HONOLULU - Season tickets for the 2009-10 University of Hawai`i men's and women's basketball campaigns are now on sale. Fans can purchase season tickets at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, by calling 944-2697, or online at HawaiiAthletics.com. The box office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed on holidays).

 

For the second straight year the men's basketball team will play 20 regular-season home games. Despite the recent increase in home contests, men's basketball season tickets remain the same price for the third straight year, Meanwhile, women's basketball season tickets also remain the same at $60 for adults ($75 last year) and $50 for senior citizens ($60 last year).

 

The inaugural Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic will be included in the men's basketball season tickets. Diamond Head Classic all-session package and individual tickets will go on sale Monday, Oct. 5. Individual tickets for men's and women's basketball go on sale Monday, Oct. 19.

 

Lower Level $270 (plus $100 Premium Seat Contribution; Single Seats Only)

Upper Level Adult:  $200

Upper Level Senior Citizen: $175 (65+)

Upper Level Student (4-high school): $89

Upper Level Student (UH):  $59

 

General Admission Adult:  $60

General Admission Senior Citizen: $50

Students (4-high school and UH): FREE

 

The men's basketball squad, led by second-year head coach Bob Nash, returns 10 letterwinners from last year's squad, including all-WAC forward Roderick Flemings. Nash and the Rainbow Warriors play a pair of exhibition games versus UH Hilo and BYU-Hawai'i, before playing its regular-season opener against Southern Utah on Nov. 13 in the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic.

 

The women's basketball team is excited to start the 2009-10 season under the leadership of head coach Dana Takahara-Dias. Takahara-Dias begins her first season at UH and has the luxury of one of the top returning guards in the conference back in junior Keisha Kanekoa. The Rainbow Wahine open the season against Hawaii Pacific in an exhibition game Nov. 4 and hold their home opener against Arizona State on Nov. 27.