Since Jim Larranaga moved down to South Florida, Miami basketball has been reliably tough.
His Final Four run at George Mason was legendary but that team was built differently than his Miami teams.
At Mason, Larranaga built successfully around guys who were a bit short or a bit...off. Something about them put them in the recruiting discount bin but Larranaga was sharp enough to find a lot of promising guys who could compete at a high level despite being a bit short or a bit slow or what have you.
It was the sum of the parts.