These are trying times for Canes fans. There’s plenty of turmoil across both the football and basketball programs. This is also the holiday season, however, so it’s not a time for focusing on all the shortcomings of our programs, but instead a time for appreciating the good and imagining the possibilities. While the football season is finished and all of its questions now related to the offseason, let’s look at Canes Hoops, whose season is just getting started.
Coach Larranaga and the Canes had plenty of obstacles before the season even started: the losses of 3 top players in Lonnie Walker(NBA Draft), Bruce Brown Jr(NBA Draft) and Ja’Quan Newton(graduation), an empty recruiting class due to last year’s FBI investigation, and Dewan Hernandez being wrapped up in an eligibility review due to documents from the same FBI investigation.