Miami Basketball will open with exhibition against St. Leo; full non-conference schedule released

Trinton Breeze
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The Miami Hurricanes announced they will open their season with an exhibition against the St. Leo Lions on Friday, October 30, at the Watsco Center.

This is not the first matchup between the two teams. The Canes kicked off the 2012-2013 with an upset loss to the Lions, who beat Miami 69-67 in a thriller.




The Hurricanes also released their full non-conference schedule. It features seven regular season home games at the Watsco Center, four neutral site contests and the exhibition game against St. Leo.

Miami will make its fourth appearance in the Charleston Classic and first in the Jimmy V Classic during the non-conference slate. After St. Leo,
Miami will then host Binghamton on Nov. 10 and Coppin State on Nov. 17 to round out a three-game homestand to open the 2024-25 schedule.

The Hurricanes hit the road for the first time in 2024-25 when they travel to Charleston, S.C., to take part in the previously announced 2024 Shriners Children’s Hospital Charleston Classic.

Miami will open the classic against Drake on Nov. 21 and will play two more games in the event on Nov. 22 and Nov. 24. The rest of the field includes Florida Atlantic, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Seton Hall, Vanderbilt and VCU.

The Hurricanes close out the month of November with a home game against Charleston Southern on Nov. 30, the first meeting between the two schools in program history.

December opens with back-to-back games against SEC opponents as the Hurricanes will take on Arkansas in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. 3, before traveling to New York for a contest against Tennessee as part of the 2024 Jimmy Classic.

Miami concludes the non-conference schedule with a pair of home games, hosting Presbyterian for the first time in school history on Dec. 15, followed by a game against Mount St. Mary’s on Dec. 21 in Coral Gables, Fla.

You can see the full schedule below:

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Comments (7)

Good schedule to get ready for the conference. 2 top SEC teams, and likely some good competition in the Thanksgiving tourney in Charleston.

This is a SEC inspired schedule to game the efficiency metric ranking systems.

Demolish the bad teams to pad efficiency and keep it close (or win) against the couple good teams we play.

Coach L came to Miami almost entirely because he wanted to coach in the ACC - a conference which he reveres. You know he is absolutely burning to defend the ACC as the best basketball conference in America… and I don’t think he likes all the gushing over SEC basketball.
 
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This is a SEC inspired schedule to game the efficiency metric ranking systems.

Demolish the bad teams to pad efficiency and keep it close (or win) against the couple good teams we play.

Coach L came to Miami almost entirely because he wanted to coach in the ACC - a conference which he reveres. You know he is absolutely burning to defend the ACC as the best basketball conference in America… and I don’t think he likes all the gushing over SEC basketball.
Not too many cupcakes on that schedule Farleigh ****inson, Coppin State, Mount Saint Mary's and Presbyterian have all made the tournament in the past few years if I remember correctly. The SEC part about gaming the rankings is a great point as well as having a chance to show ACC supremacy.
 
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