Seasiders Improve to 12-1 Beating HPU

How many of you Seasiders fans know that we are 12-1 and we lead the nation in field-goal percentage (53.4),three point field goal shooting percentage(43.9) and rebound margin (12.7)
Trenson Akana our senior guard leads the nation with a 54.9 3-pointer percentage, Not to repeat the fact we are rank 5th in the nation and I strongly feel we could be rank as high as # 2 or 3 in the next national ranking poll to come out this week. Another Question I want to ask and get your opinion on is What if the Hawaii Men basket ball team had these same honors ,or Chaminade,Hilo, Hpu , Do you think this news would be buried in a news report where Grand Canyon beats Hilo and by the way BYUH Seasiders leads the nation in 4 categories. A one line mention of BYUh was all we got. I know for Sure if any other Team in Hawaii had this record it would have mention on the front page of the paper and a big headline on the front page of the sports section of our daily papers!
The excuse is that the Daily papers don't like the Seasiders and wont write anything about them, That is simply not the truth,The papers depend on News to attract readers and advertisers to sell space and subscriptions,The Sports editors could care less about your religion,How big your school is,personal friendship with sports writers,and on &on&on. If this is true why does Coach Porter and his teams gets nice write ups which they deserve and I think is great,even the Lady Volleyball team and Coach Navalta deserves the recognition also. Laie community and the North Shore buy papers and buy advertising also,Try this if you want the real answer -Call the sport editor of either daily newspaper and ask them why they don't write any news of this magnitude about our team.I think you will be surprised when they answer you! I know the answer,most of you do also.It is a disservice to a fine team of young man ,their coaches and to the University they represent.This could be reverse in a week if you demand answers and let the card fall where they made. It is way past putting up with weak excuses. (oh by the way we won our game against the Seawarriors 72-54) not very much info,right? you can be like the rest and watch it for free Thursday night on channel 16 and maybe submit to the paper-Old news but better than no news! We will face the Academy of Art Monday 7:30 pm at the Cannon Center. Go Seasiders !

Seasiders Rank Number # 5

From number 8 in last week national ranking the team jump 3 spots to number 5 as the Seasiders have went over the century mark in their last 2 Victory's. Lucas Alves was chosen as the Pac West
Player of the week,The Seasiders continue to play great defense and their field goal shooting for the last 2 games has been 68%. Our goal of being the best rebounding team in the nation has really contributed to our 11-1 record and we outrebounded Notre Dame De Namur by 27 rebounds in the final stats. I hope we will get more ink from the media now as the Season is at the half way point now and its a shame that the Seasiders coverage continues to be minimal or nothing at all or at best a few lines included in The ladies Seasiders game write up from our media people.
I continue to hear from the fans whenever I run into them or parents calling me to find out the score and what is going on with our Men Basket Ball Team and I listen to them but all I can do is to tell them to read this blog and I will do my best to keep you inform on our Team. I appreciate your comments and will forward them on.The #5 Seasiders meets HPU again this Saturday,24,
7:30pm in Honolulu at the Blaisdell arena. Go SeaSiders !

Ice cream Night

The loyal Seasiders fans were treated to ice cream which is a tradition started by Coach Wagner when he became the Head Coach of the Seasiders 19 years ago and turned the program into one of the most respected programs in the NAIA and Divison ll.Any time the team scores a 100 points or more the fans begin rushing to the door for free ice cream.Nick Holliday was the ice cream man last night as he hit a 3 pointer in the waning moments to the delight of the fans who were very vocal in cheering the Seasiders on to victory on a well coached and disciplined Notre Dame De Namur team that refused to give up the entire game . The Seasiders led by 27 points at half time.The hot shooting Seasiders were 63.8% for the game in field goal %. The Seasiders led in rebounding by a margin of 26 rebounds,46 vs 19. The final score was 104-67. Jet Chang was the high point man in scoring 20 points in 17 minutes of playing time,he is such a fun player to watch with his speed and shooting skills.Lucas Alves had 18 points and 9 rebounds, Marcus Whippy had 10 rebounds & 8 points.It was a total team effort from the start and Coach Wagner began subbing early in the game and the reserves got a lot of playing time and valuable court experience against a good ball club. Our next game will be Saturday,January 24, 7;30pm vs.
HPU in the Blaisdell Center. Go Seasiders

