Media Clips: @CanesHoops Sweet 16
Canes basketball player, baseball player forge strong bond
Christy Cabrera Chirinos | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Four years later, Barr, a member of Miami’s baseball team, and Jekiri, a center for the Hurricanes who are now deep in the middle of an NCAA Tournament run, have become the best of friends. Read more…
Tragedy helped mold UM basketball star Angel Rodriguez
Michelle Kaufman | Miami Herald
Although he was small in stature, he became the man of the house as a child, learned to be brave, and vowed to make his mother and late-father proud of him. Read more…
Philly’s Ja’Quan Newton, of city-tough Miami, faces hometown Villanova
Matt Porter | Palm Beach Post
At one point in 2013, according to recruiting websites, the top player on Villanova’s recruiting board was Philadelphia prep star Ja’Quan Newton. Instead of staying home, he became the first top-50 recruit Larranaga signed at UM. Read more…
How Jim Larrañaga molded Miami into a contender
Pat Forde | Yahoo! Sports
When Jim Larrañaga was rather surprisingly named the coach at Miami in 2011, some suspected this was the umbrella in the early retirement cocktail for a guy in his 60s. Read more…
Why Jim Larrañaga claps for the Miami Hurricanes’ mistakes
Chuck Culpepper | Washington Post
As he has continued to hone his own considerable calm, the career of Jim Larranaga keeps blooming at a fresh 66. It keeps finding crests. He’ll take the mature Hurricanes who withstood the Shockers to Miami’s second Sweet 16 in four years, Thursday night against Villanova in Louisville. Read more…
Three Things to Know Before Miami’s Sweet 16 Clash With Villanova
Austin Sapin | FanSided
For many, many years, Coach Jim Larranaga and Coach Jay Wright have shared a friendship not only off the court, but on it as well. The two have shared strategy, vocabulary and drills since they began competing against each other in the CAA and since Larranaga was at George Mason and Wright manned the sidelines at Hofstra, they both have excelled. Read more…
