Miami Wins ACC Home Opener Against Clemson

Your Miami Hurricanes beat the Clemson Tigers at the BankUnited Center on a beautiful South Florida Winter evening in lovely Coral Gables on Wednesday night by the score of 76-73. 

It was the conference home opener for Miami, a team that really needed a big win after posting an 0-2 road record in the ACC early this season.

A balanced scoring attack propelled the 'Canes to victory over a stubborn and tenacious Clemson squad that trailed most of the game but refused to quit.

Malcolm "General" Grant led the Canes by scoring 16 points and made the game-clinching interception with less than 5 seconds left Wednesday to help the Hurricanes beat the Tigers.

But it was UM freshman Shane "Son Of A Barry" Larkin sank both ends of a one-and-one for the game's final points with 5.4 seconds to go to seal the deal for Miami.

Miami (10-6, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the first time in six games against Clemson since February 2008. The Tigers (9-9, 1-3) are on the verge of falling below .500 for the first time this season.

The dependable Kenny Kadji added 14 points for the Hurricanes. Their point total was a season high against Clemson, who came into the contest ranked 19th in the nation in scoring defense at 58.6 points per game.

UM head coach Jim Larranaga had this to say about Miami's big home win:

UM players Trey McKinney-Jones and Malcolm Grant were interviewed after the game at the post game presser with the media and had these comments:

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Comments

[Ohio_Cane]

Dwayne Holiett should be EE at UM around Monday or Tuesday, acccording to some reports. That's why UM hasn't announced it. He's not there yet.

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Recruiting Update: UM Coach Micheal Barrow visited UM verbal commitment 4-Star LB Reggie Northrup yesterday. Will visit FSU this weekend.

[Mephistopheles]

Great news for the Canes!!! The U Baseball team will be awesome this year.

Let's go Canes!!!
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | January 19, 2012 at 11:25 PM
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Monte, I agree with you that this was HUGE. People often fail to realize how much an outstanding catcher can influence a game and improve a pitching staff. Having a catcher that has strong D skills, and can hit, separates teams from the pack in college ball.

Not ready for any proclamations for this team yet, but I am anxious to see how the new staff impacts performance. I hope, as usual, that we ramp up aggression on the bases, and clean up the sloppy D. Otherwise, I kind of like this group.

Definitely ready for some baseball.

[calGary Cane]

I don't know... I am starting to question Golden's evaluating ability.

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Wasn't that like the same thing he said about Gray Crow? Some other coach was recruiting Gray and that coach has a good eye for QB's so...

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Recruiting Update: LB Darius White, 6'1'' and 230 lbs, from Manatee HS has been offered by Coach Golden & staff. Video: http://ow.ly/8AqPi

[Hassan]

White, is a 3 star and Six should have intell on him he is from his area. I know the kids our of Manatee are well coached esp on defense. this is a big kid 6'1 and 230.

The 2013 kid we just offered Garrett Sikels he looks pretty good. He is a NJ kid and is big 6'4 225 as a HS Junior, We def are getting kids who acn play 3/4 and multiple in the defense we employ.

About the Pasco kid Guy, I know Six loves him and he might be a hidden gem but I think Six needs better scouting eyes lol. I got to love six but I checked this kid out more and he was at FSU's camp throwign for their OC and he passed on him and did not get an offer, nro does he have an offer from SFLA and his BROTHER players TE there. The kids offer sheet is pretty crappy Western michigan is not a power house so I am thinking although the kid may not be bad why does NO ONE in fla recruit him?

[TJL]

Who is Darius White? The only one I find is the kid playing for Texas and wants to transfer

[TJL]

So! Y WRIGHT wants what every 18 year old wants! lol

[Ohio_Cane]

So! Y WRIGHT wants what every 18 year old wants! lol

Posted by: TJL | January 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM
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Exactly, but he shouldn't have told the world about it when everyone, including schools who are about to pay for his education were watching.

