Hurricanes top NC A&T

Now that's more like it. After a lackluster 2nd half where the Canes didn't really try to put away North Florida, Miami kept the foot on the pedal yesterday and dominated North Carolina A&T to win 95-64. Incredibly, this puts the team at a perfect 12-0 and matches their win total from last season.

People will be talking about this team making a huge turnaround, but that 12-20 record last season was deceiving. Most of the year we were decimated on the front line, playing guards at forward out of necessity. Now, we have a 9 deep rotation that plays well together and is consistently focused on winning the game.

McClinton led all scorers again with 17, as Miami had 5 players in double figures and shot an impressive 58% from the field. Now, the Canes face a couple of teams who made the NCAA tourney last year in Winthrop and Penn. However, both teams have struggled at times this year, so it's probable that Miami will finish 14-0 in non-conference play.

The real stretch that will determine just how good this team are starts on January 23rd, when we host the top ranked UNC Tar Heels. Then we have a home game vs Clemson, and finally we wrap up the 4 game stretch with a trip to Tobacco Road to play Wake Forest and Duke. Expect a 2-2 record out of that.