Miami is going through as tumultuous of a season as anyone could imagine, sitting with the worst record of any power conference team and their head coach stepped down after Christmas, a year and a half removed from a run to the Final Four. FSU has won 12 of the last 13 games of this rivalry dating back to the season and 14 of the last 16 dating back a season further.
Will FSU be able to continue their domination over the 'Canes? This game will be at 7 p. It's hard to describe the depths of hell that Miami has fallen into since making the Final Four in , but I'm going to try. They are since then, including in their last 24 games. If that isn't enough, they've lost 16 consecutive games against power conference opponents. Then, head coach Jim Larranaga stepped down the day after Christmas, citing exhaustion and NIL as reasons for stepping down and leaving the program in the hands of Bill Courtney.
Expecting Courtney to improve anything is probably a mistake. In six years as the head coach of Cornell, he went , including a season in year four, and never had a winning season. In his six seasons there, Cornell was against power conference opponents. He just doesn't have a history of winning big games.
Four-star freshman Isaiah Johnson-Arigu also just hit the transfer portal earlier this week. They're this bad despite having one of the best offenses in the country.
They're in the top 40 in offensive efficiency, in the top 10 in two-point percentage, in the top 25 in free-throw percentage, and in the top 70 in turnover rate. Despite shooting well from the free-throw line, though, they don't get there all that often, ranking in the s in free-throw rate. The reason for their poor play has to do with the worst defense of any power conference team.