[herbieibis]

I look at QB's this way, If you look at most of the starting Qb's in the NFL, they didn't come from some of the top programs. Especially the back-ups, are from a lot of mid-majors conferences. There are a dime a dozen High School kids that have gaudy numbers, mainly because of the talent they face or the system they run. Our problem with Qb's is we can't keep coordinators here long enough to develop these kids. Boise State don't have a problem developing no name QB's. We can't keep getting Frank Costa type QB's, while they are a little above average, they're not going to get you to the top. Let's face it, it's a crap shoot, when you bring in any High School kid. it's up to the Head Honcho's to develop these guys and don't put them on the field to early, which is another problem we've had, is lack of depth at that positon, so we can't redshirt anyone. Crow may not have impressive numbers but it shouldn't take Goldie but 2 years to figure out if he will be a savior, career back-up or let him transfer out.
I'm glad Goldie found this Lb White. I hope it's not to late because will need someone to replace Northrup, unless Barrow really made an impression on him yesterday.

[Ohio_Cane]

Who is Darius White? The only one I find is the kid playing for Texas and wants to transfer

Posted by: TJL | January 20, 2012 at 10:32 AM
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LB Darius White, 6'1'' and 230 lbs, from Manatee HS has been offered by Coach Golden & staff. Video: http://ow.ly/8AqPi

[Ohio_Cane]

TJL, here he is also: http://rivals.yahoo.com/texas/football/recruiting/player-Darius-White-103401

[Ohio_Cane]

SOUP, DM from Papa Cane says to check email.

[herbieibis]

Anyone know the confirmed visits for this weekend. I had seen earlier where Wes Brown, was supposed to visit.

[Ohio_Cane]

Deon Bush - im tryna get tracy to slide wit the boys

Duke Johnson - lol I kno we need that BOI

That's about Tracy Howard. Good to know our recruits are recruiting!

[UpNorthCane]

Those are my boys right there Deon Bush And Da Duke putting in overtime on Tracy Howard.....

I have a gut feeling Ohio ive been 2/8 on recruits so far but somethings just smells fishy with Howard i think he's is heading to coral gables.

[SOUP]

SOUP, DM from Papa Cane says to check email.

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 20, 2012 at 10:49 AM

Got it! Just like U have been saying, Golden has a plan A, B and C for the recruiting process.

Sleep well my firends, sleep well...

[SOUP]

Leaving the Keys and headed back to the CCC.

"May I have five pounds of those LG Stone Crabs please? Oh and a mustard sauce to go also."

See ya!

[UpNorthCane]

So the email or private message from papacane talks about a plan C...does that mean we might be strikin out with the big names?

[TJL]

thanx Ohio!

[j.w.]

Good day to be a cane fan, folks. Big recruiting weekend starts today and hopefully by Sunday brings something good.

[Ohio_Cane]

Got it! Just like U have been saying, Golden has a plan A, B and C for the recruiting process.

Sleep well my firends, sleep well...

Posted by: SOUP | January 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM
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See!! I don't make this stuff up! Lol

UpNorth, no, but Golden has a plan if that happens for some odd reason. Then he has another plan in case that plan backfires as well.

I heart Golden. Seriously.

[UpNorthCane]

lol So when you say "if the happens for some odd reason" ...i take that as if you know something big is gonna be popping off soon loll..

You da man Ohio

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Visiting This Weekend: 4-Star OL Avery Young, 6'6'' and 275 lbs, from Palm Beach Gardens. Close friends with Angelo Jean Louis. 60% chance.

[Ohio_Cane]

UpNorth, actually no. That was just a general statement RE: how Golden handles recruiting.

How it use to be: Shannon would get X amount of commits. He would bank on X amount of players coming in. We would lose Y amount of recruits to other schools and there was no back-up plan.

How it is now: Golden gets X amount of commits. He banks on X amount of players coming in. HOWEVER, just in case we lose Y amount of players, there is Z amount waiting as back-ups JUST IN CASE something goes wrong (Grades fall short, defects to another school, etc.). THEN, JUST IN CASE something goes wrong with those back-up recruits, he has MORE back-up recruits to fill in for them.

It's how it SHOULD be done, but hasn't in the recent past.

[UpNorthCane]

Dammit Ohio always shooting down my dream situation lolll...

[Ohio_Cane]

WELL, WELL, WELL, look what showed up in the mail today!! MAN CAVE!!

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/wes02/4870d36e.jpg

[UMike]

Ohio..I do wonder though, the back ups to the back ups..are those wasted schollies or do we have to use them anyway?

