One And Done

The Miami Hurricanes run in the 2008 NCAA basketball tournament was a sweet yet short one.  Unfortunately, the Canes tourney experience was limited to "one and done". 

After beating the Gaels of St. Mary's in the first round, the Canes fell to the Texas Longhorns in their second round game 75-72 today at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

The game was not as close as the final score sounds as again the Canes came out cold, started slowly and never really matched the Horns talent and tenacity.

Truth be told Texas dominated throughout and led the game by as many as 12 points with five minutes to go.  Their eight point lead with 2 minutes left was cut into by two late three pointers by UM Senior Dwight Hicks.

Canes leading scorer Jack "McMoney" McClinton was short-changed with only 18 points against a tough Texas defense.  The Jack Attack never got his momentum going and simply couldn't carry the load for the team on this day.

The Canes were exposed again for having too few scoring options, no dominant inside presence and no real point guard to control the game.

Still, Canes fans maintained their "Faith in Haith" until the very end of the game when Miami trailed by three and actually had a final possession with just under two seconds to go.  But, the long inbounds pass was intercepted by Texas and that was that. 

However, Haith and his team earned some major respect and some degree of redemption for even getting the team tournament eligible this year.  Now he is hoping for BIG dividends when roundball recruiting season roles around.

Now that basketball season has dawn to a close, Canes fans will shift their focus to the absolutely dominant baseball team, who in case you haven't heard, is just beating the jorts (thanks to M.H.) off of their opponents. 

Today the UM Diamond Dogs unleashed 23 runs on Wake Forest in the first of a two game doubleheader.  That's right, it's not a typo, TWENTY THREE runs! 

The Canes football team, now deep into Spring practice, would be happy to average that many points when the season starts in this Fall.  Jim Morris has his team on an early roll and this team appears to be set for yet another trip the the CWS in Omaha.  Now that sounds sweet!

Comments

[solarcane]

wa?

[solarcane]

tough loss but impressive season
peace

[86Canes]

I tried the sneak attack, but Solar is hard to fool. Nice work!

[solarcane]

"McMoney" McClinton was short-changed "

classic 86cane right there

peace

[SuperCooper]

Awesome season. Really proud of these guys. And thank you Hicks and King for great careers. They played great today and never quit

[solarcane]

soup,
that was point blank luck right there, no bam, no jorts, just plain punch the key as you released yours
peace

[solarcane]

supe,
I bet they don't rank us at the bottom of the ACC come next season.

The better those guys played the more we expected from them. Next year they will be veterans to the pressure.
peace

[86Canes]

"McMoney" McClinton was short-changed "

classic 86cane right there

Posted by: solarcane | March 23, 2008 at 05:58 PM

I must say I was quite pleased with that one myself. Hey, I'm workin' HARD over here!

"Warm Gun" coming to a blog near U soon...

[solarcane]

MH bring the roscoe over and post it again
peace

[AlpahrettaCane]

Baseball score?

[AlpahrettaCane]

(As Of March 23)
ATLANTIC DIVISION
School Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
Florida State 9-0 1.000 19-2 .905
Wake Forest 4-4 .500 11-9 .550
Clemson 4-5 .444 14-7 .667
NC State 4-5 .444 13-7 .650
Maryland 2-7 .222 11-11 .500
Boston College 2-7 .222 9-11 .450
COASTAL DIVISION
School Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
Miami 7-1 .875 17-2 .895
North Carolina 7-2 .778 18-4 .818
Virginia 5-4 .556 19-4 .826
Georgia Tech 5-4 .556 17-5 .773
Duke 4-5 .444 19-5 .792
Virginia Tech 0-9 .000 7-15 .318

[M.H.]

Forget about Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bojangles , Popeye's or Chuches...

Roscoe's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9dBiw7xfVU

Posted by: M.H. | March 23, 2008 at 06:15 PM

[busy_cane]

Congratulations 'Canes ballers on a very exciting season. You made basketball noteworthy in South Florida this years.

This is a great foundation year for the team and for Haith.

Additionally, our old friend Omar needs a little credit for telling us all last year that this team was going to be exciting.
Omar, the prophet, you certainly delivered on that one.

cheers

[busy_cane]

http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/032308aaa.html

Wow!

