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Miami Herald
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Miami Hurricanes men's basketball non-conference schedule is out. The details
The Jai Lucas era of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball officially begins on Nov. 3. That's when the Hurricanes begin the 2025-26 season against Jacksonville at the Watsco Center. The team announced its full non-conference slate on Wednesday, with nine of its 13 games before Atlantic Coast Conference play taking place on its home court. After the game against Jacksonville, Miami will host Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 6 and Stetson on Nov. 10 before traveling to Jacksonville to face the defending national champion Florida Gators in the previously announced Jacksonville Hoops Showdown. Two more home games follow that in matchups with Elon (Nov. 20) and Delaware State (Nov. 23) before the Hurricanes travel to Orlando to play in the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational on Nov. 27 and 28 and to Oxford, Mississippi, on Dec. 2 to play Ole Miss as part of the ACC/SEC challenge. The non-conference slate wraps up with four more home games against Southern Miss (Dec. 6), Louisiana-Monroe (Dec. 13), FIU (Dec. 16) and North Florida (Dec. 21). No game times or broadcast information was announced for any of the games. The team's ACC schedule will be announced at a later date. Miami, which went 7-24 overall and 3-17 in league play last season, brings in a whole new roster in Lucas' first season made up of a top-20 recruiting class and transfers including Tre Donaldson (Michigan), Malik Reneau (Indiana), Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU), Tru Washington (New Mexico), Jordyn Kee (Georgia) and Marcus Allen (Missouri). The Hurricanes' most recent addition came on July 15 when consensus four-star prospect Treyvon Maddon signed his national letter of intent. He joins fellow four-star recruits Shelton Henderson and Dante Allen along with three-star point guard John Laboy plus international prospects in Slovakian forward Timotej Malovec and Turkish center Salih Altuntas.
Miami Herald
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
UM men's basketball team to face national champion Florida Gators in Jacksonville
The University of Miami men's basketball team, which begins a new era this season under coach Jai Lucas, renewed its rivalry with the University of Florida and will play the reigning national champions on Nov. 16 in the Jacksonville Hoops Showdown. It will be the 72nd meeting between the intrastate rivals and the first since 2019. The game, presented by the Jacksonville Sports Foundation, was announced Friday and will take place at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Game time and broadcast information will be announced at a later date. Tickets for the event will go on sale Sept. 24, and fans can register to receive information and be eligible for ticket presale access on Sept. 23 by registering online at The Gators hold a 47-24 advantage in the all-time series. The last matchup between the programs came on Nov. 22, 2019, with Florida earning a 78-58 victory in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic. Florida returns several key players from the championship squad, including starters Alex Condon and Reuben Chinyelu along with sixth man Thomas Haugh. The Gators also recruited high-profile transfers such as two-time All-Ivy League standout Xaivian Lee from Princeton and former five-star recruit Boogie Fland, who joined from Arkansas. Lucas takes over the Hurricanes program after the retirement of Jim Larranaga. Lucas, 36, spent the past 12 years as an assistant at Texas, Kentucky, and most recently Duke, where he was associate head coach. Miami brings in a whole new roster made up of a top-20 recruiting class and transfers including Tre Donaldson (Michigan), Malik Reneau (Indiana), Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU), Tru Washington (New Mexico), Jordyn Kee (Georgia) and Marcus Allen (Missouri). UM will also participate in the 2025 Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational over Thanksgiving week in Kissimmee. The 16-team, three-bracket event will take place Nov. 24-28 at Walt Disney World Resort's State Farm Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Miami will compete in the Magic Bracket, which includes BYU, Dayton and Georgetown. The semifinals will be played on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, with the championship and consolation games on Friday, Nov. 28.