[Ohio_Cane]

They're not wasted schollies, as far as I know. I don't know exactly how it works, but I can't see any scenario where Golden would waste a scholarship.

[TheWhat]

I dont think a plan C player is a wasted schollie in the sense that Golden isn't just gonna pick up a player just to pick one up to fill up the roster. His plan C players may be more of a work in progess than say a Plan A that can come in and contribute right away. But the end result after 4 years would be the same. At least thats how I believe Golden is looking at it.

Oh and I heart golden as well.

[UMike]

Taylor Gadbois - Hardest workout of the year this morning #exhausted

Is he an EE?

[herbieibis]

Ricardo Louis to FSU. I don't know how they do it but they do get there share of the big dogs.

[Hassan]

Yeah Gadbois got in early. He is a beast. Northrup must be gone if we are offerign 3 star LB's.

I am not going to put my nose up at any 3 star LB, look at Perryman.

Also the kid is from Manatee and they play good ball there adn he is 6'1 and 230 so he could help right away.

[UMike]

Ryan Williams - Just seen Malcolm and his parents on their tour of campus #PatriotFamily

He means Malcolm Lewis..he must be visiting.

Also..Ricardo Louis flips to FSU

[UMike]

So Gadbois is already putting in work..good to see.

[TheWhat]

Florida State started their rebuilding process 2 years before we did. The media hype of last year ranking them #5 makes potential recruits believe they are on the brink of national prominence. Lastly they don't have to deal with NCAA sanctions like we do. Right now we have so many things working against us in terms of recruting its a miracle that we are ranked top 10. It shows how great a recruiter Golden. Imagine Muschamp and other coaches are sitting in your living room telling you that Miami is gonna get the death penalty or sanctioned severely. When you hear it from various coaches then it makes it difficult for Golden to convince these kids, that its simply not the case. We have had a mountian of a road block over the last year and half between coaching changes to the scandal, this program has taken its lumps. Once we get the punishment which I still believe will be light, then we can finally move on as well as once the new players Golden brings in get on campus.

Again for the record, Jimbo will be on the hot seat this time next year and Muschamp will have one more year before being fired. Book it.

[Ohio_Cane]

Duke Johnson - a you see wea cardo going???

Deon Bush - he might as well slide to the u

Duke Johnson - I know right

[MattInNY]

Great news for the Canes!!! The U Baseball team will be awesome this year.

Let's go Canes!!!
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | January 19, 2012 at 11:25 PM
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Monte, I agree with you that this was HUGE. People often fail to realize how much an outstanding catcher can influence a game and improve a pitching staff. Having a catcher that has strong D skills, and can hit, separates teams from the pack in college ball.

Not ready for any proclamations for this team yet, but I am anxious to see how the new staff impacts performance. I hope, as usual, that we ramp up aggression on the bases, and clean up the sloppy D. Otherwise, I kind of like this group.

Definitely ready for some baseball.

Posted by: Mephistopheles | January 20, 2012 at 09:52 AM

Mephis what up my man! Been a while.

I still have my questions about this team with regards to the hitting and defense. The pitching is going to be one of best rotations in the nation. But it all comes down to if they can hit and pick the ball up. The lack of power and shoddy defense the past 2 years has been downright paththetic. And for lack of power, no one better get in to that was the bats and the change this year. That is a downright weak excuse.

[Ohio_Cane]

Here's the other view of my Birthday present for the MAN CAVE!!

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/wes02/544e626b.jpg

No, it's not my Bday yet. That's Feb 7th. ;-)

[Ohio_Cane]

From Strauzer on Twitter, visiting this weekend:

Not committed to Canes = Avery Young, Davante Bourque.

Committed to Canes = Moore, Jenkins, Jean-Louis, Terry, O'Donnell, Lewis, Briscoe, Holifield

[LB]

My wife's is 2/4.

Big names are all in the attitude, really. How do they conduct themselves in class, on the field, and in the community?

Yet there is something to be said to have a team full of nasty diehard Canes. The pendulum does seem to be swinging that way.

[Ohio_Cane]

From Hurricanesports.com

CORAL GABLES, Fla.--Projected to have one of the best classes in the country, the University of Miami football program will host a National Signing Day party on Wednesday, February 1, from 6-8 p.m. at the BankUnited Center multi-purpose room. The event is free to Hurricane Club members and admission is $1 for fans who are not members of the Hurricane Club.

