Jim Larranaga, who led Miami to the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament titles and a No. 2 ranking, has been selected The Associated Press' coach of the year. He received 29 votes Thursday from the same 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.
"I want to thank the players, especially our senior class for the leadership they provided, and our underclassmen for their tremendous energy and intensity and enthusiasm they brought to our program this year," said Larranaga.
Larranaga had a 29-7 record in his second season with the Hurricanes and they were made a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. He is the first Miami coach to win the award and is the first Atlantic Coast Conference coach to get it since Roy Williams of North Carolina in 2006.
Larranaga led the Canes to their most successful season in school history, reaching the Sweet 16 for the second time in program history. The Hurricanes were the ACC regular-season champions and then earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating North Carolina in the ACC tournament championship game.
The Canes accomplished several program-firsts under Larrañaga’s leadership this season. Besides earning their first-ever ACC regular-season and tournament titles, Miami also beat No. 1 Duke, collecting the Canes’ first-ever win over a top-ranked program.
Shane Larkin, the ACC Player of the Year, was also named the Lute Olson National Player of the Year at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Atlanta, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship. The sophomore, who was selected to the Lute Olson All-America team, is the first recipient of the Lute Olson Award in Miami history.
Larkin was instrumental in Miami’s run to the Sweet 16. The Orlando, Fla., native led the Canes in scoring (14.5 ppg), assists (164), steals (71) and 3-point percentage (.406). A finalist for the Cousy Award, Larkin’s stellar play helped Miami accomplish several program firsts, including rising to No. 2 in the pools, beating No. 1 Duke and winning both the ACC regular season championship and the ACC Tournament championship.
The award is named in honor of coaching great Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
Wow
Posted by: LB | April 06, 2013 at 05:01 PM
That's impressive. Very impressive.
Posted by: LB | April 06, 2013 at 05:01 PM
My first first in the season. Not bad.
Posted by: LB | April 06, 2013 at 05:01 PM
Posted by: roachcane77 | April 06, 2013 at 12:59 PM
With that answer, even if it's a situational biased practice environment that limits the offensive element of surprise like you said, there's actually a slight bit of hope to win the war canoe back. Did they stop a QB zone read from a shotgun look at all? The flare was the secondary problem with the play-calling on defense.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | April 06, 2013 at 05:16 PM
Great Season Lark! All the best in the NBA.
Posted by: BEERicane | April 06, 2013 at 05:19 PM
Is Larkin going to the NBA for sure???? Also, the NCAA so called investigation smells like rotten fish more and more every day. Disgusting. Hope all of you had fun in Naples.
Posted by: MaryLouAlumni | April 06, 2013 at 05:39 PM
Eddie Sutton and Roy Williams :)
Posted by: SATXCane | April 06, 2013 at 03:32 PM
Correct, but I know U cheated! LOL
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 05:44 PM
Is Larkin going to the NBA for sure????
Posted by: MaryLouAlumni | April 06, 2013 at 05:39 PM
I am told he is waiting on the NBA draft projections and IF they are good he is gone.
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 05:46 PM
Coach Jim Larrañaga’s 2012-13 Awards:
• Associated Press Coach of the Year
• USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year
• Skip Prosser Man of the Year award finalist
• Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year finalist
• Naismith Coach of the Year finalist
• USBWA Coach of the Year - District IV
• NABC All-District Coach - District 2
• ACC Coach of the Year (Coaches)
• ACC Coach of the Year (ASCMA)
• ACC Coach of the Year - Sports Illustrated (Seth Davis)
• ACC Coach of the Year - ESPN (Jason King)
• All-Coaches Teams - First Team - ESPN (Jason King)
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 05:48 PM
Shane Larkin's 2012-13 Awards:
• Lute Olson National Player of the Year
• AP Second Team All-American
• John Wooden All-American
• Bob Cousy Award finalist (top 5)
• Naismith Player of the Year candidate (top 30)
• Wooden Award finalist (top 15)
• Third Team All-American - The Sporting News
• Second Team All-American - NABC
• Lute Olson All-American
• Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American
• USBWA All-District IV Team
• ACC Tournament MVP
• ACC Player of the Year (Coaches)
• ACC All-Tournament First Team
• All-ACC First Team (Coaches)
• All-ACC Defensive Team (Coaches)
• All- ACC First Team (ASCMA)
• All-ACC Defensive Team (ASCMA)
• ACC Player of the Year - Sports Illustrated (Seth Davis)
• Second Team All-American - ESPN (Jason King)
• ACC Player of the Year - ESPN (Jason King)
• All-ACC First Team - ESPN (Jason King)
• Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week - Feb. 4
• ACC Player of the Week - Feb. 4
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 05:48 PM
caught... :)
I was thinking it was two of the coaches on the list you posted but I was way off.
