BYU-Hawaii plays its final basketball game

[JAHS]

"Mormons in Laie were in mourning this week as Brigham Young University-Hawaii's Seasiders — both the men's and women's teams — played their final basketball games.
It was not just the end of the season, but the end of an era.
Mormon officials announced in 2014 they were phasing out intercollegiate athletics at the historic school on the island of Oahu to spend more resources on student enrollment."

Game over — BYU-Hawaii plays its final basketball games; remaining sports soon will follow

I seem to recall them having a pretty good football team a few years back. Apparently BYU-Idaho dropped intercollegiate sports over 10 years ago.

[notHagoth7]

13 hours ago, JAHS said:

"Mormons in Laie were in mourning this week..."

...Apparently BYU-Idaho dropped intercollegiate sports over 10 years ago.

More tragically, my alma mater also dropped *Thor*, the Viking mascot....surrendering a valuable culture.

http://byuiscroll.org/thor-donated-to-nearby-high-school/

Now we all need to change the name of every *Thur*sday to BYU-I-day, or "kinda/sorta-Cougar-day." (Doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it?)

Edited February 24, 2017 by notHagoth7

[VideoGameJunkie]

Basketball is important though. What else is there to do in Hawaii?

[rodheadlee]

On 2/26/2017 at 6:00 PM, VideoGameJunkie said:

Basketball is important though. What else is there to do in Hawaii?

Fish, surf, sail,Scuba dive, snorkel?

[Calm]

1 hour ago, rodheadlee said:

Fish, surf, sail,Scuba dive, snorkel?

Climb volcanos?

[sjdawg]

sports at most universities are revenue generating entities.  I wonder if attendance/lack of marketability played into the decision more than academics

[notHagoth7]

On 2/26/2017 at 7:00 PM, VideoGameJunkie said:

Basketball is important though. What else is there to do in Hawaii?

Read, visit, walk on the beach, watch the storms, clouds, sunrises/sets.

(I suppose.) Such things are allowed there, aren't they?