Barry vs. Miami - Nov. 2 - 7 p.m.

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Broadcasts
Television: ACC Network Extra – Alex Schwartz
Radio: None
Online: ACC Network Extra – Alex Schwartz

Series
All-time: Miami leads 2-0
Under Coach Larrañaga: 0-0
Home: 2-0
Last regular season matchup: Dec. 11, 1992. Miami won, 81-64 at home.

Polls
Miami – AP: RV, USA Today: RV
Barry – Finished 2015-16 season ranked No. 19 in NABC Division II Final Poll

Weather
Coral Gables, Fla.: High 82 / Low 74
Miami Shores, Fla.: High 82 / Low 73

The 2016-17 Hurricanes
Miami opens the 2016-17 regular season with 10 scholarship players, led by a trio of captains in seniors Davon Reed and Kamari Murphy, along with junior Ja’Quan Newton. Sophomores Anthony Lawrence and Ebuka Izundu also return for the Hurricanes.
This season, a group of five newcomers comprising Miami’s top recruiting class in program history will don a UM jersey for the first time. The Canes’ coaching staff reeled in four freshmen in McDonald’s All-American Dewan Huell, Jordan Brand Classic All-American Bruce Brown, Australian standout Dejan “DJ” Vasiljevic and Rodney Miller from national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (Va.). Redshirt junior Rashad Muhammad also joins the class after sitting out a season ago due to transferring from San Jose State. The group has been named one of the top 2016 classes in the country, with a No. 9 ranking from 247Sports, No. 10 from Scout, No. 13 from ESPN and No. 13 from Rivals.

Miami Picked Ninth in ACC Preseason Poll
Miami was predicted to finish ninth out of 15 teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, as announced by the league at the 55th annual Operation Basketball. Duke was picked to win the ACC, followed by North Carolina, Virginia and Louisville.

Canes Sign Top-15 Recruiting Class
Miami has one of the top-15 recruiting classes in the country, with 247Sports ranking the class No. 9, Scout at No. 10, ESPN at No. 13 and Rivals at No. 13. The 2016 class rankings top Miami’s best mark from 2005, when the Canes signed four four-star recruits – Jimmy Graham, Brian Asbury, Adrian Thomas and Denis Clemente – in a class that was ranked No. 12 in the nation by Scout. In 2009, Miami’s signing class was nationally ranked No. 19 by Scout and No. 24 by ESPN. That Hurricanes’ heralded 2009 class was comprised of ESPNU 100 picks Durand Scott, Garrius Adams and Donnavan Kirk, in addition to May signee Antoine Allen.
Since 2002, Miami has signed 16 Scout.com top-100 players, including three five-star, top-25 players in DeQuan Jones (22, 2008), Dewan Huell (25, 2016) and Durand Scott (25, 2009).
Since Larrañaga’s arrival, his staff has signed five top-100 players in Huell (25), Bruce Brown (44), Ja’Quan Newton (52, 2014), Rodney Miller (90) and James Palmer (98, 2014). Huell and Brown are the most lauded signees for Miami since Scott in 2009, Jones in 2008, No. 32 Guillermo Diaz in 2003 and McDonald’s All-American Darius Rice in 2000.

Selling Out the Watsco Center
In just his fifth season in Coral Gables, Jim Larrañaga and Miami SOLD OUT the season ticket allotment for all home games last year at the Watsco Center. It was the first time in Miami athletics history a team sold out their season. And now, the team is less than 100 seats from selling out in back-to-back seasons.
In Coach Larrañaga’s fifth season at The U, fans bought 5,500 season tickets, more than doubling the total number of season tickets sold in his first season in Coral Gables. When Coach L began his reign in Miami, fans bought 2,251 season tickets for the 2011-12 campaign. After a record-breaking season on the court in 2012-13, season tickets peaked at 3,674 for 2013-14.
Season Tickets per Year
2015-16: 5,500
2014-15: 3,427
2013-14: 3,674
2012-13: 2,372
2011-12: 2,251

Davon Reed Tabbed to NABC Honors Court
Senior Davon Reed was tabbed to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2015-16 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
Reed, from Ewing, N.J., is majoring in sport administration with a minor in marketing and communications at Miami. He is expected to graduate from The U in May of 2017, after a four-year basketball career with the Hurricanes.
Last season Reed was also named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball Team and the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll. Following his junior campaign, he was listed on Miami’s Dean’s List (3.5+ GPA), Athletics Director Honor Roll (3.2+ GPA) and Book Buster Honor Roll (3.0+ GPA).

McClellan On NBA Opening Day Roster
Miami graduate Sheldon McClellan signed a partial guarantee contract with the Washington Wizards, and on opening day for the NBA, McClellan played in his first professional game. Against Atlanta, he scored seven points, and had a steal in four minutes.

