Countdown to Tipoff: Previewing Miami, North Carolina, Florida State

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY SportsMiami Hurricanes

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY SportsLocation: Coral Gables, FL

2017-2018 Record: 22-10, 11-7 in conference

Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga, 161-79 at Miami, 631-413 Overall

Best Season: 2000, 2013, 2016 – Sweet Sixteen

Record vs. Jackets: 13-9

Pre-Season pick: 10th

Leading returning scorer: Dewan Huell, 11.4 point per game

Jim Larrañaga spent seven years building the Canes into a competitor in the ACC. Junior forward Dewan Huell is the only returning double figure scorer but expect the Canes to rely on graduate transfer Zach Johnson to carry the scoring load. Johnson averaged 16.1 points per game last year at Florida Gulf Coast. Chris Lykes, a 5-7 guard looks to be the…