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Artie continues your Aloha #HDayFriday sports discussion with a lot of talk on this weekend's final Big West Conference regular season series for UH men's basketball as they face the UC Davis Aggies and also the home opening weekend for UH baseball.

Joining Artie today:

-Brian McInnis, co-host of the Rivals Waikiki pregame show with Gary Dickman, gives us his thoughts on all things basketball. From the UH men's basketball season to the NBA All-Star game, Artie and Brian talk all things basketball.

Artie also reflects on UH's sweep over Long Beach State last weekend as well as responds to comments made by Creighton men's basketball head coach Greg McDermott.

With Bobby on the road with UH men's basketball, Josh Pacheco takes you through your Aloha #HDayFriday workday with a look back at UH baseball's dominate game one victory last night against Hawai`i Pacific, a look ahead to the final Big West Conference series for both the UH men's and women's basketball teams, not so good news coming from LSU and Big Ben is a Steeler for this season. Buy or sell is featured as well.

On today's show:

-Jonathan Warriner, College Basketball writer/analyst: gives an outlook on the ACC and other Power 5 Conference teams ahead of their respective conference tournaments, his concerns with Baylor, what's happened to Duke and who is on his 1-seed line.

-Bobby Curran, UH men's basketball play-by-play voice on ESPN Honolulu: provides his take on the upcoming series for UH men's basketball at UC Davis and what Las Vegas will look like next week for the Big West Conference Tournament.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby today. Dieter Kurtenbach comes on to talk about some Golden State Warriors news, and how the organization is "wasting" a great year from Stephen Curry. ESPN's Marc Raimondi comes on to talk about this weekend's UFC 259, and the history that could be made this weekend.

The animals are on this mid-week show with the news of the sports world day. Howard Balzer from Sports Illustrated talks about the St. Louis Cardinals and their progress in spring training, Mike Wise from Pure Hoops Media talks about Washington D.C. sports and the Washington Football team, and Dan Favale from Bleacher Report talks about the NBA and what is going on before the all-star break. And what are some funny origins with team nicknames...one of them has to do with Hawaii?

Josh talks about the Mock NFL Drafts and what player and most importantly Quarterback is going where, Will Tua Tagovailoa still be in Miami or will Mack Jones be the new QB, More talks of Marcus Mariota going to a new team keep happening Josh gives his thoughts and more, Also detail on UH Manoa Campus getting money to host Football games.

Zack Patraw, president of NFL Draft Bible, talks the upcoming NFL Draft and how he sees the first couple of picks to be going down, how many trades will there in the top five alone? Jim Les, UC Davis basketball head coach, talks the upcoming matchup between the Mustangs and the Rainbow Warriors this weekend, and how Davis handled their COVID situation this year. Jon Marks, of WIPSports Radio, talks Philadelphia sports, and why Philly shouldn't be so quick to give up on second round pick Jalen Hurts.

The Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu joins the sports animals to discuss local sports, when that could be returning, and some interesting developments in golf as well as the potential in TopGolf in Hawaii.

The animals are on with a very special guest. The mayor of the City and County of Honolulu Rick Blanigardi joins the show to talk about local sports and even the development of TopGolf in Hawaii. Also, after a big sweep of Long Beach State, the Rainbow Wahine basketball team are looking to close out the regular season strong, and Amy Atwell joins the show to talk about the team moving forward. And Michael Giardi from the NFL Network talks about the New England Patriots and what they need in the upcoming draft.

Josh Recaps UH Baseball's series with Arizona State this pass weekend and what they have too look forward too for BIg West Conference play, JJ Watt has found a new team in the Arizona Cardinals and was secretive about who he choose, Josh explains why, Also Josh says a team of baseball players are get suspended for a picture.

Spectrum Sports' Kawika Hallums joins The Sports Animals to talk about the big sweep of Long Beach for the UH Men's basketball team.