MBB Faces No. 5 Louisville to Tip Off Season

MBB Faces No. 5 Louisville to Tip Off Season

Nov. 5, 2019 | 6:30 p.m. | ACCN
Watsco Center | Coral Gables, Fla.

Miami (0-0) vs. No. 5 Louisville (0-0)
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s basketball will begin the 2019-20 season with the biggest opening game in program history.

Miami, led by ninth-year head coach Jim Larrañaga, welcomes fifth-ranked Louisville to the Watsco Center for a 6:30 p.m. conference clash. This is the first time Miami will begin a season with a league game and the first time it will open with a major conference foe since 1987, which is also when it last started with a top-25 team (ninth-ranked Michigan).

ACC Network’s first-ever basketball game broadcast and the first linear broadcast of the season across the ESPN family of networks can be seen online HERE, with Steve Schlanger and Cory Alexander on the call. Joe Zagacki and Danny Rabinowitz will do the radio broadcast on 560 The Joe WQAM HERE, while action can also be heard on WVUM 90.5 FM HERE. Live stats for the contest will be available HERE.

The Hurricanes are 4-11 all-time against Louisville, including 2-4 since the Cardinals joined the ACC and 2-4 under Coach L. Miami, which is 4-5 at home versus the Cardinals, dropped a 90-73 road decision on Jan. 6, 2019, in the most recent matchup.

Wednesday, the Hurricanes started the season with an 86-65 exhibition victory over Flagler at the Watsco Center. Redshirt junior guard Kameron McGusty paced all scorers with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while redshirt junior center Rodney Miller finished with 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting.

Senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic (12), freshman guard Isaiah Wong (12) and freshman guard Harlond Beverly (10) all reached double figures, as well, as Miami shot 50.0 percent (35-of-70) and totaled 52 paint points.

Louisville topped Bellarmine, 75-65, Tuesday night in its exhibition affair at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals, who went 20-14 (10-8 ACC) and reached the NCAA Tournament last year, were picked third in the ACC preseason poll.

Junior forward Jordan Nwora, the reigning ACC Most Improved Player, is the league’s leading returning scorer at 17.0 points per game, just ahead of Miami junior guard Chris Lykes’ 16.2 average. Nwora garnered Preseason ACC Player of the Year and AP Preseason All-America accolades.

After taking on the Cardinals, Miami meets Florida Atlantic Friday at 7 p.m., live on RSN, in a South Florida showdown at the Watsco Center.

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The 2019-20 Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball season is presented by First National Bank.