With a 2-2 conference record following an unexceptional out-of-conference performance, the young Canes basketball team has some work to do to achieve the consistency necessary to make a major impact this season (and a ticket to the Big Dance in March).
Currently, both ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm have Miami as a 10 seed in March, in spite of two wins of 18-plus points against fellow NCAA tournament contenders NC State and Pittsburgh that made the Hurricanes look like a potentially tough out for any opponent. Led by a tough defense that rates as 11th best nationally, per KenPom.