UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 1 | VS.GAME HOWARD 1 | VS. HOWARD - Page 1 CONTACT: Amy (Woodruff) LaBrie, Associate Communications Director O: (305) 284-3241 | C: (813) 410-1194 [email protected] | @CanesHoops 2014-15 SCHEDULE SETTING THE SCENE DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE Nov. 14, 2014 | 7 p.m. Nov. 6 Eckerd College (exh.) HurricaneSports.com W, 74-58 Nov. 14 Howard ESPN3 7 p.m. 2014-15 BankUnited Center | Coral Gables, Fla. Nov. 17 at Florida ESPNU 7 p.m. Nov. 20 vs. Drexel & ESPNU 3 p.m. --/RV MIAMI HOwarD TV: ESPN3 Nov. 21 vs. Akron/Southern Cal & TBA TBA HURRIcanes BISON Radio: 560 WQAM | WVUM 90.5 Nov. 23 vs. Penn State/South Carolina/Cornell/Charlotte & (0-0) (0-0) Web: ESPN3 Nov. 25 at Charlotte & FSN 9 p.m. Nov. 28 South Alabama ESPN3 7 p.m. Dec. 2 Illinois ! ESPN2/U 9 p.m. LEADERS LEADERS After leading Miami to the 2013 NCAA Dec. 6 UW-Green Bay ESPN3 2 p.m. Points per Game Points per Game Sweet 16 and winning the school’s first Dec. 8 Savannah State ESPN3 7 p.m. Manu Lecomte, 7.7 James Daniel, 21.0 ACC regular season and tournament Dec. 19 Eastern Kentucky ESPN3 7 p.m. Tonye Jekiri, 4.2 James Miller, 6.2 championships, Jim Larrañaga was Dec. 22 vs. Providence ^ FOX Sports 1 9 p.m. honored as the AP, Naismith, USBWA Dec. 30 College of Charleston ESPN3 7 p.m. Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game Henry Iba, Adolph Rupp Cup and Jan. 3 Virginia * ESPN2 2/4:30 p.m. Tonye Jekiri, 5.5 Prince Okoroh, 5.3 Jan. 10 Boston College * RSN 4 p.m. ACC Coach of the Year. The Bronx, Jan. 13 at Duke * ESPNU 9 p.m. N.Y., native helped Miami to a Jan. 17 at Notre Dame * ESPN/2 2 p.m. Assists per Game Assists per Game No. 2 national ranking by both Jan. 22 NC State * ACCN 8 p.m. Manu Lecomte, 2.3 James Daniel, 4.0 the AP and USA TODAY, and a No. Jan. 24 at Syracuse * ESPN/2 4 p.m. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Jan. 28 Georgia Tech * RSN 9 p.m. Feb. 1 at Florida State * ESPNU 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3 Louisville * ACCN 8 p.m. Feb. 8 Clemson * ESPNU 6:30 p.m. THE GAME Feb. 11 at Wake Forest * RSN 7 p.m. Miami opens the 2014-15 campaign against Howard University on Nov. 14 at the BankUnited Center. Feb. 15 at Boston College * ESPNU 6:30 p.m. Tipoff for the game is at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 Virginia Tech * RSN 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at Louisville * ESPN/2 2 p.m. Feb. 25 Florida State * RSN 9 p.m. THE SERIES Feb. 28 North Carolina * CBS 2 p.m. Miami is 1-1 in the series against Howard, which dates back to the 1991-92 season. Miami won the last March 4 at Pittsburgh * RSN 8 p.m. matchup against Howard, defeating the Bison 87-71, on Nov. 29. 2001 at home. March 7 at Virginia Tech * RSN Noon ACC Tournament, Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum March 10 First Round THE BROADCASTS March 11 Second Round Catch the game on ESPN3 with Kevin Corke and Stan Heath making the call. Also check out the game March 12 Quarterfinals on 560 WQAM Radio with Joe Zagacki, the Voice of the Hurricanes, as well as WVUM 90.5 radio, March 13 Semifinals Miami’s student station. March 14 Finals All home games are played at the BankUnited Center THE COACH Game times are ET and subject to change * ACC game Head coach Jim Larrañaga has a 536-370 overall record in his 31st season as a head coach. He is 66-36 ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in his third season at the University of Miami. & Gildan Charleston Classic, S.C. ^ Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Barclays Center, N.Y. ACCN - ACC Network RSN - Regional Sports Network THE POLLS (as of Nov. 10) All conference games on an ESPN network will also be available on WatchESPN. All conference games carried on ACCN or RSN will also be available on ESPN3. USA TODAY: Miami - RV, Howard - NR KenPom.com: Miami - 57, Howard - 348 All games can be heard on WQAM 560 and Canes All Access on HurricaneSports.com THE WEATHER SOCIAL MEDIA Website: HurricaneSports.com Projected temperatures on game day: Coral Gables - 80/66. Washington, D.C. - 46/34. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @CanesHoops UP NEXT MIAMI MEDIA GUIDE Miami travels north to Gainesville, Fla., to face the Gators on Nov. 17 before heading to the Charleston Miami is not printing media guides again this season. Classic in South Carolina, Nov. 20-23. The Canes’ stats, notes and almanac are online at: http://gocan.es/mbbnotes . 