2019–20 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Jim Larrañaga, they played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[1]

2019–20 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2019–20 record	15–16 (7–13 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Larrañaga (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Caputo Adam Fisher Bill Courtney
Home arena	Watsco Center

2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Florida State	16	–	4		.800			26	–	5		.839
No. 16 Virginia	15	–	5		.750			23	–	7		.767
No. 14 Louisville	15	–	5		.750			24	–	7		.774
No. 11 Duke	15	–	5		.750			25	–	6		.806
Georgia Tech*	11	–	9		.550			17	–	14		.548
NC State	10	–	10		.500			20	–	12		.625
Syracuse	10	–	10		.500			18	–	14		.563
Notre Dame	10	–	10		.500			20	–	12		.625
Clemson	9	–	11		.450			16	–	15		.516
Miami (FL)	7	–	13		.350			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	7	–	13		.350			13	–	18		.419
Virginia Tech	7	–	13		.350			16	–	16		.500
Wake Forest	6	–	14		.300			13	–	18		.419
Pittsburgh	6	–	14		.300			16	–	17		.485
North Carolina	6	–	14		.300			14	–	19		.424
*ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations
As of March 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 ACC Tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hurricanes finished the season 15–16, and 7–13 in ACC play. They lost to Clemson in the Second Round of the ACC Tournament. The tournament was cancelled before the Quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The NCAA Tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[3]

Previous season

The Hurricanes finished the 2018–19 season 14–18, 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They defeated Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Tournament before losing to Virginia Tech.[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Anthony Lawrence II	3	G	6'7"	210	Senior	St. Petersburg, FL	Graduated
Zach Johnson	5	G	6'2"	195	RS Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated
Dominic Proctor	10	G	6'6"	180	Sophomore	Las Vegas, NV	Walk-on; didn't return
Anthony Mack	13	G	6'6"	210	RS Freshman	Las Vegas, NV	Play professionally
Ebuka Izundu	15	C	6'10"	235	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Graduated
Dewan Hernandez	20	F	6'11"	236	Junior	Miami, FL	Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 59th overall by the Toronto Raptors

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Nysier Brooks	3	C	6'11"	240	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Transferred from Cincinnati. Under NCAA transfer rules, will have to redshirt the 2019–20 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
Keith Stone	4	F	6'8"	253	Graduate Student	Deerfield Beach, FL	Transferred from Florida. Will be eligible to play immediately since he graduated from Florida.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Harlond Beverly PG	Detroit, MI	Montverde Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	Apr 15, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Isaiah Wong SG	Trenton, NJ	Monsignor Bonner High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 26, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Anthony Walker PF	Nottingham, MD	Brewster Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 20, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 0 Chris Lykes 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 157 lb (71 kg) Jr Mitchellville, MD G 1 Dejan Vasiljevic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Sr Melbourne, Australia G 2 Isaiah Wong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Piscataway, NJ C 3 Nysier Brooks (I)  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Philadelphia, PA F 4 Keith Stone 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 253 lb (115 kg) GS Deerfield Beach, FL G 5 Harlond Beverly 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Detroit, MI F 11 Anthony Walker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Baltimore, MD C 14 Rodney Miller Jr. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Jr Laurelton, NY G 15 Willie Herenton (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr Lincolnshire, IL F 21 Sam Waardenburg 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 216 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Henderson, New Zealand F 22 Deng Gak 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 211 lb (96 kg) RS So Sydney, Australia G 23 Kameron McGusty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 192 lb (87 kg) RS Jr Katy, TX	Head coach Jim Larrañaga (Providence) Assistant coach(es) Chris Caputo (Westfield State) Adam Fisher (Penn State) Bill Courtney (Bucknell) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2019-08-30