Happy reading.

Cheers

[solarcane]

Some badazz Baseball teams in the ACC

FSU UM UNC all top five teams nationaly
Miami will move up this week.

Checkout the records of the top 5 teams in the Coastal Div, throw in FSU.

peace

[solarcane]

busy,
like I said earlier the baseball team is our next National Champion

peace

[M.H.]

Again, F$U wins...but the box score is telling. They gave up 12 runs-15 hits and 2 errors. Yesterday they won but gave up 16 hits and 4 errors...

Florida State....... 011 236 104 - 18 20 1
Virginia Tech....... 323 200 002 - 12 15 2

[solarcane]

We will get a chance to knock off some good teams in Duke, FSU and GT pretty soon
peace

03/25/08 vs. Bethune Cookman Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
03/26/08 vs. Bethune Cookman Coral Gables, Fla. 6:00 p.m. ET
03/28/08 at Duke * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m. ET
03/29/08 at Duke * Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m. ET
03/30/08 at Duke * Durham, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET
04/01/08 vs. Florida Atlantic Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/02/08 at Florida International Miami, Fla. 6:00 p.m. ET
04/04/08 vs. Clemson * Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/05/08 vs. Clemson * Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/06/08 vs. Clemson * Coral Gables, Fla. 1:00 p.m. ET
04/08/08 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/09/08 vs. Florida Atlantic Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/11/08 at Georgia Tech * Atlanta, Ga. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/12/08 at Georgia Tech * Atlanta, Ga. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/13/08 at Georgia Tech * Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET
04/16/08 at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. 6:30 p.m. ET
04/18/08 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/19/08 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 1:00 p.m. ET
04/20/08 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 1:00 p.m. ET
04/23/08 vs. Florida International Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/25/08 vs. Virginia * Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/26/08 vs. Virginia * Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ET
04/27/08 vs. Virginia * Coral Gables, Fla. 1:00 p

[solarcane]

Matt (formerly in LA) must be in paradise this year, he love's him some Cane baseball.
peace

[86Canes]

(NY) Matt has been MIA during his move from Wesy Coast to the East Coast. Hope he get's back soon!

[Loco]

That's too bad the last game got cancelled. Think of the records we would've set!

[busy_cane]

Just looking over the basketball team roster because it is time to start thinking about next year already.

We lose:
Anthony King
Raymond Hicks
Jonathan Stratton
Fabio Nass
Landon Glover

One starter. One role player. Both giving some inside presence.

With McClinon (unless lured to pro ball), Dews, and Hurdle, we ahve some slashers.

We still need a solid point guard (look how good we were when Eddie Rios played well) and a shot blocker, post threat in the middle.

Cheers

[AlpahrettaCane]

I wish Millionarie Matchmaker was on tonight.....

[busy_cane]

Game Tickets to Rounds 1 & 2 in Little Rock - $200

Airline tickets, hotels, meals - $1,200

Miami losing to Texas - hearbreaking

Texas Cheerleaders in chaps - priceless

Cheers

[86Canes]

From www.hurricanesports.com:

Series Notes

-Freshman lefty Chris Hernandez won his fourth game in game one of the doubleheader. He matched a career-high with eight strikeouts and one-hit the Demon Deacons through six innings.

-Miami finished with 10 home runs in the series despite hitting five in the first three innings of game three, which would have brought the total to 15. Juniors second baseman Jemile Weeks and right fielder Dennis Raben each hit two in the series. Junior first baseman Yonder Alonso and freshman designated hitter each homered twice in the first three innings of the series finale and junior center fielder Blake Tekotte hit a three-run home run, but all five do not count due to the game not being an official game.

- The Hurricanes tied a school record in game two of the series. The 23-2 win was the fifth straight game that Miami scored 10 or more runs. The last time a Miami team scored at least 10 runs in five consecutive games was the 1998 team (L, 14-10 to Florida; defeated Lynn, 18-3, defeated, Notre Dame, 18-3, defeated Notre Dame, 27-2, defeated Notre Dame, 17-3.

-The 40 runs scored was the second most in an Atlantic Coast Conference series by the Hurricanes. Miami scored 42 runs in a series win over North Carolina in 2005. UM won 17-7 and 18-9 before tying 7-7.

