UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 14 |GAME at Virginia 14 | at Virginia- Page 1 CONTACT: Amy Woodruff, Assistant Communications Director O: (305) 284-3241 | C: (813) 410-1194 [email protected] | @CanesHoops SETTING THE SCENE PRINTED GUIDES ARE IN THE PAST FOR UM The University of Miami Athletics Web Services department has developed a first-of-a-kind Digital Guide on the Canes athletic Jan. 7, 2012 | John Paul Jones Arena | Charlottesville, Va. | 6 p.m. programs. Built for web browsers, as well as iPad and Xoom tablets, 2011-12 TV: ESPNU | ESPN3 the digital guide is a living preview of the UM basketball program. Filled with vivid photography, exclusive videos and a ton of historical Radio: 560 WQAM perspective, it will quickly become a valuable resource for die-hard MIAMI VIRGINIA Webcast: WQAM.com Hurricanes fans. Officials: Karl Hess, Ray Natili, Sean Hull UM MEN’S BASKETBALL DIGITAL GUIDE HURRICANES (9-4) CAVALIERS (13-1) http://mbbguide.theusports.com/mbb1.html Series: Miami is 9-4 against Virginia NATIONAL RANKING NATIONAL RANKING Last Meeting: March 10, 2011 -- / -- 21 / 23 Miami won, 69-62 in OT at the ACC Tournament 2011-12 SCHEDULE LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE W, 99-89 vs. UNCG W, 57-52 at LSU COACH LARRANAGA 11/03 Florida Southern (exhibition) W, 88-78 LEADERS LEADERS Jim Larranaga came to Miami after 11/11 Tennessee Tech TheACC.com W, 69-58 serving as the head coach at George 11/15 Rutgers ESPN3 W, 72-57 Scoring per Game Scoring per Game Malcolm Grant - 14.5 Mike Scott - 16.0 Mason for 14 seasons. He guided 11/19 North Florida TheACC.com W, 75-62 Durand Scott - 13.3 Joe Harris - 13.0 the program to five NCAA Tourna- 11/22 Florida Gulf Coast RSN W, 60-50 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game ment appearances (2011, 2008, 11/25 at Ole Miss FSN L, 64-61 (OT) Reggie Johnson - 6.5 Mike Scott - 9.0 2006, 2001, 1999) – including an 11/29 at Purdue ! ESPN2 L, 76-65 Assists per Game Assists per Game unprecedented run to the 2006 Final 12/03 Massachusetts ESPNU W, 83-75 Durand Scott - 3.5 Jontel Evans - 3.4 Four that captured the nation’s 12/06 No. 21/20 Memphis ESPN2 L, 71-54 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH attention. Following that 12/10 at West Virginia ESPN2 L, 77-66 run, he was selected the 12/17 vs. Florida Atlantic + FSN W, 93-90 (2OT) Jim Larranaga Tony Bennett Overall: 479-338 (28th) Overall: 113-65 (6th) 2006 Clair Bee Coach of 12/22 at Charlotte W, 76-61 Division I: 452-312 (26th) At UVA: 44-32 (3rd) the Year. 12/30 Appalachian State TheACC.com W, 84-54 At UM: 9-4 (1st) 01/02 UNC Greensboro RSN W, 99-89 01/07 at Virginia * ESPNU 6 p.m. 01/10 at North Carolina * Raycom/ESPN3 9 p.m. 01/18 Clemson * RSN/ESPN3 7 p.m. THE GAME 01/22 NC State * ACCN/ESPN3 12 p.m. Miami (9-4) opens ACC play facing No. 21/23 Virginia (13-1) on Jan. 7 prior to a matchup at No. 3/4 01/24 at Georgia Tech * ESPNU 9 p.m. North Carolina on Jan. 10. 01/29 at Boston College * Raycom/ESPN3 1 p.m. In the 2011 ACC tournament, Miami defeated Virginia, 69-62, in overtime, then held a 19-point lead 02/01 Maryland * Raycom/ESPN3 8 p.m. in the second half against North Carolina, but the Canes lost the second-round game, 61-59. 02/05 at Duke * ESPNU 3 p.m. 02/09 Virginia Tech TBA/ESPN3 9 p.m. 02/11 at Florida State * Raycom/ESPN3 1 p.m. THE SERIES 02/15 North Carolina ESPN 8 p.m. Miami is 9-4 against Virginia, winning six of the last seven outings. The Canes defeated the Cavaliers 02/18 Wake Forest * RSN 1 p.m. twice last season, both in overtime. 02/21 at Maryland * Raycom/ESPN3 8 p.m. 02/26 Florida State * ESPNU 6 p.m. 02/29 at NC State * RSN/ESPN3 9 p.m. THE BROADCASTS 03/03 Boston College Raycom/ESPN3 2:30 p.m. Catch the game on ESPNU with Mike Crispino and Bob Valvano making the call. The game will also be NOTES: carried live by 560 WQAM Radio with Joe Zagacki. All home games are played at the BankUnited Center Game times are subject to change * ACC game +MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, Sunrise, Fla. THE COACH ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge All games can be heard on WQAM 560 and Canes All-Access on Head coach Jim Larranaga is in his 28th season as a head coach and first at Miami. He has posted a HurricaneSports.com 479-338 overall record and holds a 452-312 record in D-I games. Coach L was also