Jump to content

2017–18 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2017–18 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 22
Record22–10 (11–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWatsco Center
Seasons
2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Virginia 17 1   .944 31 3   .912
No. 9 Duke 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 22 Miami (FL) 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
No. 20 Clemson 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
NC State 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
No. 10 North Carolina 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Virginia Tech 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Florida State 9 9   .500 23 12   .657
Louisville 9 9   .500 22 14   .611
Notre Dame 8 10   .444 21 15   .583
Syracuse 8 10   .444 23 14   .622
Boston College 7 11   .389 19 16   .543
Georgia Tech 6 12   .333 13 19   .406
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Pittsburgh 0 18   .000 8 24   .250
2018 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Larrañaga, they played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 22–10, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Loyola–Chicago.

Previous season

[edit]

The Hurricanes finished the 2016–17 season 21–12, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Syracuse in the second round of the ACC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #8 seed in the Midwest region where they lost in the first round to #9 Michigan State.

FBI investigation

[edit]

On September 26, 2017 federal prosecutors in New York announced that various schools were under investigation for an alleged "pay for play" scheme involving recruits at various schools including Miami.[1][2][3] On October 23, head coach Jim Larrañaga announced that he believed he was one of the coaches implicated in the FBI indictment.[4] Larrañaga insisted that he had done nothing wrong, however.[5]

Offseason

[edit]

Departures

[edit]
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Davon Reed 5 G 6'6" 220 Senior Ewing, NJ Graduated
Kamari Murphy 21 F 6'8" 220 RS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated

Incoming transfers

[edit]
Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Miles Wilson 10 G 6'5" 165 Sophomore Reistertown, MD Mount St. Mary's

2017 recruiting class

[edit]
Miami recruit Lonnie Walker at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lonnie Walker IV
G
Reading, PA Reading High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Nov 16, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars
Chris Lykes
G
Mitchellville, MD Gonzaga College High School 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jun 12, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Deng Gak
F
Sydney, Australia Blair Academy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Oct 25, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Samuel Waardenburg
F
Henderson, New Zealand Rangitoto College 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 13, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPNN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

