MBB Picks Up Another Vote in AP Poll

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s basketball team has received nine votes in the Nov. 12 AP Top 25 poll, which was released Monday afternoon. Miami joins five other Atlantic Coast Conference schools in the listing of the country’s top 49 teams.
Miami received eight votes in the preseason poll, which was released the previous week. 
The Canes were listed on both the AP and USA TODAY preseason polls for the first time since the 2008-09 season, when Miami was ranked 17 and 16, respectively. In 2005-06 Miami was receiving votes in both preseason polls, with 16 from the AP and six in the USA TODAY listing. This season, UM was also listed as No. 24 in the Blue Ribbon Yearbook’s preseason Top 25 poll.
This season Miami will host three Top 25 teams at the BankUnited Center: No. 21 Michigan State (Nov. 28), No. 9 Duke (Jan. 23) and No. 11 North Carolina (Feb. 9). The Canes will face the following ranked teams on the road: No. 11 North Carolina (Jan. 10), No. 6 NC State (Feb. 2), No. 9 Duke (March 2), and possibly No. 12 Arizona in the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu (Dec. 23).
The Canes face a pair of in-state foes in Florida Gulf Coast University on Nov. 13 and Jacksonville this Friday, Nov. 16 at the BankUnited Center at 7 p.m.
Season tickets are on sale at CanesTix.com or by calling 305-284-2263. Ticket package options include the FAN-tastic 4-Pack (vs. Michigan State, Florida State, Duke and UNC) and the ACC Weekender Pack. Individual game tickets for non-conference matchups are on sale now and single game tickets for ACC matchups will be on sale in mid-December.