Miami Cracks Top 20

The new college basketball rankings are out today and Miami is 19th in both major polls. The Canes remain #1 in the RPI. The rankings are a nice touch, but what we should appreciate is the play of the team, which has been excellent. Rankings are irrelevant, unlike in college football. As long as they keep winning and playing well, they'll make the tournament and be ready to make some noise.

However, not everyone has a high opinion of the Hurricanes. Rivals has a piece today about the remaining unbeatens and there are some unkind words about Miami in there. One guy says everything short of rooting against us, stating the Canes might not even deserve to be in the top 50 in the country. Miami clearly isn't one of the better undefeated teams left, but we are definitely better than Sam Houston State and I wouldn't put it past us to be better than Mississippi, no offense to those two teams.

While I feel the guy is wrong in his assessment, the Canes have to continue to play well to earn the respect of the doubters. That 4 game stretch in January is key. If they can go 2-2 there, then I think people will start believing.