Hawaii Pacific men’s basketball off to hot start under new coach Jesse Nakanishi

The big chair really isn’t all that different, Jesse Nakanishi swears.

But, the new Hawaii Pacific University men’s basketball coach allowed, “It was great not having a referee tell me to sit down now.”

HPU is off to its best seven-game start since 2016-17, when it won its first 12 games en route to a 29-3 season and a PacWest Conference regular-season championship. After two season-opening losses in Fairbanks, Alaska, the Sharks (5-2) have won five straight and on Monday were named the PacWest Team of the Week.

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- The Hawaii Pacific University men’s basketball team, the PacWest Team of the Week, is off to a 5-2 start with five straight wins under first-year head coach Jesse Nakanishi

- Nakanishi, who spent two stints as a Sharks assistant under Darren Vorderbruegge, succeeded his mentor in May

- The Sharks have 10 newcomers, including three Division I transfers

HPU faces the University of Hawaii at the Stan Sheriff Center at 5 p.m. Sunday
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Hawaii Pacific men’s basketball off to hot start under new coach Jesse Nakanishi

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