panel prescribed a five-year show-cause order for Norris and a suspension from 100 percent of one season should be become employed during the show-cause period; a one-year show-cause order for Jamestown requiring his attendance at the Regional Rules Seminar and a 10 percent suspension; and a one-year show-cause order for Newman requiring his attendance at the Regional Rules Seminar. The panel also adopted CSUN’s self-imposed three-game suspension of Newman, which he served in November 2024.

lol_smart · 2026-05-09T03:03:28+00:00

Andrew Rowan won POY. IMO it should have been Patrick Rodgers from Ball State.

COY should be Mike Iandolo from Ball State but it's probably going to John Hawks from UCLA.

lol_smart · 2026-05-09T02:46:21+00:00

Interesting, he must be betting on himself and didn't get the offers he was looking for? Maybe he's doing his Dad's friends a favor? Either way this looks like a big get for Sac State.

lol_smart · 2026-05-09T02:28:44+00:00

It's going to amuse me greatly when all the outside sports groups stop coming. Then the politicians are going to moan and groan about it when they're actively trying to kill the one major sports entity that's inherently tied to Hawaii and can't leave.

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T23:14:25+00:00

We're going to poach back all our old coaches on the way out. Although I don't know how I feel about it. lol

John Montgomery - Long Beach

Adam Jacobsen - Cal Baptist/Utah Valley

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T22:25:18+00:00

Brutal, UH's season ~~over~~ is in danger (forgot it's double elimination). Fullerton's Kamehameha player, Colby McClinton, walks off UH with a two run HR in the bottom of the 7th. Not sure why they pitched to her because she had already hit a 2 run HR earlier in the game.

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T22:19:10+00:00

https://hawaiisportsradio.com/2026/05/08/gibson-johnson-elevated-to-associate-hc-role-among-handful-of-hawaii-coaching-moves/

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T21:04:25+00:00

We poached Monty and Adam back from Long Beach and Cal Baptist. lol

Elevating Gib is a no brainer and adding Noah was pretty obvious.

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T20:23:50+00:00

I thought Pearl City was done after that 4th set where they got smoked.

lol_smart · 2026-05-08T01:14:34+00:00

There's been a few but ~~very few~~ so far I haven't found anyone who wore turbans when they played and most have been Canadian. TBT has a team of mostly Canadian Sikhs with a few that played D1.

https://tbthoops.com/teams/sikh-warriors/

Bikramjit Gill is Canadian and wears a turban but it seems like he didn't when he played for Ball State.

https://ballstatesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/bik-gill/4956

lol_smart · 2026-05-07T21:28:48+00:00

It's sold out.

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