Sesiders Deserve Better

Than 1 line in our daily newspapers about our national rank men basket ball team currently ranked #8 and surely will move up next week with out any help from our local press or sport people who are paid to promote BYUH sports. A short 7 line recap on our sport web page was all we had .The Seasiders have won 7 straight games,3 of which were conference games .Our record stands at 10-1 and the fans are asking why is there such a lack of news about the team,Why don't we have any posters and schedule of The Seasiders posted on the north shore,When is the last time we had a media guide?Why is there no SID from our school to be present at all our away games in Hawaii to promote our team, to answers questions from the rival school sport information department and to promote our team to the media and to insure the results are in the next morning paper instead of staying home and watching Local TV of the game instead of being there and doing what you get paid to do.I don't blame you for asking because we deserve better,I don't have the answers to all these questions,I know we have some one from the Sports information when We have a road trip to the mainland, regardless of whet er it is Volleyball, Tennis, or Basketball,men or women. I am not the person to ask but I am sure there is a valid reason for the lack of news.I know it was not always like it is now,Every school in our conference has a media guide except us, Maybe when we win the National Championship we will get some publicity and a media guide.Oh by the way we beat Chaminade in a conference road game 106to Chaminade97 and the Seasiders Dominated the entire game. Go SeaSiders

Seasiders Rank #8

The new poll has the Seasiders in the number eight spot in the latest national rankings that came out Tuesday,January 13,2009. A must win on the road in conference play is against the Chaminade Silver Swords at the St.Louis gym in Honolulu this Thursday,January 15, at 7:30pm.
The contest will be shown on TV, Channel 16. The lady Seasiders game will be televised also starting at 5:30 pm. Come out and see the action as we need your support in this rival game that I have seen many hard fought battles since 1985.Coach Wagner has won more games against the Silver Swords than any other BYUH Coach.I will give you an update on the outcome Friday morning.
GO SEASiders!

Big Win on the Road

In PAC West conference play against The HPU Seawarriors Saturday night on the Sea Warriors home court. The Seasiders shot a 68% field goal % and were leading by 30 points at half time
in favor of the red hot Seasiders who could no wrong against a well coach and athletic team lead by Rishi Kakad who tally 23 points for the SeaWarriors. The Seasiders took over the boards on both ends and total 42-24 a big difference of18 plus for the hard banging Siders led by Marcus Whippy having 11 rebounds & 12 points.Jermaine Odjegba 5 rebounds and Nate Sims 4 rebounds.It was a fun night for the fans and Coaches watching JR Buensuceso drive to basket and making impossible shots and converting his foul shots in his hard nose action. Speaking of Hard nose and tough guys, Treason Akana stands out a player who always manage to give up his body and get a charging foul call against his man he is defending.Jr & Treason had 16 points each.This team is one of the best Teams I have had a opportunity to be a part of and we admire them for playing with pain,being unselfish and the team chemistry is great,They truly do not care who starts the game and no one is afraid to take the winning shot.Our big men are unsung hero's in their shot blocking and rebounding efforts.Jet Chang is a joy to watch and works really hard among with AJ Reilly who always steps up to any challenge Coach Wagner gives him.We might move from #9 to a lower number Tuesday but the only concern now is getting ready for the battle Thursday night 7:30 pm conference road game against Chaminade.Come out and support the Seasiders.You guys are great!

Next Road Game

The next road game is this Saturday, January 10, 7:30 pm against Hawaii Pacific University at the Blasdell.On Thursday January 15, 7:30 pm it is Chaminade .Sorry for the wrong infromation and keep on supporting and come out for these crucial away games.Today Trivia Question-What Seasider asst.Coach son played for the Seasiders, hint-there is more than one.