Many people in the Miami Hurricanes community thought that not much else could go wrong after Miami (6-9, 2-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) dropped its third-straight conference matchup to No. 16 Florida State on Monday night.
The team has battled a handful of injuries for the third consecutive season, with senior guard Chris Lykes (ankle), who averaged over 15 points per game last season, missing a considerable amount of time, in addition to guards Kameron McGusty (hamstring), Elijah Olaniyi (shoulder) and Earl Timberlake (shoulder) having been in and out of the lineup.
“We’re looking very closely at what we need to do to proceed,” said Larrañaga last Friday on the team’s varying starting lineups, six of them to be exact.