-Jemile Weeks and Blake Tekotte each collected four hits in the Wake Forest series. Weeks drove in a team-high six runs which included two home runs.

-Miami hit .352 on 25 hits in the series. UM had three doubles and 10 home runs. The Hurricanes walked 24 times in the series.

-UM's pitching staff posted a 2.50 team ERA in the series and Wake Forest hit just .172 in the series. The Demon Deacons finished with 11 total team hits and struck out 20 times.

[canechic]

Alpharetta I love that show!!!!! She is great!

[86Canes]

Texas Cheerleaders in chaps - priceless

Posted by: busy_cane | March 23, 2008 at 08:51 PM

NICE! Photos?

[solarcane]

speaking of cheerleaders

are there any more friendly cheerleaders than The University of Oregon Ducks??

Giving a whole new meaning to "Quack Attack"

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj201/solarcane/Banana%20Land/oregoncheer-1.jpg

peace

[solarcane]

today

Shannon is saying Epps is having a phenomenal spring.

Epps is humble

“I’m pretty hard on myself and harder on myself than (Shannon) is. He may see something as good, but I see it as wrong and then go look at it on film and see that it is okay.”

peace

[M.H.]

I going to Oregon, they seem very liberal.

[solarcane]

MH
Remember awhile back when we couldn't figure out why in the world Jacory would bother visiting Oregon?

peace

[solarcane]

How much longer till Sports Illustrated
starts hinting that The Hurricanes bats should be confiscated, or the players volunteer for random urine testing before each at bat?

peace

[86Canes]

M.H....this is a serious question:

Do you do anything else than blogging? If so what is it?

[M.H.]

Can you put cork in an aluminum bat?
What happened to the short ball game?
Is eating frijoles negro, being juiced?
Why are we not in Oregon?

[M.H.]

If I told you...I'd have to kill you!

[86Canes]

I am quite prepared to die. Try me...

[Loco]

If I told you...I'd have to kill you!

Posted by: M.H. | March 23, 2008 at 10:53 PM

I think that means "no"....

[solarcane]

soup,
MH has the reflexes of a fly, the wit of Mark Twain,and the diplomacy of Switzerland.
He is the consummate blogger.
peace

[M.H.]

I'm like Paris Hilton..... but different.

Damn, Solar is diplomatic.

[86Canes]

Solar...time for your meds again. Surely U must be talking about another M.H.?

[solarcane]

1998 Baseball Canes Baseball team:

defeated, Notre Dame, 18-3, defeated Notre Dame, 27-2, defeated Notre Dame, 17-3.

Miami 62
ND 8

priceless
peace

[solarcane]

MH can blog on TOS and Canespace and still drive around with his doors unlocked, that is pretty impressive to me.
peace

[86Canes]

I think M.H. must have like three laptops all networked and logged into the SS, MH and Canespace at the same time and post simultaneoulsy on all three?

I'm trying to imagine his control room. He probably has a small fridge and a port-o-john in there so he doesn't have to leave the room. Falls alseep in his chair every night...

[solarcane]

aight gang,
I'm out
catch you guys later
peace

[solarcane]

MH is actually the owner of TypePad
nite
peace

[M.H.]

And I can drive with two beers and steer with my knees!
later!

[Eddie]

we going to talk about football around here?

[Keoki]

Hats off to Haith and the boys for a great season; let's not forget where the "experts" were picking us to finish. Also, congrats to the boys of summer for rolling Wake this weekend. I'm still hyped for the scrimage this Saturday!

On another note, don't know if this has been posted before, but this shyt is funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfnbYfN9_VA

GO CANES!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

For a team picked to finish last again in the conference, 2007-2008 goes down as an unqualified success for Haith's squad. They'll be better next year and they really aren't too far off from becoming a player year in and year out in one of the elite conferences in the nation. As an added treat UM hoops now stands for an up-tempo, exciting style of play that's a treat to watch as a fan. Plus, for every cloud there's a silver lining, or in this case, an orange and green one. Most definitely plus a billion for the upper left corner picture 86. Also, if you listen carefully, you can hear Deadeye, even now, zeroing in on his target for '09 already. He'll be coming back with a vengeance, the great ones always do.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

KIRBY! EXTENSION! YESTERDAY!