MBB Earns No. 2 Seed in NCAA Championship
CORALGABLES, Fla. – ACCregular-season and tournament champion Miami Hurricanes earned the No. 2 seedin the East Region in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.Miami is making its seventh NCAA tournament appearance in program history andonly the sixth in the modern tournament era.
Miami’sNo. 2 seed is tied for the highest in program history. The Canes were a No. 2seed in the East Region of the 1999 NCAA Championship. It’s only the third timein program history that the Canes are rated higher than a No. 6 seed (1999 -No. 2, 2002 – No. 6 and 2013 – No. 2).
Miami(27-6) will face No. 15 Pacific (22-12), the automatic qualifier from the BigWest Conference, on Friday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. Tipoff is set for 2:10 p.m. on TNT. Should theCanes win, they will face the winner of No. 7 Illinois and No. 10 Colorado onSunday at the same venue.
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GENERALINFORMATION
Location: Coral Gables, Fla.
Founded: 1925
Enrollment: 15,524
President: Dr. Donna E. Shalala
Athletic Director: Blake James
Faculty Athletic Representative: Dr. Marvin Dawkins
Conference: ACC
Nickname: Hurricanes
Colors: Orange (PMS 1665), Green (PMS 3435) and White
Arena (capacity): BankUnited Center (7,200)
PROGRAMHISTORY
First Season: 1926
All-Time Record: 919-689
PostseasonRecord: 11-17 (4-6 in NCAA Championship)
NCAA Appearances: 7 (1960, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2013)
Last NCAA Appearance: 2008 (2nd round)
NIT Appearances: 11 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009,2011, 2012)
Last NIT Appearance: 2012 (2nd round)
TEAMINFORMATION
2012-13 Record: 27-6
ACC Record/Finish: 15-3/1st
Top 25 Ranking: 9 (AP) / 10 (USA TODAY/ESPN)
Lettermen R/L: 10/2
Starters R/L: 4/1
COACHINGSTAFF
Head Coach: Jim Larranaga (Providence, 1971)
Record atMiami: 48-21 (2nd season)
Career Record: 517-353 (29th season)
Postseasonrecord: 8-13 (13 appearances)
NCAA Appearances: 6 (1999, 2001, 2006, 2008,2011, 2013)
NIT Appearances: 7 (1990, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012)
Assistant Coach: Eric Konkol (Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2000)
Assistant Coach: Michael Huger (Bowling Green, 1994)
Assistant Coach: Chris Caputo (Westfield State, 2002)
MIAMINCAA NOTES:
• Miami is making its 18th postseason appearance in program historyand fifth in the last six seasons.
• Miami NCAA Championship seed history: 11(1998, South), 2 (1999, East), 6 (2000, South), 5 (2002, West), 7 (2008, South)and 2 (2013, East)
• Miami is 4-6 in six previous NCAA Championships (last appearancein 2008).
• Miami has never advanced past the Sweet 16 round of the NCAAChampionship.
• 2013 in Miami’s sixth NCAA tournament berth since 1997 (firstappearance was in 1960).
• Coach Jim Larranaga is making his seventh NCAAtournament appearance – and 14th overall postseason trip – as head coach. Heled George Mason to the 2006 Final Four.
