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2016 & 2013 NCAA SWEET 16 | 2013 ACC REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS @CANESHOOPS | HURRICANESPORTS.COM MIAMI BASKETBALL QUICK HITS GAME 33 Miami has just 9 eligible scholarship student-athletes 9 on the roster, led by seniors Davon Reed and Kamari NO. 8 SEED MIAMI HURRICANES (21-11, 10-8 ACC) Murphy, and junior Ja’Quan Newton. Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga 2013 & 2016 ACC Coach of the Year The Hurricanes have 4 new players wearing Miami Record at Miami: 139-68, sixth season ACC Record at Miami: 64-42 4 uniforms this season, all of whom are true freshmen. Career Record: 609-402, 33rd season Alma Mater: Providence, 1971 vs. Among active coaches, Coach L is the 11th-winningest 11 coach in the country with 609 victories, and ranks No. NO. 9 SEED MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (19-14, 10-8 B1G) 41 on the list of all-time winningest coaches. Head Coach: Tom Izzo Alma Mater: Northern Michigan, 1977 Miami’s facilities are undergoing $1.7 million in Record at MSU: 543-219, 22nd season Career Record: 543-219, 22nd season renovations with graphics and new features in the 1.7 office areas and locker rooms of the Watsco Center. MIAMI IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT All-Time Record: 8-8 Coach L Record at Miami: 4-2 (2) Coach L All-Time: 9-7 (7) This season Jim Larrañaga and associate head coach First Round: 5-3 Second Round: 3-2 Sweet 16: 0-3 Chris Caputo are in their 15th season on the sidelines Record as #8 Seed: 0-0 Record vs. #9 Seed: 0-0 Record vs. MSU in NCAA T: 0-0 15 together, dating back to their time at George Mason. SETTING THE SCENE 2016-17 SCHEDULE Nov. 2 Barry (Ex.) ACCN E W, 73-62 DATE Friday, March 17, 2017 Nov. 11 Western Carolina ACCN E W, 92-43 TIME 9:20 p.m. Nov. 16 at North Florida ESPN3 W, 94-56 LOCATION BOK Center | Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 19 Penn ACCN E W, 74-62 BROADCASTS TV: TNT - Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Dana Jacobson AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field House, Orlando, Fla. Radio: 560 WQAM - Joe Zagacki Nov. 24 Stanford ESPN2 W, 67-53 POLLS (as of 3/13) Miami AP: NR USA Today: NR NCAA RPI: 42 KenPom: 32 Warren Nolan: 42 Nov. 25 #21/22 Iowa State ESPN2 L, 56-73 MSU AP: NR USA Today: NR NCAA RPI: 50 KenPom: 43 Warren Nolan: 50 Nov. 27 Florida ESPN2 L, 56-65 WEATHER Coral Gables, Fla.: High 72 / Low 59 East Lansing, Mich.: High 42 / Low 31 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Nov. 30 Rutgers ESPNU W, 73-61 2016-17 TEAM HIGHLIGHTS Hoophall Miami Invitational, AAA, Miami Miami defeated three ranked teams this season, downing No. 9/6 North Carolina, No. 10/11 Duke in Coral Gables, and Dec. 3 Wofford ESPN3 W, 74-57 No. 18/19 Virginia on the road. This is the third-straight year and the fifth time in Coach L’s six seasons that the Canes Dec. 6 South Carolina State ACCN E W, 82-46 have defeated two top 15 teams. Dec. 16 Florida Atlantic ACCN E W, 76-56 After receiving votes in at least one poll each of the first 16 weeks, Miami entered the national rankings for the first Dec. 22 George Washington ACCN E W, 72-64 time in the 2016-17 season at No. 25 in both the AP and USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Feb. 27. Dec. 28 Columbia ACCN E W, 78-67 Miami won its third-straight ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchup, defeating Rutgers in Coral Gables, Fla. Atlantic Coast Conference Schedule Coach Jim Larrañaga has posted five 20-win seasons in his first six years at The U and the Canes have won seven or Dec. 31 NC State RSN W, 81-63 more ACC games each season under Coach L. Senior Davon Reed is the recipient of the ACC's 2017 Skip Prosser Award, presented annually to the top scholar- Jan. 4 at Syracuse RSN L, 55-70 athlete in ACC men’s basketball. Reed will graduate in May with a degree in sports administration and double minors in Jan. 12 #20 Notre Dame ESPN L, 62-67 communications and marketing. Jan. 14 at Pittsburgh RSN W, 72-46 Freshman Bruce Brown, who is majoring in sports administration, was named to the All-ACC Academic Team. Jan. 18 at Wake Forest ACCN L, 79-96 Freshman guard Bruce Brown recorded a triple-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against South Jan. 21 at #18 Duke ESPN L, 58-70 Carolina State on Dec. 6. It was the second triple-double in program history at Miami Jan. 25 Boston College RSN W, 78-77 Coach Larrañaga recorded his 