November is here, and that means the smell of popcorn in stuffy arenas and the sound of squeaky shoes on the hardwood have both returned.
It’s time for Miami Hurricanes basketball. The long offseason, which got off to an early start thanks to the heartbreaking loss to Loyola Chicago, has been dominated by the FBI probe and the effort to recover from any hit the program’s image may have suffered.
It got easier with the commitments of Isiah Wong and Anthony Walker, but coach Jim Larrañaga was still forced to bring in transfers Zach Johnson, Anthony Mack and Kameron McGusty— with the latter sitting out this year due to NCAA regulations.