Duke Holds On To Beat Miami By Two

The University of Miami men's basketball team fell by two at Duke, 68-66, Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Fifth-year senior guard Jordan Miller registered a game-high 19 points, including 13 in the second half, for No. 17/16 Miami (15-4, 6-3 ACC) in its first defeat against the Blue Devils in league play in exactly three years.

The Hurricanes used a late 12-3 run, including a fourth 3-pointer in five attempts by third-year sophomore guard Nijel Pack to retake the lead, to grab a 36-32 edge with 3:13 on the first-half clock. Duke (14-5, 5-3 ACC) hit two 3-pointers in the closing two minutes, sandwiched around a Miami basket, and the teams went into the locker room even at 38 apiece.

Miami shot 5-of-9 from 3-point range, including hitting five of its first seven attempts, and 9-of-10 at the line in the opening 20 minutes, while the Blue Devils went 5-of-11 and 3-of-7, respectively.

Coming out of the break, an early 8-2 personal surge by Miller put the Hurricanes ahead by two. However, Duke used a 10-0 run in 4:28, started with two shot-clock-beating 3-pointers, to go up by eight, 55-47, with 11:48 to play.

Miami, buoyed by a trio of 3-pointers and a three-point play, closed within one, 64-63, with 2:54 remaining. Despite holding Duke to 2-of-16 down the stretch, including zero field goals in the final five-plus minutes, the Hurricanes could not level the score or regain the lead, as the Blue Devils held on for the home win.

The Hurricanes finished the day shooting just 34.9 percent (22-of-63) from the floor, but their 47.6 percent (10-of-21) ledger from 3-point range and 80.0 percent (12-of-15) total from the line kept them in it throughout. Miami, which had just six giveaways, also posted an 8-2 edge in points off turnovers and an 11-0 tally in fast-break points, but Duke logged a 26-11 margin in bench points.

Miami continues play Tuesday at 7 p.m., when it squares off with Florida State at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Fla., live on ESPNU.

Comments

[JCane]

Good luck with everythin, 86. No fun starting over at our age. Take good care.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Let’s Get Back on Winning Track and beat FSU on Tuesday Night! Thanks Again Soupster for the updated Blog on our Canes Basketball Team they are a fun bunch to watch and worth our Entertainment Value! Go Canes!

[86Cane]

JCane...I have had to "re-invent" myself about 5 times now so I know what to expect and what is in store. Been there, done that!

[TJL]

fire Gattis

[Ohio_Cane]

Agreed, TJL

[Old Skool]

Say Hello to Terry Roberts CB from Iowa. He committed yesterday

[The Herb]

Hey Terry. Hope u aren't one of those that coughs up 60 yd. bombs and up.

[Old Skool]

North Carolina’s football program earned $44.4 million in 2021. That seems like plenty, but at least a dozen college football teams generated more than $100 million in 2019, the last year that Forbes magazine made an assessment. Seven of those teams competed in the Southeastern Conference, including Texas A&M, which made $147 million. The biggest disparity is TV revenue, according to reports: When the new television contract with ESPN begins after next season, the S.E.C. will receive $300 million annually. The Big Ten’s new deal with several networks that starts this July is even more lucrative: more than $7 billion over seven years. By comparison, the contract that the A.C.C. signed with ESPN’s parent company Disney in 2016 — and that runs through 2036 — gives the conference $240 million annually. S.E.C. members typically also have fewer programs to support. Alabama competes in 15 sports. Vanderbilt offers just six men’s sports at the varsity level.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/magazine/ncaa-nba-student-athlete.html

[Old Skool]

Barry Jackson offers some clarity on the Gattis situation in today's Herald:

He may stay
He may go
He may get demoted

Claro? Any questions?

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Want to cut down on the turnovers by taking better care of the ball, Walker has got to get better at the charity stripe so you can play him late in close games, but outside of that probably the best first half of basketball they played this year and they really handled the rebound battle well as a group for as much height as they gave up in most of the spots on the floor to a man. So overall, a good team win again, which is what you want coming off a missed opportunity for a win last time out by such a narrow margin.

On to Pittsburgh.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Agreed OGV!

[Herbieibis]

I say he is gone. Ain't no maybe. He can't recruit a downfield threat. Nah man, it's one and done.
Who is the year over year quote master? None other than David Lake. Was reading an article and if he didn't say it once, he said it 10 times in the article. It was brutal. I'm surprised he didn't mention some dam tea leaves.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

"Pack shot 4 of 7 from 3-point range and continued his hot streak from long range. The Kansas State transfer is 25 of 53 (47.1%) from beyond the arc in his last seven games, a hot streak that dates to a road win over Notre Dame on Dec. 30."

I learned everything I know about Lifewallet from this guy, great spokesperson!

[Old Skool]

Tidbits from the Tampa Bay Times

The Gators, Seminoles and Hurricanes are on track to sign only three Florida natives who are ranked among the nation’s top 100 prospects, according to the 247Sports composite

Georgia will end up signing more of the state’s top recruits (six) than the Big Three combined.

[Old Skool]

Gattis Gone

[Old Skool]

Mario acted firmly, decisively and slowly -- 62 days after the season ended. Since then the portal closed, wide receivers committed to other colleges and offensive coordinators entered the job market and found new positions.

If there's a strategy here, it's hidden or maybe I'm just clueless

[Ohio_Cane]

Now we move on to greener pastures, hopefully.

Is Steele gone too, though? Our D wasn't good either

[Old Skool]

The only reasons for waiting I can think of are he's after someone from the pros. Or he wanted to have a new agreement in place with someone else first.

One other thing to note: Gattis was also the wide receivers' coach. Maybe we'll get a dedicated coach for an area of extreme concern. Also I believe this means Van Dyke will wind up with a different OC for each year he played.

[Old Skool]

The press release from UM noted that Gattis had been relieved of his duties. No mention of the fans who are relieved to seem him go.

Perhaps someone will honor his work for the U with a dumpster fire

[Ohio_Cane]

2024 recruit QB Luke Moga actually broke this new last night lol. He said he talked to Mario and Mario told him "we'll have a new OC within the next week"

[Ohio_Cane]

this news** last night

[Herbieibis]

Should of canned his azz after the last game. Cost us big time at WR.
Ain't no use in putting off the inevitable. Mario tried to be the nice guy and let him find a job, how did that work out?
Whomever he goes after, I hope it ain't no power spread guru. Sick of the QB staring at the sideline to get the right play call.
Get moving or move over.
It will take a miracle for us to get anybody that will be a legit down field threat.
What a waste of time.

[Old Skool]

So who replaces Gattis?

Sun-Sentinel offers up Arroyo, Candle, Scott, Coley, Rees, Frost and Hartline:

tinyurl.com/3mb3m3nn

[Old Skool]

Other names being thrown out (or up) Brady, Kingsbury and Mullen

[Ohio_Cane]

Hartline is NOT an option lol. He was just promoted to OC at OSU and is calling plays. He's not taking that step down/lateral move

[Herbieibis]

No Dan Mullin or Brady, neither like to recruit.
Coley I would love to have but not as an OC but as a WR coach. Not saying he would be the best coach for WR but he can recruit his azz of and for OC Andy Ludwick from Utha.
To tell u the truth he can dump Steele as well. Addei's db's got lit up, so if Mario dumps him, I'm fine with that.
Mario don't need to be taking his time with the OC hire as he needs to get the guy in the building like yesterday.

[86Cane]

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