Fox Sports
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
ACC's new men's basketball scheduling model produces one NC State-UNC meeting, no Duke-Miami matchup
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Instate foes North Carolina and N.C. State will meet just once next year while Duke won't play the Miami team now coached by former Blue Devils assistant Jai Lucas in the Atlantic Coast Conference's reconfigured scheduling model. The ACC announced its second set of home-and-away partners Wednesday after announcing earlier this month that it would cut a 20-game men's basketball schedule to 18 as part of its efforts to boost the sport amid recent years of dwindling NCAA Tournament bids. The league had previously announced primary partners guaranteeing annual home-and-away matchups to create some protection for long-running series, such as famed rivals Duke and UNC or instate opponents Virginia and Virginia Tech. The second set of partners will change every year, while teams will play one game against 14 of the remaining 15 teams and miss playing one league school each year. The league's secondary partners for 2025-26: Boston College-Miami, California-Georgia Tech, Clemson-Pittsburgh, Duke-Louisville, Florida State-SMU, UNC-Syracuse, N.C. State-Virginia, Notre Dame-Stanford and Virginia Tech-Wake Forest. As for the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, they're separated by about a half-hour drive within the same area code, but the lone matchup this year will come on the Wolfpack's home court in Raleigh. That will mark the first time UNC won't have a home game against N.C. State since 1919 after a long history of playing twice per year. ___ AP college basketball: and recommended
Associated Press
29-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
ACC's new men's basketball scheduling model produces one NC State-UNC meeting, no Duke-Miami matchup
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Instate foes North Carolina and N.C. State will meet just once next year while Duke won't play the Miami team now coached by former Blue Devils assistant Jai Lucas in the Atlantic Coast Conference's reconfigured scheduling model. The ACC announced its second set of home-and-away partners Wednesday after announcing earlier this month that it would cut a 20-game men's basketball schedule to 18 as part of its efforts to boost the sport amid recent years of dwindling NCAA Tournament bids. The league had previously announced primary partners guaranteeing annual home-and-away matchups to create some protection for long-running series, such as famed rivals Duke and UNC or instate opponents Virginia and Virginia Tech. The second set of partners will change every year, while teams will play one game against 14 of the remaining 15 teams and miss playing one league school each year. The league's secondary partners for 2025-26: Boston College-Miami, California-Georgia Tech, Clemson-Pittsburgh, Duke-Louisville, Florida State-SMU, UNC-Syracuse, N.C. State-Virginia, Notre Dame-Stanford and Virginia Tech-Wake Forest. As for the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, they're separated by about a half-hour drive within the same area code, but the lone matchup this year will come on the Wolfpack's home court in Raleigh. That will mark the first time UNC won't have a home game against N.C. State since 1919 after a long history of playing twice per year. ___ AP college basketball: and
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
ACC's new men's basketball scheduling model produces one NC State-UNC meeting, no Duke-Miami matchup
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Instate foes North Carolina and N.C. State will meet just once next year while Duke won't play the Miami team now coached by former Blue Devils assistant Jai Lucas in the Atlantic Coast Conference's reconfigured scheduling model. The ACC announced its second set of home-and-away partners Wednesday after announcing earlier this month that it would cut a 20-game men's basketball schedule to 18 as part of its efforts to boost the sport amid recent years of dwindling NCAA Tournament bids. Advertisement The league had previously announced primary partners guaranteeing annual home-and-away matchups to create some protection for long-running series, such as famed rivals Duke and UNC or instate opponents Virginia and Virginia Tech. The second set of partners will change every year, while teams will play one game against 14 of the remaining 15 teams and miss playing one league school each year. The league's secondary partners for 2025-26: Boston College-Miami, California-Georgia Tech, Clemson-Pittsburgh, Duke-Louisville, Florida State-SMU, UNC-Syracuse, N.C. State-Virginia, Notre Dame-Stanford and Virginia Tech-Wake Forest. As for the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, they're separated by about a half-hour drive within the same area code, but the lone matchup this year will come on the Wolfpack's home court in Raleigh. That will mark the first time UNC won't have a home game against N.C. State since 1919 after a long history of playing twice per year. ___ AP college basketball: and
