In what has become a rite of March since coach Jim Larrañaga took over the University of Miami basketball program, Hurricane players, coaches, cheerleaders, and fans gathered at the campus Rathskeller Sunday night to await their NCAA Tournament seeding, bracket and first-round opponent.
They erupted into celebration and pointed their cell phone cameras toward the jumbo TV screen upon seeing their logo pop up. The Hurricanes were awarded a No. 6 seed and will play No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago (28-5) on Thursday in Dallas, which is also the site for the sixth-seeded Florida Gators, who know better than anyone that Loyola-Chicago should be taken very seriously.