Miami went to Raleigh with three Quad 1 wins. Thanks to the victory over NC State and some help from Malik Reneau, they’ll leave town with four.

Miami’s 77-76 win over NC State counts as a Quad 1 since it took place on the Wolfpack’s court. NC State came in 3-5 in Quad 1, while Miami, technically a Quad 2 team on the road, just improved their resume. The loss hurts NC State and moves the Hurricanes back up to fourth in the conference, ahead of the Wolfpack after last week’s standings were reversed.

After beating UNC on Tuesday and NC State on Saturday, Miami went from zero to two tournament-caliber wins in one week. The Canes already had a solid metric profile, but these added wins will likely push them from the last four in to an 8/9 seed range.

Looking ahead, Miami has Virginia Tech, Virginia, Florida State, and Boston College on the schedule. That sets up a real path: 24–5 heading into the SMU game or 25–5 heading into Louisville. Big stretch ahead, and the opportunity is right there.

According to ESPN, with the win over NC State, Miami now has a 91% chance to make the NCAA Tournament.

Here’s a look at Miami’s remaining schedule and where the games currently rank on the team sheet. Keep in mind NET rankings will change in the morning.

Quad 1: 4-3​

Home: 1-30, Neutral: 1-50, Away: 1-75

• L 68–82 vs Florida (Neutral) — Florida ranked No. 10
• L 62–72 vs BYU (Neutral) — BYU ranked No. 9
• W 81–77 at Wake Forest — Wake Forest ranked No. 68
• L 59–69 at Clemson — Clemson ranked No. 22
• W 85-76 at Syracuse -- Syracuse ranked No. 69
• W 75-66 vs North Carolina -- UNC was ranked No. 11
• W 77-76 at NC State -- NC State ranked No. 29

Quad 2: (4–1)
Home: 31-75, Neutral: 51-100, Away: 76-135

• W 78–65 vs Georgetown (Neutral) — NET 91
• W 75–66 at Ole Miss — Ole Miss ranked No. 92
• W 81–69 at Notre Dame — Notre Dame ranked No. 87
• W 79–70 vs Stanford (Home) — NET 70
• L 86-85 vs California (Home) -- NET 60

Quad 3: (2–1)
Home: 76-160, Neutral: 101-200, Away: 136-240

• W 76–69 vs Pittsburgh (Home) — NET 118
• L 63–65 vs Florida State (Home) — NET 104 (bad loss)
• W 74-68 at Boston College -- NET 153

Quad 4: (10–0)
Home: 161-357, Neutral: 201-357, Away: 241-357

• W 86–69 vs Jacksonville — NET 283
• W 101–61 vs Bethune-Cookman — NET 253
• W 102–61 vs Stetson — NET 317
• W 99–72 vs Elon — NET 165
• W 97–41 vs Delaware State — NET 361
• W 88–64 vs Southern Miss — NET 249
• W 104–79 vs ULM — NET 359
• W 98–81 vs FIU — NET 193
• W 105–67 vs North Florida — NET 34
• W 91–81 vs Georgia Tech (Home) — NET 141

Upcoming Games

• Q2 | Home | NET 56 — Virginia Tech
• Q1 | Away | NET 19 — Virginia
• Q2 | Away | NET 82 — Florida State
• Q3 | Home | NET 153 — Boston College
• Q1 | Away | NET 36 — SMU
• Q1 | Home | NET 12 — Louisville

 

I say we finish 24-7. Nothing to be ashamed with. Let’s go canes.

 

These net rankings are ***, we’re still ranked BELOW 14-11 auburn .

 

Tough 6 game stretch with 2 tournament teams, 2 teams in the bubble mix, FSU which is an L until proven otherwise (1-15) and BC who is bad but gave us a decent game earlier this year.

 

These net rankings are ***, we’re still ranked BELOW 14-11 auburn .

Auburn is a weird outlier. Their schedule is keeping them up there. They will make the NCAA Tournament as long as they don't completely flame out down the stretch. We've seen these outlier teams before, teams that have mediocre(at best) records, but the fact that they've played a ton of good teams makes them look better than they are. If you are a decent team and you have an opportunity to play a ton of other good/elite teams, all it takes is a couple of wins for you to get credit, when in reality, you are losing most of those marquee games.

 

Auburn is a weird outlier. Their schedule is keeping them up there. They will make the NCAA Tournament as long as they don't completely flame out down the stretch. We've seen these outlier teams before, teams that have mediocre(at best) records, but the fact that they've played a ton of good teams makes them look better than they are. If you are a decent team and you have an opportunity to play a ton of other good/elite teams, all it takes is a couple of wins for you to get credit, when in reality, you are losing most of those marquee games.

Auburn sucks. I watched Michigan blow them out and nepo baby head coach Stephen Pearl by 30. And the best part was that his ‘never won anything in my life” dad had to provide commentary during the loss. It was beautiful.

Nepotism comes in many forms, but resigning right before the beginning of a season so your son can get the head coaching job and become a millionaire is pretty bad even for a worthless human being like Bruce Pearl. Alabama deserves him as a senator.