Miami vs. Notre Dame: Preview, How To Watch
Eighth-ranked Miami heads home on a redemption mission following a 22-point loss to Kentucky.
The Hurricanes are back in action Saturday against visiting Notre Dame in Coral Gables, Fla., where Miami (5-1) and the Fighting Irish (3-3) kick off their Atlantic Coast Conference slate.
How To Watch
Date: Saturday, Dec. 2
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables, Fla.
Venue: Watsco Center
TV: CW Network
Streaming: fuboTV with a free trial
Radio: Miami (560 AM), West Palm Beach (106.3 FM), Fort Myers (97.3 FM), Kissimmee (1080 AM), Jacksonville (92.5 FM), St. Petersburg (1040 AM), and Pensacola area (1490 AM)
Preview
Miami coach Jim Larranaga continues chasing the goal of rediscovering the formula used to reach the Final Four last season, and admits Tuesday’s 95-73 setback to Kentucky wasn’t a good enough defensive effort.
“Give credit to Kentucky — they were explosive,” Larranaga said. “We just couldn’t guard them. We played totally out of character on offense, and that impacted our defense.”
Notre Dame lost its ACC/SEC Challenge matchup, 63-53 at South Carolina.
The Irish have losses to Auburn and West Carolina.
Their best win to date was 66-64 overtime victory over Oklahoma State on Nov. 17. That was in New York City as part of the Legends Classic.
Markus Burton, a freshman point guard, led Notre Dame with 20 points in the win over Oklahoma State. Burton also had six of Notre Dame’s 11 points in overtime.
Burton leads all ACC freshmen in scoring (16.3), and he ranks fifth nationally among rookies. He also leads the Irish in assists (3.2) and in a negative statistic: turnovers (3.7).
New coach Micah Shrewsberry, hired in March after previously running the Penn State program, said he is looking for a go-to scorer, and perhaps that’s Burton. After all, he’s Notre Dame’s only scorer averaging double figures this season.
“Who’s the guy we can turn to when times get tough,” Shrewsberry said.
Burton is joined in the starting backcourt by J.R. Konieczny and Julian Roper II, who are both averaging 8.5 points. Roper leads Notre Dame in rebounds (5.3).
Prediction:
Miami, 78 Notre Dame, 61
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