Jamie Shaw of On3 named the Miami basketball team in his “College Basketball: Ten teams who can win a national championship in 2023-24.” Shaw listed Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Duke, Houston, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Purdue in alphabetic order as the other nine teams who can win a 2024 national title.
Connecticut and Duke were the last two teams to defeat the Miami basketball team during the 2022-23 season. Connecticut eliminated Miami from the 2023 NCAA Tournament 72-59 in the Final Four. Duke knocked Miami out of the ACC Tournament 85-78 after Norchad Omier was lost with an ankle injury.