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Basketball mid-season grades: Men and women struggling in conference play

The Miami Hurricanes found themselves at a crossroads in their 2019-20 campaign. Only a season removed from a 5-13 Atlantic Coast Conference record, this year was expected to be a rebuild. Expectations aside, this is a team that has shown tremendous potential along with moments of frustration in the first two and a half months of the season. So, where does Coach Jim Larrañaga’s team stand as conference play picks up?

At first glance, this team’s 10-7 record looks fine. After all, UM spent most of the league slate last year with more losses than wins and with few opportunities to change that as they faced one daunting foe after another in the nation’s toughest conference.