Biggest Concern For Miami Basketball?

Hoodie Girl discusses the size issue for the Miami Hurricanes

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00:00 Biggest concern for Miami would be what for you?

00:05 I mean, I think everybody's going to say height.

00:08 Our starting center technically is 6'7" if you're being generous.

00:13 But we managed to play small ball all the way through last season,

00:19 win the ACC regular season.

00:21 We lost in the semis in the ACC tournament, but again,

00:24 Norchak got injured in the first minute, so we beat Duke with him there

00:27 because we barely lost to him.

00:28 And then we made it to the Final Four, and what killed us against UConn

00:31 was height.

00:32 But it was also because we just weren't getting our shots,

00:35 the shots that we usually make that force teams to adjust to our small ball

00:40 play weren't falling, and so UConn never had to adjust.

00:43 It's always going to be something that we have to battle through all season,

00:46 like Duke has a 7-footer.

00:48 But Coach L can coach small ball, but anyone's going to say height.

00:53 Also, we lost arguably two of our best players last season in Jordan Miller

00:57 and Isaiah Wong.

00:58 So it's going to be interesting to see who kind of fills their shoes because,

01:02 I mean, Isaiah Wong was ACC Player of the Year.

01:04 That's not just something you can automatically replace.

01:07 So I want to see who's going to be that guy that can create his own shots,

01:12 can kind of get that instant offense that Isaiah used to do.

01:14 And then Jordan was more kind of the glue of the team, kind of the leader,

01:18 who kind of steps up into that role and fills those shoes for both of those guys.

01:22 And I don't think it necessarily has to be two players.

01:24 It can be multiple, but I think different nights you're going to see

01:27 different people do it.

01:28 But those are two invaluable players, so it's definitely going to be interesting

01:32 to see how we adapt and who steps up next.