Third-year head coach Eric Bovaird is continuing the winning tradition of men's basketball at Chaminade University of Honolulu.

In only his second season, he guided the Silverswords to the 2013 NCAA West Regional in Bellingham, Wash. He also took CUH to the championship game of the inaugural PacWest Conference Basketball Tournament in Azusa, Calif.

Having perhaps the toughest schedule in NCAA Division II annually certainly prepares the Swords for the postseason - none more than playing in the EA Sports Maui Invitational, which features some of the best Division I college programs from around the nation and televised across the nation on the ESPN family of networks.

The buzz of the 2012 version was the Swords' first round upset of Texas, considered to be one of the greatest wins since the historic 1982 victory over No. 1 Virginia. The win over the Longhorns sent the social media world a blaze. It was even one of the trending topic on Twitter.

In addition to playing three Division I heavyweights on Maui, Bovaird, along with CUH Athletics Director, Bill Villa, added a fourth Division I foe. This time with the neighboring University of Hawai`i, the state's only Division I school which is less than a mile away from the Chaminade campus.

Mario Bailey (born November 30, 1970) is a retired American football wide receiver who is the all-time reception leader in NFL Europe. He played for the Frankfurt Galaxy from 1995 through 2000 and was a favorite player for the local German fans. He was originally drafted by the Houston Oilers in the sixth round of the 1992 NFL Draft.[1] He was also drafted by the Orlando Rage of the XFL with the 52nd pick in the 2001 XFL Draft. In 2003 Bailey played in the Arena Football League with the Detroit Fury. Bailey is a former high school football coach at Franklin High School in Seattle, Washington. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks High School Coaches Council.

Bailey had a record breaking career playing for the University of Washington Huskies from 1989 to 1991, and played a key role on the 1991 Washington National Championship team. Bailey holds the Husky records for touchdowns in a season (18), career (30) and shares the record with several others for touchdowns in a game.