Miami men’s basketball head coach Jim Larrañaga has always been aware of the major challenge that each game in the Atlantic Coast Conference poses.
With those challenges arriving more than once per week, even the ninth-oldest team in the country can fall victim to fatigue by February.
“You need to play consistently well and right now, I just think our team has drained itself of a lot of energy,” said Larrañaga, whose Hurricanes did not receive votes in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings Monday following back-to-back ACC losses for the first time this season. “We need to be revitalized.