Miami heads into the game Sunday afternoon against NC State as losers of its last two and three of its last four. Most recently, the Hurricanes squandered a 66-53 lead over Duke with eight minutes remaining and lost, 83-75. It’s been a demoralizing stretch for Jim Larranaga’s crew, no doubt, but the ‘Canes (22nd in latest RPI) are still in good shape for an NCAA bid.
Miami returned a lot of quality production off the 2017 team, which was cause for a lot of pre-season optimism. The U’s recruiting efforts have also been on an upswing of late, as Larranaga has signed a total of three top-30 kids over the last two cycles, the latest being freshman wing Lonnie Walker.