When Miami faced Clemson last season, Shane Larkin wasn't much of a factor in one of his final games coming off the bench for coach Jim Larranaga.

Larkin and the Hurricanes have come a long way since.
The standout guard looks to help No. 3 Miami remain unbeaten in ACC play as it visits the Tigers on Sunday night.
Larkin played only 12 minutes, missed his only field goal attempt and finished with two points as the Hurricanes defeated the Tigers 76-73 on Jan. 18, 2012, to end a five-game losing streak in the series.
The sophomore, who has started 38 of 40 games since, is contributing much more this season for surprising Miami (20-3, 11-0), averaging 13.4 points and 4.3 assists. He is also fourth in the conference shooting 43.7 percent from 3-point range in a team-high 36.0 minutes per game.
Larkin, shooting 61.1 percent (33 for 54) over his last five, hit 9 of 15 from the field and scored 22 points after an early benching to help the Hurricanes earn a 74-68 win at Florida State on Wednesday.
"I just believe that Coach L believes in me a lot and my team believes in me and that's pretty much what's propelled me to have a good year," Larkin told the team's official website. "When everybody believes in you, when you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter what anybody outside says about you.
"As a team, we've just become a lot better and it's made my individual performance that much better."
Larranaga knows Larkin is a major reason Miami has won 12 straight games and is the first ACC team to start 11-0 in conference play since North Carolina did so in 2000-01.
"Shane is just all about winning," said Larranaga, whose Hurricanes missed the NCAA tournament in his first season as coach in 2011-12. "He just wants to win. It doesn't matter if he scores five points or 20 points, he's going to do whatever the team needs him to do to win the game."
While the Hurricanes' success may be surprising to some, center Reggie Johnson said it's simply the product of the team's determination. Miami has a chance to move up another spot in the polls after No. 2 Duke fell at Maryland on Saturday.
"There's no magic. I think we're just hungry," said Johnson, who scored 14 points Wednesday.
The Hurricanes are averaging 78.0 points and shooting 51.4 percent during a seven-game stretch that began with a 90-63 rout of then-No. 1 Duke on Jan. 23, but Clemson ranks second in the ACC holding teams to 58.6 points per contest.
The Tigers, though, rank last in the conference in scoring with an average of 62.8 points, and the Hurricanes are tied for third in defensive field goal percentage (38.2).
Clemson (13-11, 5-7) committed only seven turnovers after averaging 16.5 over their previous four games and ended a three-game losing streak with Thursday's 56-53 win at Georgia Tech.
The Tigers, who fell on a last-second 3-pointer in a 58-57 loss to North Carolina State last Sunday, got a late free throw and a block on the game's final shot from Milton Jennings to preserve the victory.
"We stuck together," said Devin Booker, who scored 13 points. "We kept telling each other in the huddles, 'We're not going to let this one slip; we've let too many slip already -- and we're just going to stick together and play it out till the end.' And that's what we did."
Miami has lost five of its six all-time trips to Littlejohn Coliseum.






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[TD="align: right"]20-3
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[TD="align: right"]13-11
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[TD="align: right"]70.6
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[TD="align: right"]62.8
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[TD="align: right"]59.4
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[TD="align: right"]58.6
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[TD="align: right"]11-0
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[TD="align: right"]8-4
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[TD="align: right"]9-1
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[TD="align: right"]3-6
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Glad USNAVYCANE showed up, a REAL Canes fan, and the TitanCane of basketball

 

We went on a 25-5 run on FSU at one point. We get a 15-5 run on Clemson this is over, if not, oh, boy.

 

Some of you guys are going to be in awe when we are up by 20 with ten minutes left.

 

 

The fact that we're winning right now kinda creeps me out

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

Nobody is allowed to comment:

1. The sky is falling
2. We're finished/ruined
3. How can we ever be #3 in the country

Actual analysis is fine, but freaking out about one half is silly as all ****. Guys were talking as if our season was make or break on this half of basketball.

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

It's one thing to be critical, and it's another to say ****** **** like "oh my god we're going to lose in the NCAAT because of this!" I mean what the **** is that trash? We're in the middle of February, far far away from the post-season.

And Smokey has been a putrid, brain-dead poster for a decade on any Cane board he's ever been on, so to see him spread his special brand of retardation here sucks ***.

 

245 posts in this thread and only 34 points in the game, lol.

Fugly.

 

We need Durand out there. He sat out the last 15 minutes and we struggled.

 

Just tuned in on a live stream...did I catch that right...18-16 at half?

 

Some of you guys are going to be in awe when we are up by 20 with ten minutes left.

Tell 'em.

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

Rational comments are fine. We're playing sloppy, we're missing shots and look tired on O....sounds good and makes sense.

The following:

1. It's over

2. Hype has got their heads fuccccckkkked

3. it was great while it lasted

or my favorite

4. team of entitlement

are stupid and typical of a Miami Bandwagon Fan, if you don't know the different then sorry.

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

Nobody is allowed to comment:

1. The sky is falling
2. We're finished/ruined
3. How can we ever be #3 in the country

Actual analysis is fine, but freaking out about one half is silly as all ****. Guys were talking as if our season was make or break on this half of basketball.

You forgot the idiot questioning Larranaga's job security earlier

 

This is one of the worst basketball games I have ever seen.

 

Glad USNAVYCANE showed up, a REAL Canes fan, and the TitanCane of basketball

LOL@TitanCane of basketball

I don't think anybody can compare to TitanCane.

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

It's one thing to be critical, and it's another to say ****** **** like "oh my god we're going to lose in the NCAAT because of this!" I mean what the **** is that trash? We're in the middle of February, far far away from the post-season.

And Smokey has been a putrid, brain-dead poster for a decade on any Cane board he's ever been on, so to see him spread his special brand of retardation here sucks ***.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DCF in LA again

 

Is this another one of those "some people like it because they think it'll prepare us for tourney play" things because it's kind ugly, or is the play really that bad?

 

Is this serious from you people? We're having a bad half. Welcome to basketball. Get a ****ing grip.

This is what happens when bandwagoners come aboard late and don't know a thing about the sport of basketball. They should shut the **** up and just enjoy the fact we're #3.

Smart man

So nobody is allowed to comment that we are playing poorly on the road? We are. This Clemson team was down by 30 to UVA at halftime earlier this week. This is ugly by both teams.

Nobody is allowed to comment:

1. The sky is falling
2. We're finished/ruined
3. How can we ever be #3 in the country

Actual analysis is fine, but freaking out about one half is silly as all ****. Guys were talking as if our season was make or break on this half of basketball.

ummm yeah its kinda my thing during close games!! I was talking mad **** during the end of the first BC game and the end of the NC State game and we won sooooooo

 

Larkin keeps getting double teamed on the wing into having to pick up the dribble. Gotta get him free or get the other guys moving to open up a man.

If our wings or Kadji would hit a few 3s, that **** would be over instantly. If we can knock a few down in the next half, we'll cruise.

Reggie being overanxious to make things happen inside doesn't help matters, because he's completely out of control for some reason. Needs to calm down and focus on rebounding and not worry about his offensive game so much.

 

People just can't sit back and enjoy the season this team is having. One unlike any I can remember as a Canes ball fan. Have success and the soft shouldered ***gots come out of the woodworks, ridiculous