Hawaii
Coach: Vince Goo (9th year)
Record and conference: 23-5, Big West
Seed, Region and Bid: 11, West, Automatic
Total NCAA appearances: 4
NCAA Tournament Record: 1-3
Last NCAA appearance: 1994, lost to San Diego, 81-75, first round
Hawaii captured its first-ever Big West Tournament on the strength of Tania Brunton, who scored a career-high 34 points in a semifinal win over New Mexico State. The Rainbows are 20-5 this year after going 6-20 a season ago. Needs Fujimoto and Cockett to hit from the outside to open up the inside for the post players.
Starters
F - Tania Brunton (5-11, Sr., 19.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
F - Nani Flores (6-2, Sr., 7.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg)
C - Kendis Leeburg (6-2, So., 11.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg)
G - Tiffany Fujimoto (5-7, So., 2.2 ppg, 3.5 apg)
G - Nani Cockett (6-0, So., 14.9 ppg, 2.5 apg)
Roster
NO. PLAYER POS HT CLASS 4 Stephanie Bull F 5-11 JR 5 Liisa Kotlainen G 5-8 JR 20 Nani Cockett G 5-11 SO 21 BJ Itoman G 5-5 FR 24 Brandi Ashby F 6-2 JR 25 Tiffany Fujimoto G 5-7 JR 30 Hedy Liu F 5-11 FR 33 Michelle Macintyre G 5-9 SO 34 Tania Brunton F 5-11 SR 40 Nani Flores F 6-2 SR 42 Destree Wautlet F 6-3 SO 50 Kendis Leeburg C 6-3 JR
