Game Day: Miami at No. 18 Duke - Jan. 21

MiamiatNo. 18 Duke

-/rv Miami Hurricanes (12-5, 2-3 ACC)
Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga
Record at Miami: 130-62, sixth season
ACC Record at Miami: 56-37
Career Record: 600-396, 33rd season

18 Duke Blue Devils (14-4, 2-3 ACC)
Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski
Acting: Jeff Capel
Coach K Record at Duke: 984-266, 37th Season
Career Record: 1,057-325, 42nd Season

Setting the Scene
Date: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017
Time: 8:15 p.m.
Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C.

Broadcasts
TV: ESPN – Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor
Radio: 560 WQAM – Joe Zagacki
Online: Watch ESPN http://es.pn/2jcvIvK

Series
All-time: 6-17
Since rebirth in 1985-86: 5-17
Home: 4-7
Away: 2-8
Neutral: 0-2
Under Coach Larrañaga: 4-2
Coach L all-time vs. Duke: 4-3
Current streak: Miami won 2.
Last matchup: Jan. 25, 2016. No. 15/16 Miami def. No. 24/20 Duke 80-69.
Last Duke win: Jan. 22, 2014. No. 18 Duke won, 67-46.

Polls
Miami – AP: NR / USA Today: RV (5) / NCAA RPI: 70 / KenPom: 34
Duke – AP: 18 / USA Today: 18 / NCAA RPI: 15 / KenPom: 11

Weather
Coral Gables, Fla.: High 82 / Low 71
Durham, N.C.: High 64 / Low 51

Since Coach L’s arrival at Miami in 2011-12 …
Coach Jim Larrañaga is 4-2 against Duke during his tenure as head coach at Miami. Prior to his arrival, the Canes were 2-15 against the Blue Devils. Coach L has earned four of UM’s six all-time wins against the Blue Devils.
Miami is a combined 8-6 over Duke (4-2) and North Carolina (4-4) under Coach L. In the five years prior to Larrañaga, the Canes were 1-14 combined against the Blue Devils (1-7) and Tar Heels (0-7).
Miami is one of two teams in the country to beat Duke four or more times (Notre Dame five times). Miami (4-2) and Notre Dame (5-1) are the only ACC schools with a winning record over Duke after playing multiple games.
Miami (4) and Notre Dame (5) are the only ACC schools with four-or-more wins over Duke.
Miami has the most lopsided win of any ACC team over Duke (27 points), and UNC (26).
Miami has won at Cameron Indoor Stadium twice. Only UM and UNC (2) can claim more than one win at Cameron Indoor during that time.
Miami has won nine ACC games by 20 or more points: Boston College (27, 22, 22 and 21), Duke (27), North Carolina (26), Pitt (26), Florida State (24) and Virginia Tech (24).
The Canes have dealt Duke two of its six overall, and four ACC, losses by 16-plus points.
Miami dealt Duke two of its last three regular-season losses by 16-or-more points: 27 (90-63) on Jan. 23, 2013 at Miami, and 16 (90-74) on Jan. 13, 2015 at Duke. The other was Florida State downing Duke, 88-72, this season.
UM scored 90 points against Duke twice. Duke is 2-5 when allowing its opponent to score 90-plus points. Miami has two of those victories: 90-63 on Jan. 23, 2013 at Miami, and 90-74 on Jan. 13, 2015 at Duke.

Updated after games on Jan. 18 –
Miami has 37 overall road wins, the third-most in the conference, behind 38 from North Carolina and Virginia, and leading 31 from Duke.
Miami has the fourth-most ACC wins (56) in league play, behind North Carolina (69), Duke (68) and Virginia (69).
Miami has the fourth-most ACC road wins (24) in league play, behind North Carolina (31), Duke (29) and Virginia (28).
Miami has the fourth-most ACC home wins (32), behind Virginia (41), Duke (39), North Carolina (38).

Canes on ESPN’s College Gameday
Miami’s game against Duke will be the second time the Canes have played on ESPN’s College GameDay. The first was an 82-65 loss to then-No. 5/6 North Carolina at the Smith Center on Jan. 17, 2009. In that game, Jack McClinton had 21 points for the Hurricanes (then 13-4, 2-2), who led by nine in the first half and trailed by just four with 17 minutes left.