the head coach of D-II American International for two years. UM RADIO - WQAM 560 Joe Zagacki, play-by-play Josh Darrow, analyst THE WEATHER SOCIAL MEDIA Projected high and low temperatures on game day: Miami - 76 / 57 | Charlottesville, Va. - 60 / 42 Website: HurricaneSports.com Twitter: @CanesHoops | @CanesCoachL Facebook: /MiamiHurricanes | /MiamiBasketball UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 14 | at Virginia - Page 2 2011-12 ROSTER PRONUNCIATIONS Players # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown | Previous School (s) 0 Shane Larkin Fr. G 5-11 160 Cincinnati, Ohio | Dr. Phillips (Fla.) 1 Durand dur-RAND Averaging 14.5 points, 3.5 steals and 8.0 rebounds and is 10-of-10 from the FT line in past two games ... 12 assists in last four games. 10 Ethasor A-tha-saur 1 Durand Scott Jr. G 6-5 202 New York, N.Y. | Rice Akpejiori AHK-peh-jour-ee Averaging 16.5 ppg in last four outings, shooting 61.9 (26-42) from the field ... Led UM in scoring vs. UMass with 16 FT & 0 FG . 11 Quigtar KWIG-tar 3 Malcolm Grant Sr. G 6-1 188 Brooklyn, N.Y. | Winchendon Academy (Mass.) | Villanova 15 Rion Ryan Back-to-back 20-point games against FGCU (21) and Ole Miss (22) ... Missed two-straight games (12/17 & 12/22) due to death in the family. 25 Garrius GARY-us 4 Trey McKinney Jones R-Jr. G 6-5 216 Milwaukee, Wis. | South Milwaukee | UMKC 31 DeQuan duh-KWAN Shooting 63.6 percent (14-22) in last four games ... Loaded stat line at Purdue with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists. 32 Swoope Swope 5 DeQuan Jones Sr. G/F 6-8 221 Stone Mountain, Ga. | Wheeler 35 Kadji KAHD-gee Became eligible on Dec. 20, then played at Charlotte ... Had 11 points, 8 rebounds and a steal in 21 minutes vs. Appalachian State. 10 Raphael Akpejiori So. F 6-10 230 Lagos, Nigeria | Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) Coaches Is 9-of-19 from the field with nine blocks ... Has only played 3 minutes since the return of Johnson ... Averaged 11.9 min. in first 9 games. Larranaga LARE-uh-NAY-guh 11 Ryan Quigtar Sr. G 5-11 180 Skyway, Wash. | Renton Huger HUE-gur Saw limited action in five games last season ... Has played in 15 games in his three-year career , scoring eight total points. 12 Justin Heller So. G 6-2 185 Boca Raton, Fla. | West Boca Raton Community Played 0+ min. at UNCC and 2 min. vs. ASU ... Walked onto the team last season ... Among top 30 three-point scorers in Palm Beach Co. CLASS BREAKDOWN 15 Rion Brown So. G 6-6 194 Hinesville, Ga. | Liberty County Seniors Has hit 11 threes in past four games ... Tied season-high 15 points against Appalachian State with two treys and five free throws. Julian Gamble, Malcolm Grant 21 Erik Swoope So. F 6-6 230 Lake Elsinore, Calif. | Harvard-Westlake DeQuan Jones, Ryan Quigtar Averaging 2.7 rebounds and 18.5 mpg after finishing last year with 1.0 rpg and 6.5 mpg ... Has scored 51 points - only scored 40 last season. Juniors 25 Garrius Adams Jr. G 6-6 200 Apex, N.C. | Middle Creek Garrius Adams, Reggie Johnson Playing minimally with lower extremity injury ... Knocked down 4-of-6 threes at WVU on his way to 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists. Trey McKinney Jones, Durand Scott 35 Kenny Kadji R-So. F/C 6-11 251 Douala, Cameroon | Pendleton | IMG Academy | Florida Sophomores Second double-double was 30 points, 12 rebounds vs. UNCG ... Orange Bowl Game MVP vs. FAU after 21-point, 3-block night. Raphael Akpejiori, Rion Brown 42 Reggie Johnson Jr. C 6-10 284 Winston-Salem, N.C. | Winston-Salem Prep Justin Heller, Kenny Kadji, Erik Swoope Has scored double digits and grabbed at least seven rebounds in three-of-four games this season ... Also has nine blocks. Freshmen Bishop Daniels, Shane Larkin 2 Bishop Daniels Fr. G 6-3 175 Raleigh, N.C. | Word of God Christian Academy Out due to turf toe ... Rated the No. 4 dunker in the 2011 class by Rivals ... As a senior, averaged 18 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 apg. 45 Julian Gamble Sr. F/C 6-10 265 Durham, N.C. | Southern Durham GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Will not play in the 2011-12 season due to a torn left ACL in a pickup game over the summer ... Averaged 4.0 points and 3.4 rebounds. CAMEROON Douala Kenny Kadji NIGERIA LARRANAGA BY THE NUMBERS MIAMI QUICK HITS Lagos Raphael Akpejiori UNITED STATES The Canes are 9-4 against Virginia overall.