Navy Seals Training
The Miami basketball team went through a two-day training session with the Navy Seals on the UM campus in late August. The team worked out on both the land and in the swimming pool. Check out the highlight video here: https://youtu.be/VCZ_9t2FVR0.

Miami Reloads with Five Newcomers
The Hurricanes will have five new players wearing Miami uniforms this season, including four freshmen and one junior transfer. Of the five newcomers, Dewan Huell (Miami Norland) and Bruce Brown (Vermont Academy) are high school All-Americans, DJ Vasiljevic (Australia) has FIBA and national team experience, Rodney Miller attended Oak Hill Academy and junior Rashad Muhammad was the leading scorer at San Jose State two seasons ago.

Larrañaga One of the Best
Among active coaches, Jim Larrañaga is the 11th-ranked winningest coach in the country (at major schools) with 588 victories, and ranked No. 42 on the list of all-time winningest coaches at major schools. Among the seven ACC coaches with five-plus years in the league, in their first five years at their current school, Coach L is second in overall wins (118), overall winning percentage (.674), ACC victories (54), winning percentage in ACC games only (.614). Among all-time ACC coaches (includes only seasons coaching at ACC schools during years as ACC member), Coach L is ranked No. 25 all-time in ACC wins and No. 29 all-time in overall wins, in just five years in the league. He is ninth all-time in winning percentage in ACC games only (.614).

Recruiting the State of Miami
Coach Jim Larrañaga has put great emphasis on recruiting the “state of Miami.” UM’s recruits from Florida in the past five years include Shane Larkin (Orlando), Tonye Jekiri (Hialeah), Angel Rodriguez (Miami), Joe Thomas (Miami), Anthony Lawrence (St. Petersburg), Dewan Huell (Miami) and Michael Gilmore (Jacksonville).

Larrañaga and Caputo Together 15 Years
This season head coach Jim Larrañaga and associate head coach Chris Caputo begin their 15th season on sidelines together, dating back to their time at George Mason University. Caputo started on Coach L’s staff as the video coordinator for the 2002-03 season, and along the way, the native of Elmhurst, N.Y., was an assistant coach and is now the associate head coach for the Hurricanes. Caputo helped the 2006 GMU team to the NCAA Final Four and has made five total NCAA Tournament appearances with Larrañaga. Both Caputo and Larrañaga attended Archbishop Molloy High School (N.Y.) and played for legendary head coach Jack Curran.

Larrañaga Graduates Canes
All four Hurricane seniors graduated from Miami following the 2015-16 campaign. In May 2015 Sheldon McClellan earned his bachelor of liberal arts degree and in December Angel Rodriguez earned his bachelor’s of education degree with a major in sports administration and a minor in sociology, the same degree Ivan Cruz Uceda and Tonye Jekiri both completed in May.
Now all four men are playing professional basketball with McClellan in the NBA and Rodriguez (France), Jekiri (Turkey) and Cruz Uceda (Spain) all overseas.

Facility Undergoing $1.7 Million Renovation
The basketball facility is in the process of a $1.7 million renovation that will include upgrades to the locker rooms, student-athlete lounges, office spaces, weight room and practice facility hallways.
The project is being split into two phases, beginning with the $1.7 million remodel to be complete by Nov. 2. The second phase will begin following the 2016-17 season.
The coaches’ offices and hallways of the facility will feature highlights from great moments in Miami basketball history, as well as photos of select stars from both the men’s and women’s teams. Also on display will be large-scale images of UM’s ProCanes as well as the newest Canes adidas gear.
The players’ lounge will feature a gaming center complete with couches and televisions.
The walls of the practice facility will showcase photos of celebrity Canes fans throwing up the U and images of the sold-out student section.
The overall concept will be produced by ZeDesign, with graphics printed and installed by Thomas Print. The wallpaper-style graphics will be printed on Dreamscape material. Office flooring will be provided by Southeastern Surfaces and Equipment while furniture will be from DreamSeat, Apricot and ZeDesign.
Student-athletes will have custom lockers from Longhorn Lockers and ProSound will upgrade the sound system in the locker room, lounges and coaches’ offices.

Miami Announces the Watsco Center
In October, the University of Miami announced the naming of its multi-purpose entertainment facility as the Watsco Center.
Watsco, Inc., based in Miami, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is the largest distributor of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration products with annual sales of more than $4 billion, 5,000 employees and 563 locations throughout North America. Watsco has provided funding to the University since the 1990s through its “Watsco’s Kids” program, providing children in the community free access to performance arts, sports and other events at the University.
The Watsco Center, located in the heart of the Coral Gables campus and formerly known as the BankUnited Center, is the largest multi-purpose entertainment facility of its kind south of downtown Miami, with more than 200,000 square feet, 8,000 seats and 25 executive suites. The venue has played host to numerous nationally televised University of Miami men’s and women’s college basketball games, world-class musicians and performers, community events, and several presidential debates, forums and rallies.