Miami vs. Duke Under Coach L (4-2)
Miami has outscored Duke, 460-426, in six games under Coach L. The Canes have made 46.9 percent (165-352) of their shots while the Blue Devils have hit only 40.6 percent (152-374). From long distance, Miami is 41-113 (36.3%) and Duke is 44-143 (30.7%). UM has been outrebounded by Duke, 236-229, but Miami has scored more points in the paint (206-186).
In wins over Duke, Miami averages 84.5 points per game, while in losses, the Canes average 61.0 points per game. A complete listing of Miami-Duke stats are on page 5 of the notes.

Miami Boasts Three Top 15 Winningest Coaches
Miami is the only FBS school with head coaches in football, men’s basketball and baseball that rank among the 15 winningest active coaches in their respective sports. Basketball coach Jim Larrañaga is No. 14 with 600 wins, football coach Mark Richt is No. 10 with 154 victories and baseball coach Jim Morris is third with 1,535 games won.

Quick Hits – Team
Miami has made six-or-more shots from three in every ACC game, after doing so in only eight of 12 non-conference outings.
For the season, the Canes have shot better than 45 percent in 11 games, and only twice in ACC play.
UM’s defense has held opponents to shoot less than 30 percent from downtown in nine games and has forced double-digit turnovers in 13 outings.
Miami has outrebounded all but four of its opponents – Stanford (-4), GWU (-1), Syracuse (-4) and Wake Forest (-2).
Eleven of Miami’s 12 victories are by a double-digit margin. The only single-digit margin was +8 against GW.

Miami Hits the Road for Three Straight Games
At Duke, the Hurricanes wrap up their stretch of three consecutive games on the road. UM began with the win at Pittsburgh on Jan. 14, followed by the Jan. 18 loss at Wake Forest, then the Jan. 21 game against Duke, which will be featured on ESPN’s College GameDay.
Among the schools with three straight ACC games on the road this year, Miami takes the title for most mileage to those three consecutive contests.
Miami – at Pitt, at Wake Forest, at Duke – 4,982 miles
Notre Dame – at Miami, at Virginia Tech, at Florida State – 3,963 miles
Florida State – at Georgia Tech, at Syracuse, at Miami – 2,885 miles
Pitt – at North Carolina, at Duke, at Boston College – 2,358 miles
Georgia Tech – at NC State, at Virginia Tech, at Virginia – 1,678 miles
Research courtesy of ND-SID

Brown Ranked Nationally Among Freshmen
Freshman Bruce Brown is highly ranked among freshmen in the nation, as well as among all players in the ACC and in NCAA stats. Among rookies around the country, he is 14th in steals per game, and third among freshmen guards in both rebounds per game and in defensive rebounds. In the ACC (all players), he is tied for 10th in steals, and tied for 16th in rebounds per game.

Canes in National Stats
Miami is ranked in the top 100 in 13 NCAA statistical categories, through games as of Jan. 18. The Canes are 11th in scoring defense (61.5), 12th in fewest fouls, and No. 19 in field goal percentage defense (39.1%). UM is also No. 19 in rebound margin (7.4) and No. 44 in 3-point field goal defense (31.2). A complete list of national stats is on page seven of the notes.

R33D from Long Range
Senior guard Davon Reed has knocked down 28 shots from long range in the past nine games. He hit five against FAU, four at Pitt, three against SC State, George Washington, Columbia, NC State and Wake Forest, and a pair at Syracuse and vs. Notre Dame. For the year, he is 41-106 (38.7%) from downtown, hitting multiple 3-pointers in 13 outings, including three-or-more eight times. He has hit at least one three in every game this season.

Huell Puts Up Solid Numbers at Wake Forest
In his fifth ACC game, freshman Dewan Huell recorded nine points and eight rebounds in 25 minutes at Wake Forest, all of which are his personal-best marks in league action. In his first four ACC games, Huell totaled 12 points and six rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game.

Brown Finding His Touch from Downtown
Freshman Bruce Brown is knocking down 3-pointers at a 55.0 percent clip in the past seven games, after hitting only 20.8 percent of his threes in the first 10 games. Since the game against GW, Brown has drained 11-of-20 from long range and improved to 11.6 points per game in those seven outings. Prior to GW, Brown was 5-of-24 from long range, and averaging 10.4 ppg.

Lucky Sevens from Long Range
Miami has made at least seven shots from long range in 114 of Larrañaga’s 192 games at UM. The Canes are 89-25 when making at least seven from 3-point range. This season, Miami is 7-2 when hitting seven from deep. 2015-16: 17-3; 2014-15: 18-5; 2013-14: 9-6; 2012-13: 19-3; 2011-12: 19-6.