NEW YORK (AP) – The Miami Hurricanes were down to their fourth point guard. They had four freshmen on the court during one stretch, and players found themselves in roles they never filled during the regular season.
And yet it’s April and banged-up, short-handed Miami still has a game left. The Hurricanes face Stanford on Thursday at Madison Square Garden for the NIT championship.
Coach Jim Larranaga wishes he had Angel Rodriguez and a healthy Manu Lecomte to defend Cardinal guard Chasson Randle, who on Tuesday became the school’s all-time leading scorer. He would love to put 7-foot Tonye Jekiri on another Stanford senior, center Stefan Nastic.
But Larranaga can’t do any of that. Then again, his players have often performed their best when the task was most daunting.
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