Even though they were playing a team from their home state, there were a couple within the Miami Heat traveling party happy to see South Carolina and coach Frank Martin move on the Final Four.
Starting forward Rodney McGruder was most definitely cheering on his former coach from their days at Kansas State.
And even though Udonis Haslem went to Florida, he went on social media in the days leading up to Sunday’s Elite Eight game making it clear he had plenty of love for Martin – his former coach at Miami High.
“I know how much it meant for him to get to the Final Four, but to beat a team from Florida to do it was cool,” McGruder said before Sunday’s game against the Celtics.