[edit]
2017–18 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Ja’Quan Newton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Sr Philadelphia, PA
G 1 Dejan Vasiljevic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Melbourne, Australia
G 2 Chris Lykes 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Fr Mitchellville, MD
G 3 Anthony Lawrence II 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr St. Petersburg, FL
G 4 Lonnie Walker IV 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Fr Reading, PA
G 5 Mike Robinson (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr New Britain, CT
G 10 Miles Wilson (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Reisterstown, MD
G 11 Bruce Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) So Boston, MA
C 14 Rodney Miller Jr. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) So Laurelton, NY
C 15 Ebuka Izundu 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Charlotte, NC
F 20 Dewan Huell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 236 lb (107 kg) So Miami, FL
F 21 Sam Waardenburg 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 217 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Henderson, New Zealand
F 22 Deng Gak Current redshirt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Sydney, Australia
F 35 Chris Stowell (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Sr Exeter, NH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[edit]
Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 Newberry College W 106–79 
 30  Vasiljevic   7  Vasiljevic   8  Tied  Watsco Center (6,174)
Coral Gables, FL
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 10, 2017*
8:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 Gardner–Webb W 77–45  1–0
 14  Izundu   11  Brown Jr.   10  Brown Jr.  Watsco Center (7,073)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 12, 2017*
4:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 Navy W 89–55  2–0
 16  Vasiljevic   10  Huell   6  Brown Jr.  Watsco Center (6,611)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 16, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 11 Florida A&M W 90–59  3–0
 15  Tied   8  Brown Jr.   4  Tied  Watsco Center (6,735)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 22, 2017*
6:00 pm
No. 11 vs. La Salle
Reading Showcase
W 57–46  4–0
 16  Huell   11  Brown Jr.   5  Lawrence II  Santander Arena (6,735)
Reading, PA
Nov 25, 2017*
4:00 pm, RSN
No. 11 North Florida W 86–65  5–0
 14  Tied   7  Tied   4  Tied  Watsco Center (7,189)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 29, 2017*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 10 at No. 12 Minnesota
Big Ten-ACC Challenge
W 86–81  6–0
 23  Huell   9  Brown Jr.   9  Newton  Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
Dec 2, 2017*
8:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 10 vs. Princeton
Hoophall Miami Invitational
W 80–52  7–0
 20  Vasiljevic   10  Lawrence   5  Newton  American Airlines Arena (8,426)
Miami, FL
Dec 5, 2017*
7:00 pm, RSN
No. 10 Boston University W 69–54  8–0
 26  Walker IV   7  Walker IV   6  Lawrence II  Watsco Center (6,893)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 16, 2017*
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 6 at George Washington W 59–50  9–0
 15  Huell   12  Huell   3  Tied  Charles E. Smith Center (3,862)
Washington, D.C.
Dec 23, 2017*
1:00 am, ESPNU
No. 6 at Hawaii
Diamond Head Classic First Round
W 75–57  10–0
 16  Tied   6  Huell   8  Brown Jr.  Stan Sheriff Center (7,669)
Honolulu, HI
Dec 23, 2017*
10:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 vs. New Mexico State
Diamond Head Classic Semifinals
L 54–63  10–1
 15  Vasiljevic   9  Huell   1  Tied  Stan Sheriff Center (5,946)
Honolulu, HI
Dec 25, 2017*
8:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 15 vs. Middle Tennessee
Diamond Head Classic 3rd Place
W 84–81  11–1
 21  Huell   6  Brown Jr.   6  Newton  Stan Sheriff Center (6,062)
Honolulu, HI
ACC Regular Season
Dec 30, 2017
4:00 pm, ACCN
No. 15 at Pittsburgh W 67–53  12–1
(1–0)
 12  Lawrence II   7  Huell   4  Newton  Peterson Events Center (5,307)
Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 3, 2018
9:00 pm, RSN
No. 15 at Georgia Tech L 54–64  12–2
(1–1)
 13  Huell   12  Lawrence II   5  Lykes  McCamish Pavilion (5,568)
Atlanta, GA
Jan 7, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 15 No. 24 Florida State W 80–74  13–2
(2–1)
 23  Brown Jr.   12  Lawrence II   4  Tied  Watsco Center (7,647)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 13, 2018
3:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 18 at No. 19 Clemson L 63–72  13–3
(2–2)
 16  Tied   7  Tied   2  Huell  Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000)
Clemson, SC
Jan 15, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 25 No. 5 Duke L 75–83  13–4
(2–3)
 19  Walker IV   13  Huell   2  Tied  Watsco Center (7,972)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 21, 2018
12:00 pm, ACCN
No. 25 at NC State W 86–81  14–4
(3–3)
 19  Brown Jr.   4  Tied   9  Brown Jr.  PNC Arena (17,265)
Raleigh, NC
Jan 24, 2018
8:00 pm, ESPN2
Louisville W 78–75 OT 15–4
(4–3)
 25  Walker IV   12  Huell   4  Lykes  Watsco Center (7,190)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 27, 2018
4:00 pm, ACCN
at Florida State L 94–103 OT 15–5
(4–4)
 23  Walker IV   7  Brown Jr.   5  Tied  Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (11,675)
Tallahassee, FL
Jan 31, 2018
7:00 pm, RSN
Pittsburgh W 69–57  16–5
(5–4)
 16  Walker IV   10  Lawrence II   5  Lykes  Watsco Center (7,169)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 3, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN
at Virginia Tech W 84–75  17–5
(6–4)
 25  Lawrence II   13  Lawrence II   4  Newton  Cassell Coliseum (9,275)
Blacksburg, VA
Feb 7, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 25 Wake Forest W 87–81  18–5
(7–4)
 19  Walker IV   10  Huell   5  Lykes  Watsco Center (6,774)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 10, 2018
2:00 pm, RSN
No. 25 at Boston College L 70–72  18–6
(7–5)
 17  Vasiljevic   9  Lawrence II   4  Lawrence II  Conte Forum (7,740)
Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 13, 2018
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1 Virginia L 50–59  18–7
(7–6)
 19  Lykes   7  Lawrence II   2  Tied  Watsco Center (7,333)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 17, 2018
12:00 pm, CBS
Syracuse L 55–62  18–8
(7–7)
 14  Lykes   10  Huell   5  Lawrence II  Watsco Center (6,879)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 19, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN
at Notre Dame W 77–74  19–8
(8–7)
 19  Walker IV   8  Izundu   6  Lawrence II  Joyce Center (9,149)
Notre Dame, IN
Feb 24, 2018
2:00 pm, RSN
Boston College W 79–78  20–8
(9–7)
 16  Huell   9  Tied   4  Walker IV  Watsco Center (7,010)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 27, 2018
9:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 9 North Carolina W 91–88  21–8
(10–7)
 18  Lykes   8  Huell   4  Lykes  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 3, 2018
12:00 pm, ESPN2
Virginia Tech W 69–68  22–8
(11–7)
 16  Vasiljevic   6  Lawrence II   7  Lykes  Watsco Center (7,164)
Coral Gables, FL
ACC tournament
Mar 8, 2018
9:00 pm, ESPN
(3) No. 24 vs. (6) No. 12 North Carolina
Quarterfinals
L 65–82  22–9
 17  Newton   7  Tied   3  Tied  Barclays Center (17,732)
Brooklyn, NY
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 2018*
3:10 pm, truTV
(6 S) No. 22 vs. (11 S) Loyola–Chicago
First Round
L 62–64  22–10
 12  Walker IV   7  Huell   2  Lykes  American Airlines Center (15,802)
Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP13111110106615151825RVRV25RVNot released
Coaches1212^111311871617192324RV25RVRV

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

[edit]