Sometimes you want to forget a game as fast as possible.

Saturday night's blowout loss to Colorado State in the opening round of the 45th Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic was one of those cases.

Bob Nash and the rest of the Rainbow Warriors coaches decided it was best to move on from the disheartening 74-58 upset by the Rams, which eliminated the possibility of a 12th UH title in the final year of the Classic's eight-team format. It also knocked the Rainbows into the dubious consolation bracket for the second straight year.

The Rainbows (6-4) had no game yesterday while the lower half of the tourney bracket played out. UH was scheduled to watch film of the CSU game—in which things completely fell apart in the second half—but Nash chose instead to prepare fully for the next opponent. The 'Bows meet George Washington (6-3) today in the consolation semifinals at around 7:30 p.m.

“;We talked about how bad we played,”; Nash said. “;I decided not to watch film, not to dwell on what happened last night. I think every guy knows that we played bad. I don't want that being the last thing that we see.

“;It was a step backward for us in terms of how we play defense (51 percent shooting allowed),”; he added. “;We weren't aggressive. We just sat back kind of passive.”;

Like Colorado State, the Colonials boast a solid inside presence. Senior forward Rob Diggs (6-9, 187) showed his length and quickness against Vermont with a season-high 25 points on 8-for-11 shooting. He also had 14 rebounds and three blocks in the loss.

Another GW forward, Damian Hollis, averages 12 points for a potent one-two combination up front.

Hawaii forward Petras Balocka played his worst game of the season against CSU (one point on 0-for-7 shooting), but came out fired up at practice.

“;Man, I just felt like I was out of sync yesterday,”; Balocka said. “;Got early into foul trouble, came out early in the second half and missed my shots. It wasn't my day, you know.

“;I mean, you just gotta forget and move on,”; he said. “;We can't turn it back, so I mean, we just gotta move on and make sure it doesn't happen again.”;

Hawaii can still finish the tournament with a winning record as the consolation champion before heading into Western Athletic Conference play starting Saturday against Boise State.

The Rainbows' eight-team tournament next year will be the inaugural Diamond Head Classic, while the Rainbow Classic becomes a four-team round-robin tourney.