HILO, Hawai'i – It'll be a fast and furious start to the upcoming 2024-25 Hawai'i Hilo Men's Basketball season with six games in nine days to tip off a 32-game slate.
The Vulcans open the season by hosting UH Manoa for an exhibition on Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. before heading to Canada to start official competition as part of the CCA Canadian Tip-Off Classic (Nov. 1-3) in British Columbia. Hawai'i Hilo will then play Division-I Montana in an exhibition (Nov. 4) before wrapping up with two more road contests as part of the annual PacWest-GNAC Crossover (Nov. 8-9).
Official home opener is set for Friday, Nov. 22 against Northwest Indian College at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
Other non-conference action includes a dip in the Hoops in Hawai'i Classic on O'ahu to take on Adelphi (Nov. 29) along with the annual Big Island Holiday Classic (Dec. 14 + 21) hosting Fontbonne (Division III) and Kansas Wesleyan.
With the addition of three new members to the PacWest Conference, the regular season will no longer be formatted for equal home and away contests. This winter, the Vulcans will only have single matchups against Westmont, Biola, Azusa Pacific, Vanguard, Fresno Pacific and Dominican.
The top six teams will once again qualify for the PacWest Conference Championships postseason tournament set for March 6-8 at Dominican's Conlan Center in San Rafael, California.
Last season, Hawai'i Hilo made it a third consecutive trip to the PacWest Tournament and just narrowly missed out with a defeat in the semifinal round.
2024-25 Men's Basketball Opponents
| SCHOOL |
23-24 RECORD |
POSTSEASON |
| UH Manoa (DI) |
20-14 (No. 4 Big West) |
Big West Tournament Semifinal Round |
| Simon Fraser |
7-22 (No. 9 GNAC) |
- |
| Western Oregon |
5-21 (No. 10 GNAC) |
- |
| Saint Martin's |
21-8 (No. 3 GNAC) |
GNAC Tournament First Round |
| Montana (DI) |
24-12 (No. 3 Big Sky) |
Big Sky Tournament Runner-Up |
| Montana State Billings |
20-10 (No. 1 GNAC) |
GNAC Tournament Semifinal Round
NCAA West Regional First Round |
| Northwest Indian |
- |
- |
| Adelphi |
18-11 (No. 3 NE10) |
NE10 Tournament First Round |
| HPU |
18-11 (No. 3 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament First Round |
| Chaminade |
10-18 (No. 10 PacWest) |
- |
| Nobel (NCCAA) |
SWS |
- |
| Fontbonne (DIII) |
20-8 (No. 1 SLIAC) |
SLIAC Tournament Champion
NCAA Division III Championship First Round |
| Kansas Wesleyan |
23-9 NAIA (No. 2 KCAC) |
KCAC Tournament Runner-Up
NAIA National Championship First Round |
| Concordia Irvine |
10-16 (No. 8 PacWest) |
- |
| Westmont |
12-16 (No. 7 PacWest) |
- |
| Point Loma |
21-9 (No. 1 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Runner-Up |
| Biola |
17-12 (No. 4 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament First Round |
| Azusa Pacific |
16-17 (No. 6 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Champions
NCAA West Regional Runner-Up |
| Vanguard |
14-13 NAIA (No. 7 GSAC) |
- |
| Academy of Art |
20-9 (No. 2 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Semifinal Round |
| Menlo |
19-9 NAIA (No. 6 GSAC) |
GSAC Tournament First Round |
| Fresno Pacific |
7-21 (No. 11 PacWest) |
- |
| Jessup |
18-12 NAIA (No. 5 GSAC) |
GSAC Tournament Semifinal Round |
| Dominican |
10-18 (No. 9 PacWest) |
- |
