CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Fitting that it will be No. 16 Miami and No. 25 Pitt as the two to vie for the top seed in the ACC and, by the end of Saturday's 6 p.m. tip-off in Coral Gables, could share the regular-season ACC championship.
Miami coach Jim Larrañaga is certainly aware of what Pitt brings to South Beach, as the teams dueled to a hot finish Jan. 28 in the first matchup inside the Petersen Events Center. Pitt closed on an 11-0 run to earn a 71-68 win over the Hurricanes and notch another signature win for its NCAA Tournament resume.