When the Miami Hurricanes men’s and women’s basketball teams each walked off the Greensboro Coliseum’s hardwood floor in March, multiple concerns factored into neither hoisting a conference championship trophy.
Other Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse teams, meanwhile, swarmed a confetti-layered center court as champions. The glaring issue of team health became more apparent when concerning how Miami basketball could find itself doing the same in the near future.
“There’s no way to anticipate who’s going to get hurt, when they’re going to get hurt, how long they’re going to be out,” said Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga, whose team advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament for the first time in three years, with only six scholarship players available.