“There may be a college basketball team that’s smarter than us in the country, but that’s a short list,” Tritons coach Eric Olen said. “Our collective IQ, our collective self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses is sort of our superpower.”

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Kelsie Imai has grown into one of the top point guards in Rainbow Wahine basketball history. The Tritons are 4-1 since the loss to UH and one game behind UC Irvine for second place and one of the two double byes in the conference tournament.