Canes Lose First Game 76-70

Our last ray of hope in Miami sports took a tumble today. It's a shame that Miami couldn't get to ACC play undefeated. Now there will be a consensus in the media about how overrated the Canes were, and how they feasted on an easy schedule and the rest of that nonsense.

Today the Canes simply got beat by a hot Winthrop team. Winthrop seemingly made every shot in the 2nd half, all from the 3 point line. In contrast, the Canes committed 7 or 8 turnovers in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half. They did have a nice comeback attempt in the final minute or two, but fell short.

The problem tonight was the lack of balance offensively. I've consistently mentioned how they always have a handful of guys scoring around the same amount of points. However, Jack McClinton led our scorers with 30 and Anthony King added 16. Aside from them the rest of the team only contributed 27 points.

It was a frustrating night because Miami made a good run towards the end of the first half and spilled it over into the 2nd half before falling asleep on offense and defense. Up next is Penn, another NCAA tournament team from last year. Don't count out a potential loss there too. These last two nonconference games were trap games with the team facing ACC play in a few weeks. Both were winnable games though.