Posted by: SATXCane | April 06, 2013 at 05:50 PM
SATX...it's ALL good, at least U gave it your best shot. Well done!
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 05:52 PM
Soup I was half right without looking!
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | April 06, 2013 at 06:43 PM
Father of N.C. State basketball player T.J. Warren says son is staying
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - The father of North Carolina State's T.J. Warren says the forward will return next season.
Tony Warren told The News and Observer of Raleigh on Wednesday that waiting to enter the NBA draft "is what's best" for his son.
Warren shot an Atlantic Coast Conference-best 62 percent. He is the top returning player for a team losing two seniors.
Warren tweeted Wednesday he is "excited for the future? Packnation
SHANE LARKIN SHOULD DO THE SAME! Don't make the same big mistake as Lamar Miller did.
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | April 06, 2013 at 06:44 PM
Bye, Shane Lamarkin! (I couldn't resist)
Posted by: BEERicane | April 06, 2013 at 07:08 PM
This should have been posted at the beginning of the month...
NCAA ANNOUNCES CREATION OF FIRST-EVER TELEVISION SERIES
Indianapolis, IN (AT) - The NCAA announced at a press conference this morning the creation of college football's first ever fictional series. Titled "NCAA Game Zone: Rise of the Enforcers", the animated project will revolve around a 12 year old football protegy named Emme Marcus, who discovers that he must protect 120 energy shards called "Slivers of Integrity". The crystals are hidden in college football facilities all over the country and when pieced together will form the BCS Championship Trophy.
"We are proud to present to the world a fictionalized account of the rigors that our enforcement soldiers face every day," said an NCAA spokesperson. "These brave men and women fight to make certain that schools like Alabama, LSU, and Aurburn can play on a consistent, even playing field each year."
NCAA Game Zone will launch with a serialized, 96 episode run that will play out over three years and primarily feature a villainous plot by "The University of Coral Gables". Although terms with a network have yet to be reached, the NCAA is confident that their show will go on for years to come.
Posted by: TonyCane | April 06, 2013 at 07:12 PM
Tony...THERE U ARE! Dude, I needed U to do a research project for me, but I found another excellent one to do it for the blog.
My buddy David Kenyon who I met at Disney for the UAAA game has uncovered an AMAZING treasure trove of info that is going to set the Hurricane blogosphere on FIRE!
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 08:13 PM
Cool!
Been very busy up here in Austin..so busy that I could not go in person to see the Canes play at the Irwin Center!
Seeing a commercial for NFL Rush Zone today made me think of what the NCAA version would be.
Posted by: TonyCane | April 06, 2013 at 08:22 PM
Wichita St got Portered!
Posted by: BEERicane | April 06, 2013 at 08:38 PM
Ruined a classic game.
Posted by: BEERicane | April 06, 2013 at 08:39 PM
FINAL: Canes 6, FSU 0
Posted by: 86Cane | April 06, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Can't wait for all this research to get put on here 86. Hopefully we get the last stuff soon.