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX		Flagler	W 86–65	–	20 – McGusty	8 – Waardenburg	3 – Beverly	Watsco Center (4,662) Coral Gables, FL
Regular season
November 5, 2019 6:30 pm, ACCN		No. 5 Louisville	L 74–87	0–1 (0–1)	18 – Lykes	9 – Miller	5 – Lykes	Watsco Center (7,576) Coral Gables, FL
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCRSN		Florida Atlantic	W 74–60	1–1	15 – Lykes	11 – Waardenburg	4 – Beverly	Watsco Center (5,168) Coral Gables, FL
November 12, 2019* 9:00 pm, CBSSN		at UCF	W 79–70	2–1	17 – McGusty	10 – McGusty	4 – Tied	Addition Financial Arena (7,514) Orlando, FL
November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCNX		Quinnipiac	W 80–52	3–1	22 – McGusty	10 – Vasiljevic	3 – Tied	Watsco Center (4,882) Coral Gables, FL
November 21, 2019* 11:30 am, ESPNU		vs. Missouri State Charleston Classic Quarterfinals	W 74–70	4–1	25 – Vasiljevic	8 – Miller	2 – Wong	TD Arena (2,914) Charleston, SC
November 22, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. Florida Charleston Classic Semifinals	L 58–78	4–2	16 – Lykes	5 – Tied	3 – McGusty	TD Arena (3,245) Charleston, SC
November 24, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. UConn Charleston Classic 3rd Place	L 55–80	4–3	11 – Vasiljevic	5 – Waardenburg	4 – McGusty	TD Arena (3,122) Charleston, SC
December 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Illinois ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 81–79	5–3	28 – Lykes	8 – Waardenburg	3 – McGusty	State Farm Center (11,819) Champaign, IL
December 14, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCN		Alabama A&M	W 88–74	6–3	21 – McGusty	9 – Waardenburg	5 – Lykes	Watsco Center (4,649) Coral Gables, FL
December 17, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Temple Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	W 78–77	7–3	17 – Lykes	10 – McGusty	6 – Lykes	Barclays Center (5,064) Brooklyn, NY
December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCN		Coppin State	W 91–60	8–3	28 – McGusty	11 – Waardenburg	6 – Beverly	Watsco Center (4,963) Coral Gables, FL
December 31, 2019 4:00 pm, ACCN		at Clemson	W 73–68 ^OT	9–3 (1–1)	27 – Lykes	9 – Stone	2 – Lykes	Littlejohn Coliseum (5,549) Clemson, SC
January 4, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN		No. 2 Duke	L 62–95	9–4 (1–2)	12 – McGusty	6 – Waardenburg	4 – Lykes	Watsco Center (7,049) Coral Gables, FL
January 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 13 Louisville	L 58–74	9–5 (1–3)	18 – Tied	10 – Waardenburg	2 – Tied	KFC Yum! Center (14,980) Louisville, KY
January 12, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN		Pittsburgh	W 66–58	10–5 (2–3)	19 – McGusty	10 – Waardenburg	5 – Beverly	Watsco Center (6,387) Coral Gables, FL
January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCRSN		at NC State	L 63–80	10–6 (2–4)	20 – Lykes	8 – McGusty	3 – 3 tied	PNC Arena (15,801) Raleigh, NC
January 18, 2020 1:00 pm, ACCN		No. 9 Florida State	L 79–83 ^OT	10–7 (2–5)	24 – Lykes	11 – Waardenburg	6 – McGusty	Watsco Center (6,212) Coral Gables, FL
January 21, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 8 Duke	L 59–89	10–8 (2–6)	13 – Tied	13 – Miller	3 – Beverly	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
January 25, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at North Carolina	L 71–94	10–9 (2–7)	19 – Wong	4 – Miller	3 – Wong	Dean Smith Center (21,125) Chapel Hill, NC
January 28, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN		Virginia Tech	W 71–61	11–9 (3–7)	18 – Vasiljevic	9 – Miller	6 – Beverly	Watsco Center (5,197) Coral Gables, FL
February 2, 2020 12:00 pm, ACCN		at Pittsburgh	L 57–62	11–10 (3–8)	16 – Miller	9 – Vasiljevic	2 – Tied	Peterson Events Center (9,759) Pittsburgh, PA
February 5, 2020 8:30 pm, ACCN		NC State	L 72–83	11–11 (3–9)	20 – Beverly	7 – 3 tied	3 – Beverly	Watsco Center (5,164) Coral Gables, FL
February 8, 2020 12:00 pm, ACCN		at No. 8 Florida State	L 81–99	11–12 (3–10)	23 – Wong	5 – Walker	2 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500) Tallahassee, FL
February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCRSN		Boston College	W 85–58	12–12 (4–10)	21 – Wong	7 – Tied	6 – Beverly	Watsco Center (5,465) Coral Gables, FL
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ACCRSN		Wake Forest	W 71–54	13–12 (5–10)	13 – Tied	10 – Miller	3 – Tied	Watsco Center (5,360) Coral Gables, FL
February 19, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCRSN		at Virginia Tech	W 102–95 ^3OT	14–12 (6–10)	27 – Wong	18 – Stone	4 – Lykes	Cassell Coliseum (8,428) Blacksburg, VA
February 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 71–87	14–13 (6–11)	12 – Tied	6 – Tied	4 – Lykes	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,351) South Bend, IN
February 29, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN		at Georgia Tech	L 57–63	14–14 (6–12)	14 – Lykes	6 – Wong	2 – Miller	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,681) Atlanta, GA
March 4, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCN		No. 22 Virginia	L 44–46	14–15 (6–13)	16 – Lykes	7 – Stone	1 – 6 tied	Watsco Center (5,318) Coral Gables, FL
March 7, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCN		Syracuse	W 69–65 ^OT	15–15 (7–13)	18 – Wong	9 – Tied	6 – Stone	Watsco Center (6,025) Coral Gables, FL
ACC Tournament
March 11, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN	(9)	vs. (8) Clemson Second round	L 64–69	15–16	21 – Lykes	8 – Waardenburg	3 – Wong	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP																				Not released
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

1. Furones, David. "Miami Hurricanes announce men's basketball non-conference schedule". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
2. "Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
3. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
4. Beard, Aaron. "Kerry Blackshear, No. 16 Virginia Tech beat Miami Hurricanes in second round of ACC tourney". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
5. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Miami Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
6. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". hurricanesports.com. University of Miami. Retrieved August 30, 2019.