The depleted University of Miami men’s basketball team finds itself in the Atlantic Coast Conference cellar — along with Notre Dame and Wake Forest — heading into Sunday’s noon home game against in-state rival Florida State at the Watsco Center.
Miami dropped to 9-9 overall and 1-5 in the conference after a 73-53 road loss at Syracuse on Thursday night. The Orange hit a season-high 14 three-pointers, and the Hurricanes struggled to get past Syracuse’s vaunted 2-3 zone defense.
Point guard Chris Lykes, who was averaging 22 points in conference games, managed just eight points on 4-of-15 shooting (0-of-8 from beyond the arc) and had only two assists.