Record setting Miami basketball keeping good company
The Miami basketball programs are in rare company with the runs by the Men’s and women’s basketball teams to the regional semifinals. Miami defeating Indiana in the men’s and women’s tournaments makes the Hurricanes one of 10 programs to defeat the same school in an NCAA Tournament in the same year.
Miami is one of only three programs to defeat the same school in identical rounds in the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments in the same year. The Miami men’s and women’s basketball teams are one of four programs with both in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals this year.
Jim Larrananga has led the men to four regional semifinals in the past 10 NCAA Tournaments. Miami is one of only 16 teams to reach the Sweet 16 four times in the past 10 NCAA Tournaments. The Miami basketball programs are among the best in the country and especially this season.
The Miami men are also one of only five programs to make the Sweet 16 in 2022 and 2023. In 2022 Miami was the 10th seed. The Hurricanes upset seventh-seeded USC in the first round, second-seed Auburn in the second round and beat 11th-seeded Iowa State before losing to top-seed Kansas in the Regional Final.
No. 9 Miami takes down No. 1 Indiana, after their men's team did the same on Sunday.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 21, 2023
This is the 10th instance of a program defeating the same school in both the Women's & Men's NCAA Tournaments in the same year, and the 3rd time where both wins occurred in the same round. pic.twitter.com/5A5u31PKtk
Katie Meier and the Miami women’s basketball team rallied from a 37-20 halftime deficit to defeat Oklahoma 62-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the second round, Miami won 70-68 at top-seed Indiana. It was only the second time a number-one seed lost in the second round of the women’s tournament since 2009.
RT if your MBB & WBB teams are BOTH dancing in the Sweet 16! 🕺💃#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/R4cy80WdJW
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 21, 2023
Miami is keeping incredible company with Connecticut, Tennessee and UCLA being the only other basketball programs with the men and women qualifying for the Sweet 16. Connecticut has won four men’s basketball championships and 11 women’s, Tennessee has eight women’s titles and UCLA has 11 men’s national championships.
We’re keeping very good company! pic.twitter.com/gWJzVKOoWv
— Jim Larrañaga (@CanesCoachL) March 22, 2023
Jim Larranaga has turned the Miami basketball program into one of the best in the ACC during his 12-year tenure. Duke and North Carolina are the only other ACC programs with four Sweet 16 appearances in the last 10 years. Miami has advanced to the Sweet 16 in the last two NCAA Tournaments as a five and 10 seed.
Next. Friday will be one of the biggest days in Miami history. dark
The Miami women’s basketball team will tipoff at 2:30 ET on Friday versus Villanova and the leading scorer nationally Maddie Siegrist on ESPN. The Miami men’s basketball team tips off at 7:15 PM ET on CBS versus the Midwest Region number on seed Houston. Its a great time to be a Miami Hurricanes.