Head Coach Al Golden and his staff will be on hand to introduce Miami fans to the Class of 2012. The party kicks off at 6 p.m. with food and beverage available for purchase throughout the event. The 2012 Class will be introduced by Coach Golden and his staff, complete with a highlight reel of the newest Hurricanes. At 7:30 p.m. Coach Golden will join the Voice of the Hurricanes, Joe Zagacki, live on WQAM to talk about the class.

Sebastian the Ibis, UM cheerleaders, the Sunsations and the pep band will all be on hand for the festivities.

Any fan attending the National Signing Day party is eligible to purchase a ticket to the Canes Men's Basketball game vs. Maryland for only $5. Tipoff for the game is slated for 8 p.m. at the BankUnited Center.

[UMike]

Ohio..my wife got me a helmet a couple years back signed by the whole team..great gift

[CGNC]

86 - LOL I sent Da Skreetz a link to the old Flyers goalie Ron Hextall since he has started going to hockey games - he got a kick out of it

[Hassan]

http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/120119/story1.shtml

I can not stand TYPEPAD. Damn i forgot to copy and paste my long post. I broke down the new stadium improvements and what it means to UM

[SOUP]

86 - LOL I sent Da Skreetz a link to the old Flyers goalie Ron Hextall since he has started going to hockey games - he got a kick out of it

Posted by: CGNC | January 20, 2012 at 04:29 PM

LOL...Da Skreetz and ICE do not mix!

[SOUP]

Just back to the CCC in the 863.

Be back on later after massive Stone Crab consumption. ;-)

[SlingBlade]

the Dolphins have hired Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin as the new head coach.

[SlingBlade]

speculation is that he will bring former LSU qb matt flynn with him...

[Da U N Houston]

Keith Brown = Dauris White (plan A - plan B)

[Six]

Darius White played the entire playoffs this year with a torn labrum in his shoulder, kid is going to have surgery in Feb. 6’1 23o lbs already. They beat Jax First Coast 40-0 to win the state title this year

Manatee is a good program, real good football - state runner ups and state semi-finals a whole lot of times. Ace Sanders came from there .. some kid named Tommie Frazier came from there .. a former Miami Hurricane OLineman named Mike Moore came from there .., so for Golden to start invading that territory and pulling kids from there is a good thing

Kid has been starting since he was a Frosh, led the team in tackles basically every year since he’s started. Had 137 tackles as a Soph. Kid was real nice against Don Bosco Prep early this year. They beat up on Venice in the playoffs, beat up on Dwyer as well

[Six]

Hassan - ya, I've got a man crush on Guy over Gray Crow definitely. If you're going to pull a kid that supposedly can throw it, then take the kid that broke county records in a tougher district. Pasco was 1 game away from playing in the state title but lost in triple overtime to Wakulla

[Ohio_Cane]

UM informed today that, as expected, Ramon Buchanon received his 5th year eligibility from the NCAA

[canesteeler]

ohio Cane I was raising hell with my son about some tweets I found from him. Trust me I just shared the article with him about the kid from Don Bosco.

[Ohio_Cane]

Canesteeler, good for U. Show him the consequences of his twitter actions and what could happen.

I was a dumb kid at one point, as most are, but I tend to think I would've been smart enough to know THE WHOLE WORLD could see my tweets if they wanted to, had it been around then.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

This is the final on campus visit week in the recruiting cycle isn't it or is there one more after this?

[Ohio_Cane]

One more. Starts Jan 27th

[CGNC]

Ohio great win by the Pens tonight as injured as they are! Montreal - your team played well

[SinisterCane]

UM informed today that, as expected, Ramon Buchanon received his 5th year eligibility from the NCAA

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 20, 2012 at 08:08 PM

:,

[CaneFan47]

Man you guys amaze me with all this info. By far the best Canes blog on the net. sounds like NSD is going to be very very interesting.

[j.w.]

Good news for Cookie, got a feeling he's going to add a new friend by tomorrow night or two to butt heads with at practice. :)

[TonyCane]

Yes CaneFan47, a great turnaround from all the angst of last season. Come NSD, the tremors coming from The Plan will reverberate through Florida and Florida State.