Posted by: kenyon19ypr | April 06, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Thank goodness the baseball team won. Happy for Coach L and Sugar Shane. Another excellent article 86.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | April 07, 2013 at 12:06 AM
Kenyon...take your time, the last straws will almost certainly fall on Monday.
Posted by: 86Cane | April 07, 2013 at 01:15 AM
Dan Le Batard:
"But Rutgers is just a tiny side effect of the real disease, the nosebleed that finally reveals the cancer. The authorities have too much of the power, and the free labor has none, so you essentially have two multibillion-dollar cartels (the NFL and NBA) getting free minor-league systems while conspiring with another cartel (the NCAA) to mine the inner cities for product. Amateur sports are just pro sports in disguise, all the injustices rationalized away in the name of “teaching” and “education,” but all we really learned last week (with Rutgers, with the Pac-12, with Auburn, with UM and the NCAA) is that power is one hell of a drug, and it is easy for the authority figures governing the injustices to overdose on it."
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/07/3327423_p2/dan-le-batard-gross-imbalance.html#storylink=cpy
Posted by: CaneRock | April 07, 2013 at 02:46 AM
With the exception of McDermott (who actually shut his recruiting down), don't place bets on anyone until they sign.
Posted by: LB | April 07, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Hey Winston
Your coach is an out of control psycho and you're QB is a dumb hick
It's your gaytors that will be crushed and Duke will be breaking Morrisons ankles as I laugh at you inbreds
Posted by: Canesfan_1 | April 07, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Any dumb turd that dares to come on a Canes board to talk trash better expect "personal" attacks, especially when they come on here to say the stupid crap you posted
Don't you have a turd board you can post on?
Posted by: Canesfan_1 | April 07, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Miami Hurricanes evened their rivalry series with fifth-ranked Florida State Saturday night at Alex Rodriguez Park, capturing game two of the weekend set by a final score of 6-0.
Behind another dominant start from southpaw Bryan Radziewski, Miami (21-13, 6-8 ACC) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Seminoles and forced a rubber match for Sunday's series finale. The victory marked Miami's third this season against a team ranked in the top 10.
The lefthander, who entered Saturday's matchup ranked second in the conference with an earned run average of less than one, managed to lower his ERA with seven shutout innings. Radziewski (4-1) scattered four hits and three walks, fanning eight batters and lowering his season ERA to 0.78 in the victory.
Posted by: SOUP | April 07, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Hurricanes Baseball @CanesBaseball
Barr collects a basehit, but #Canes come up empty; to the ninth we go, Miami trailing FSU 5-1.
Posted by: 86Cane | April 07, 2013 at 02:22 PM
Just watching Canes baseball...This is the worst Canes squad i have seen in decades...
Morris is killing the baseball program...Jim thanks for what you have done many years ago but now you have to go. The only outstanding player on this team is Bryan Radziewski.
What ever happened to David Thompson? Is he still in injured?
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | April 07, 2013 at 02:25 PM
READ THIS:
http://canespace.typepad.com/canespace/2013/01/all-in-the-family.html
Posted by: 86Cane | April 07, 2013 at 02:30 PM
4th straight FSU series win vs Miami...Miami Only 7homers this season.....
Sad we used to have a heck of a program...
Final FSU 5 Miami 1
OK enough for the negative today.
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | April 07, 2013 at 02:36 PM
I finally got to watch the CANES on espnu today up here in Michigan, and they lose. I was hoping that I could bring them good luck!!!! Guess it takes TALENT,TALENT,AND MORE TALENT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK.
At least I got to see the beautiful baseball stadium. Sure miss the U.
Posted by: MaryLouAlumni | April 07, 2013 at 02:44 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 86Cane | April 07, 2013 at 03:42 PM
The college baseball season is damn near over and the Canes have a total of 7HR's. You cannot blame that lack of power on the new bats. The Mendoza line and Punch and Judy are prominent in the Canes lineup. Morris has had a great career however it is time for new blood.
Posted by: Canesteelers | April 07, 2013 at 03:45 PM