With all the hype around the University of Miami football team the past few days – the turnover chain, ESPN College Game Day, the 41-8 trouncing of Notre Dame – the opening weekend of Hurricanes basketball was overshadowed.
In case you missed it, the 13th-ranked UM men and 24th-ranked women started the season with a pair of wins Friday night and Sunday afternoon, giving fans a glimpse of what’s to come.
Here are Five Takeaways:
1. NBA scouts have been showing up to see sophomore Bruce Brown and freshman Lonnie Walker, and the duo showed why some draft gurus projected them both as first-round picks.