Miami came into the Duke game crippled, with half the roster on the bench, one player dismissed and Isaiah Wong playing on an ankle he tweaked just 48 hours ago or so.
Duke had every advantage except the most important one: heart.
Miami showed a lot of it against the Blue Devils Monday night. The Hurricanes had more intensity, better effort, more unity and passion than Duke did.
In fact, it wasn’t really close.
Oh the score was. Miami still didn’t have enough players to pull very far ahead. But they had more than enough to keep up with and in the end surpass Duke.