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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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

Ya what a **** that guy.

 

We shot 26%, they shot 23%.

 

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

LOL. Reminds me of our slugfests with St John's in the Big East days. First team to 40 would usually win!

 

 

It's unwise to judge a person by how they vent their emotions during a game.

 

***** WHO YOU CALLIN BANDWAGON?

 

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

It's kind of your thing to talk completely irrationally in the first half of a basically meaningless basketball game? Maybe time to get a new thing, bub.

 

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.

I just got negged by two ***gots for saying we are playing bad. That's sheer ***gtry right there fellas. We are playing bad.

 

This is a truly meaningless game. To panic about it reeks of South Florida. We want to win but Christ folks, get a grip. North Carolina State fans are laughing at us expending so much emotional energy over the regular season.

Why? Because all that matters is In March when everything is even again.

 

This is not a meaningless game. We are playing lights out at home and have 4 games left in the Gables. That leaves three games on the road, which we have a 3 game lead over Duke. Winning the ACC is in our sights, lose this game and it give Duke new life.

 

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

It's kind of your thing to talk completely irrationally in the first half of a basically meaningless basketball game? Maybe time to get a new thing, bub.

....uhh......yeahhhhh

 

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.

Your NOT allowed to. Titan/USNAVY and his followers sets the tone of all basketball related posts! Shape up or ship out, fake Canes fan!
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

Your NOT allowed to. Titan/USNAVY and his followers sets the tone of all basketball related posts! Shape up or ship out, fake Canes fan!
Smart man

 

This is not a meaningless game. We are playing lights out at home and have 4 games left in the Gables. That leaves three games on the road, which we have a 3 game lead over Duke. Winning the ACC is in our sights, lose this game and it give Duke new life.

So the risk is the one seed in a tournament that is gonna be tobacco road fan heavy anyway????

 

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.

I just got negged by two ***gots for saying we are playing bad. That's sheer ***gtry right there fellas. We are playing bad.

And the names of those two ***gots are USNAVYCANE and CaneCrazy. Didnt know what at BRaAAAAAACK Squad was until I traced it back to their ***goty fingerprints spreading ***gotry.

 

HAVE TO BOX OUT. And add another turnover to start the half...

 

great start

 

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.

I just got negged by two ***gots for saying we are playing bad. That's sheer ***gtry right there fellas. We are playing bad.

Ya I can't agree with giving out negs, have some rep to restore their rudeness*. Not that my reps count for anything, course.

 

Not a good way to start the half here.

 

Lol we still in slo mo

 

Did Shannon give a halftime speech?