For the second time this week, the Hurricanes played a road game in North Carolina, this time against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
While the Tar Heels came into the game as 5.5-point favorites, there was still some degree of uncertainty as to how the game would play out considering the string of injuries plaguing both teams.
Miami (10-9, 2-7) had to survive without its leading scorers in Chris Lykes (15.7 PPG), who he sat out of the Saturday’s game with an agitated groin injury, and Kameron McGusty, who was dealing with back spasms. There absence undoubtedly played a part in Miami’s 94-71 loss Saturday afternoon in the Dean Dome.