If Virginia is for lovers, call me a hater.
This past week your University of Miami men’s basketball team managed to lose two consecutive games to ACC rivals Virginia Tech and Virginia. The Hokies hammered the Hurricanes 81-66 on Wednesday only to be outdone by the Cavaliers who crushed the Canes 75-57 on Saturday.
That is a combined butt whooping of 33 points by the teams from Virginia. Now that’s gonna leave a mark!
The Hokies shot 62% in the first half and had their biggest lead at 48-13 before closing out the first half with a 17 point lead and a score of 50-23. The Hurricanes lead the ACC in three point shooting percentage but somehow managed to miss their first eight attempts while shooting a miserable 27% in the first half.
The loss to VT ended Miami’s seven game winning streak and may have erased any dreams of the Hurricanes being competitive in the ACC this year.
As was the case in Blacksburg, Miami came out cold and started slowly in Charlottesville. The Hurricanes missed their first nine shots and trailed by 12 points at halftime 33-21. For the game, Miami hit only 31% of their shots and never got closer than nine points in the second half.
Miami had entered the week with faith in head coach Frank Haith, a 15-1 record and a #23 AP ranking attached to their name. Off to their best start in fifty years the Hurricanes hoopsters were finally getting some love from their fans and the national media.
They finished the week getting no love from anyone especially the two teams from the State of Virginia where apparently love flows freely. Miami is now 1-3 in the ACC after suffering the two lopsided losses in the conference where success has been hard to find for the Hurricanes. Faith in Haith is once again clearly waning.
Miami head coach Frank Haith will not have to wait too long to get a chance to redeem himself and his team . Tuesday night the Hurricanes take on the Boston College Eagles in another ACC show down in lovely Coral Gables.
Let’s see if playing in the State of Florida makes a difference in the results.
We never really liked Virginia anyway and love is so over-rated.
Well I didn’t like what I saw from them at Virginia. They looked out of their league and that gives me a bad feeling.
Basketball has NOT been berry, berry good to The U.
Maybe baseball?
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Wasn’t Virginia terrible last year? This year with a new coach (Tony Bennett) they are rockin’ it
At some point the hoops team needs to step up and beat someone they’re not supposed to. Awesome article!
Come on B-Ball team, step your game up
Dont you dare let these 2 loses define your season. Get out there and ball the way you should be ballin`
No way are those 2 teams that much better then you
This is the year we need to take a step or 2 forward in the ACC and not backwards
I’m 5-8 and over 40 by several years, well more then several and can shoot better then 27%. If that’s the best they can do, then pull their scholarships and give it to the blind. Then at least we would have a reason for playing like crap!