2013 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Champions | NCAA Sweet 16 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 1 | VS. HOWARD - Page 2 2014-15 Roster pronunciations Players # Name POS. HT. WT. YR. Hometown | Previous SCHOOL (S) 33 Ivan Cruz Uceda E-von Cruise Ew-say-duh 0 Ja’Quan Newton G 6-2 185 Fr. Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann-Goretti HS 23 Tonye Jekiri Tahn-yay Jah-keer-ee All-time leading scorer (1,972 p) in Philadelphia Catholic School League ... No. 58 in ESPN Top 100. 20 Manu Lecomte Man-ew La-conn-t 1 Deandre Burnett G 6-2 195 RFr. Miami, Fla. / Massanutten Military (Va.) / Carol City HS 21 Kamari Murphy Kuh-mar-ee Third in nation in scoring as HS senior (37 ppg) ... 2012 Parade All-American ... Redshirted after injuring wrist prior to opener in 2013-14. 5 Davon Reed Dave-on 2 Joe Thomas F 6-7 245 Gr. Miami, Fla. / Niagara / Dr. Krop HS 35 Chris Stowell Stole Career 3.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 55.4% FG in 13.0 mpg at Niagara ... Played HS ball with Angel Rodriguez ... Only senior or graduate on the team. Coaches 5 Davon Reed G 6-6 208 So. Ewing, N.J. / Princeton Day School (N.J.) Jim Larrañaga lare-uh-nay-guh Averaged 6.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg and 1.2 apg in 20.7 mpg rookie season ... Sidelined until at least Jan. with left lower extremity injury. Michael Huger hue-gur 10 Sheldon McClellan G 6-5 205 RJr. Houston, Texas / Texas / Bellaire Chris Caputo ca-poo-toe Career 12.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg at Texas in 68 games at Texas ... Gained 60 lbs on bench since arrival at Miami ... Career high 27 pts at Texas Tech. Locations 11 Mike Fernandez G 6-1 190 So. Coral Gables, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Belen Jesuit buh-lin Walk-on who played in three games as a rookie ... All-Dade County honorable mention two seasons. Cupey, P.R. kew-pay 12 James Palmer G 6-5 200 Fr. Washington, D.C. / St. John’s College HS Champagnat School schomp-un-yaht No. 1 player in D.C. region by ESPN ... Played AAU for Team Takeover ... Can play positions 1-4 ... Team-best 68% FG in Spain. 13 Angel Rodriguez G 5-11 180 RJr. Cupey, P.R. / Kansas State / Dr. Krop HS Cousy Award watch list ... At K-State: NABC District 8 second team ... All-Big 12 second team ... Big 12 Defensive Team. 20 Manu Lecomte G 5-11 170 So. Brussels, Belgium / Athene des Pagodes Averaged 7.7 ppg, 2.3 apg in 28.0 mpg as a rookie ... FIBA U20 Division B 2014 All-Tournament Team for Belgium. CLASS BREAKDOWN 22 Omar Sherman F 6-8 260 Fr. Duncanville, Texas / Duncanville HS Graduates Joe Thomas No. 10 recruit in Texas, says ESPN ... 17.1 ppg and 8.4 rpg as a senior ... Smooth-shooting lefty ... Dropped 20 lbs since June arrival at UM. Seniors None 23 Tonye Jekiri C 7-0 244 Jr. Hialeah, Fla. / Champagnat Catholic / Port Harcourt, Nigeria Juniors Ivan Cruz Uceda, Tonye Jekiri, Only played basketball five years after moving from Nigeria in 2010 ... Only returner from 2013 ACC Championship team. Sheldon McClellan, Kamari Murphy, 33 Ivan Cruz Uceda F 6-10 237 Jr. Madrid, Spain / Harcum College (Pa.) Angel Rodriguez Averaged 14.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg and 2.0 assists in JuCo ... Set school records for rebounds in a game (29) and career (635). Sophomores Mike Fernandez, 35 Chris Stowell F 6-7 190 Fr. Exeter, N.H. / Tilton School (N.H.) / Exeter HS Manu Lecomte, Davon Reed Walk-on ... Post grad year at Tilton School ... Can communicate in five languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese & Hebrew. Freshmen Deandre Burnett, Ja’Quan Newton, James Palmer, REDSHIRT (Will sit 2014-15 season after transferring from Oklahoma State) Omar Sherman, Chris Stowell 21 Kamari Murphy * F 6-9 216 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Oklahoma State / IMG / Lincoln HS Led OSU in total rebounds and blocks as a sophomore ... Averaged 6.1 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 25.9 mpg during sophomore campaign. GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Belgium Manu Lecomte Nigeria Tonye Jekiri LarraÑaga by THE NUMBERS 2014-15 RETURNING NUMBERS (per game) Puerto Rico Angel Rodriguez 5 - Coach Jim Larrañaga is one of five ACC coaches with a GS Pts. FGM 3FGM Reb. A B S Spain Ivan Cruz Uceda Final Four appearance to his credit. In 2006, Coach Jim Larrañaga 1.0 11.9 4.3 0.8 7.6 3.0 0.9 1.3 United States became the first coach at a mid-major school to take his team to the 2014-15 RETURNING PLayers Florida Deandre Burnett, Mike Fernandez, NCAA Final Four in 27 years.