Winona State Men's Basketball in Hawaii Blog

Day 2 - by Gavyn Hurley

Day started with a smooth breakfast at the restaurant in our hotel. After breakfast we did a team walk through on the hotel balcony. Pretty sweet we can just do our walk through and scouts outside since the weather is a little nicer here than Minnesota.

After walk through we headed to practice. We got a GREAT sweat in. The gym was a lot warmer than McCown that’s for sure!

At night we had the welcome luau at a nearby hotel with all the teams. We ate lots of different meats that I’ve never had including pig. After we finished eating we headed over to the theatre for a little introduction and show. It was a super cool experience and I’m glad I get to be here with the boys! 

Now time to get a dub tomorrow! Roll purp!

Day 1 - Travel Day by Ryan Heise

We are used to waking up early in Winona, but today was a little different. We left Winona at 2:15 am, took the bus to the airport, and got on our first flight to Seattle. Four hours in a plane seat at 6'10" started to feel like 10 hours, but we got there eventually. 

We only had about 45 minutes till our next flight to Hawaii, which was 6 hours, so you can only imagine how excited I was to get on this plane. But it turns out the Hawaii gods were looking after me, because there were open seats in the back, so I got a row to myself, which was a lifesaver. 

Before you know it, we are landing, and when you get here, you kind of forget the 16 hours of traveling you just did because of how pretty Honolulu is. We grabbed our bags, drove to our hotel, got organized, walked downtown to Yard House to eat dinner, and walked the beach on our way home and called it a day.