Canes Ranked No. 21 in AP and Coaches Polls

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s basketball team is ranked No. 21 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll, as announced Nov. 30.

The Hurricanes dropped from No. 15/19 the previous week after a one-point loss to Northeastern Nov. 27.

This is the first time since 2008-09 that Miami has been ranked in the top 25 in two separate weeks in the month of November. That season, Miami started the year ranked No. 17/16 in the preseason polls, stayed No. 17/16 in the Nov. 17, 2008 ranking and dropped to No. 22/21 in the Nov. 24 poll.

Miami takes its No. 21 ranking to Lincoln, Neb., for a Dec. 1 matchup with Nebraska in the 2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge presented by The United States Marine Corps at 9 p.m. ET. Catch the game on ESPNU with Adam Amin and Craig Robinson making the call. Also check out the game on WHIM 1080 radio with Joe Zagacki, the Voice of the Hurricanes.

Last week, Miami checked in at No. 15 in the AP poll, and earned a No. 19 ranking in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. It was the highest ranking for Miami during the month of November in the history of the AP poll; the Hurricanes reached No. 17 in November in the 2008-09 and 2014-15 seasons.

The Canes were ranked five weeks last season. That season, the Hurricanes were last ranked the week of Jan. 26, 2015, when the Canes were No. 23 in both polls.