[SJMPARMAN]

OMG you guys are really sick. Every grain of salt, just like every recruit has potential. I remember seeing 12 4 and 5 star studs sign the bottom line for the U in 2008. Ratings suck, Potential don't mean squat. But I will say again. these basketball players deserve your support. These guys play hard. They may not win but they give a great effort. This is a very good team. Give them the same chance you would give 17 year olds out of high school.

[RCCF]

I think Cookie is going to Dominate this year some kids take a while to bloom and he isn't a bad kid....I think he is buying in and will start at MLB watch and Lead the D ....
RCCF

[Fran]

six OFF Topic
PITTSBURGH -- Pirates front-office member Steve Morse is slated to represent the organization on MLB Network's new game show, which premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The show, titled "Baseball IQ,"

In the spirit of the game got question for you. In the 4th game of the 1971 world series ( # 398 ) what event occured on the first pitch and who was the Pirate pitcher,
what happened to the ball?
answer will be posted 4 PM today.
Tired of the recruiting speculation FEB 1 cant get here fast enough.
Jean & Fran

[Sinistercane]

^^^^^

If he hasn't done it within 4 years it's not Gona happen, Virus of the 2008 class still lives :/

[LB]

If he stays healthy, I think Buchanan can have a really good year. Not Spence-like, but a good one.

[SinisterCane]

If he stays healthy, I think Buchanan can have a really good year. Not Spence-like, but a good one.

Posted by: LB | January 21, 2012 at 08:35 AM

Based on what????? Name 1 play 1 game that Buchanan dominated

[Sota cane]

I think rb was goin to have a solid senior season beore he got hurt. We can use the experience

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Who's Visiting - RB Davante Bourque, DT Jacoby Briscoe, S Rayshawn Jenkins, WR Angelo Jean Louis, WR Jontavious Carter, DT Earl Moore, WR Malcolm Lewis, DE Jake O'Donnell and OL Avery Young.

[Sinistercane]

Buchanan missing the season was a blessing that allowed a tru balla in perryman to take his spot and please stop with all the experience nonsense, the hole team was experienced and went 6-6

[DrewZ2]

Hi all, don't have as much time to blog as I wish but I have been reading from time to time. Thought I'd throw out what I've been hearing/reading..

Tracy Howard - About a month ago he was rumored to be a lock for the Gators. Now we aren't hearing those rumblings. On one hand he has mentioned how he has wanted to leave the Miami area. On the other hand he's mentioned how he wants to make a big surprise on signing day. Also he said something like "I don't want to go where some team wants me, I want to go where a team needs me". The Tracy Howard camp has been pretty quiet so I don't know exactly how to read into it, just take it all with a grain of salt I guess. O and BTW his mom is borderline making his recruitment a circus, parents need to not use their kids to get into the spotlight.

Eddie Goldman - Supposedly we have a silent commit? If we do my guess goes to Goldman. His finalists are FSU,Bama,Auburn,Clemson,Miami. Bama supposedly has no more room, however I'm thinking they would try to find room for Goldman if he committed. FSU if I remember correctly has plenty of DTs. Clemson just hired a new DC and I think its too late in the game for Clemson to make a move (If clemson gets him, def something dirty going on there). That leaves Auburn and Miami. He loves Coral Gables, loves the schools, I'm sure he likes the coaches otherwise we wouldn't have been in it this long. And once again immediate playing time would be staring him in the face when he steps on campus.

These 2 are the biggest needs right now but like Ohio has said, Golden has backups ready. I think Golden is going to try and fill every scholarship he has because we could get hit with a redux next recruiting cycle

[j.w.]

Bottom line: We are better off with an experienced Buchannon than without him. He's inconsistent, misses tackles and assignments, but he still makes plays when he figures things out. And just look at that depth chart and tell me who you would rather see, for all 65 or so plays out there than him? Maybe one of the younger guys takes his starting position but he will play valuable mintues, and this is his second year in D'Onofrio's system, so he should improve.

[Ohio_Cane]

Jon Bastian - 9 UM players competing in the Battle of Florida today: Lee Chambers, Joel Figueroa, Harland Gunn, Chris Ivory, JoJo Nicolas, Adewale Ojomo, Micanor Regis and Mike Williams.

[SOUP]

NEW BLOG IS UP!