600th career win on Jan. 14 at Pitt. With 600 wins, he is one of five ACC coaches with Jan. 28 #9/6 North Carolina CBS W, 77-62 600 victories, and the other four men are in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Feb. 1 #15/16 Florida State ACCN L, 57-75 In Miami's 21st game of the season vs. Florida State on Feb. 1, Larrañaga coached his 1,000th career game. Feb. 4 at NC State ACCN W, 84-79 Miami's game against Georgia Tech was Coach L's 200th career game at UM. Feb. 8 Virginia Tech RSN W, 74-68 With a 78-67 win over Columbia on Dec. 28, 2016, the University of Miami men's basketball program earned its Feb. 11 at #4 Louisville ESPN2 L, 66-71 1,000th program victory. Feb. 15 Georgia Tech ACCN W, 70-61 In his 109th game at The U, senior guard Davon Reed scored 17 points against George Washington, solidifying his Feb. 18 Clemson RSN W, 71-65 name in Miami's 1,000-point club. Feb. 20 at #18/19 Virginia ESPN W, 54-48 OT For two straight seasons, Miami has sold out its season ticket allotment for all home games at the Watsco Center. Feb. 25 #10/11 Duke CBS W, 55-50 The Miami coaching staff reeled in Miami's top recruiting class in program history, signing McDonald’s All-American Feb. 27 [25] at RV/- Virginia Tech ESPN2 L, 61-66 Dewan Huell, Jordan Brand Classic All-American Bruce Brown, Australian standout Dejan “DJ” Vasiljevic and Rodney March 4 [25] at #15/17 Florida State ACCN L, 57-66 Miller from national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (Va.). The group was ranked No. 9 from 247Sports, No. 10 from Scout, ACC Tournament, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. No. 13 from ESPN and No. 13 from Rivals. March 8 #9 UM vs. #8 Syracuse ESPN/ACCN W, 62-57 Jim Larrañaga has signed three ESPN Top 100 players for the 2017 class in McDonald's All-American and Jordan March 9 #9 UM vs. #1 No. 6 UNC ESPN/ACCN L, 78-53 Brand Classic All-American guard Lonnie Walker (No. 18), guard Chris Lykes (46) and forward Deng Gak (92). New NCAA Tournament, Tulsa, Okla. Zealander Sam Waardenburg also joins the class, and is practicing with the team this spring. March 17 #8 UM vs. #9 MSU TNT 9:20 p.m. HEAD COACH JIM LARRAÑAGA MIAMI COMMUNICATIONS Coach Jim Larrañaga has led the Hurricanes to a pair of NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and won the 2013 Amy LaBrie, Associate Director of Communications ACC regular season and ACC Tournament titles. He has been named the AP, Naismith, USBWA and Henry Iba National Coach of the Year, twice was both the ACC and USBWA District Coach of the Year (2013, 2016), O: (305) 284-3241 | C: (813) 410-1194 and was the 2013 NABC District Coach of the Year. With Miami's win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 14, 2017, [email protected] | @CanesHoops Coach L earned his 600th career victory. Kevin Ivany, Communications Assistant GAME 33 | MIAMI IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT @CANESHOOPS | HURRICANESPORTS.COM 2016-17 MIAMI HURRICANES PRONUNCIATIONS Players NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN | PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S) 0 Ja’Quan Newton Juh-quan 0 Ja’Quan Newton Jr. G 6-2 187 Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann-Goretti HS 4 Dejan Vasiljevic Day-on Captain. Starting PG after being touted as Sixth Man of the Year a season ago. Scored 1,972 career points in high school. Vass-EEl-uh-vitch 2 Mike Robinson So. G 5-10 170 New Britain, Conn. / New Britain HS 5 Davon Reed Dave-on Team manager turned walk-on. Played basketball, football and was on track team in high school. 15 Ebuka Izundu E-boo-kuh E-zoon-du 3 Anthony Lawrence, Jr. So. G/F 6-7 210 St. Petersburg, Fla. / Lakewood Senior HS 20 Dewan Huell Duh-wan PG in high school, small forward at Miami. Son of a high school coach. Nickname is Amp. Father and uncle played at Miami. Hue-ull 4 Dejan “DJ” Vasiljevic Fr. G 6-3 198 Melbourne, Australia / Australian Institute of Sport 21 Kamari Murphy Kuh-mar-EE Goes by DJ. Combo guard. Experience with FIBA and Australian national team. Gained 50lbs on bench press since June. 35 Chris Stowell Stole Coaches 5 Davon Reed Sr. G 6-6 220 Ewing, N.J. / Princeton Day School Jim Larrañaga lare-uh-nay-guh Three-year captain. Workman mentality. 2016 NABC Honors Court. All-ACC Academic Team. Chris Caputo ca-poo-toe 11 Bruce Brown Fr. G 6-5 190 Boston, Mass. / Vermont Academy 2016 Jordan Brand Classic All-American. Boasts 6-9 wingspan. Multi-sport athlete in high school, also playing football.