What’s up, y’all?
Hope you all had a secure and pleasing fourth of July weekend. We now sit within the pure dregs of the collegiate sports activities calendar, so bear with me as I dig up some Miami Hurricanes-related speaking factors to go over. Let’s get to it.
1) ESPN has an fascinating article up the place they identify the highest shock participant for every of their high 25 groups.
For Miami, that’s incoming security Zechariah Poyser from Jacksonville State. That is what ESPN needed to say about Poyser’s choice:
You’ll have heard of Poyser, one of many high obtainable gamers within the switch portal this previous season. However he ought to nonetheless be thought-about a sleeper due to the impression he’s projected to have in his first 12 months with the Hurricanes. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound security performed his first two seasons at Jacksonville State, incomes Freshman All-America honors as a redshirt freshman this previous season with 75 tackles and three interceptions. His addition offers the Hurricanes an on the spot improve at security, the place they struggled at instances final season. Miami made different additions at defensive again within the portal, however security was probably the most obtrusive space of want and it seems to be stuffed. – Andrea Adelson, ESPN.com
There’s little question that Miami has managed to handle some areas of want this offseason in recruiting and the switch portal, however nowhere has Miami appeared to beef up greater than within the secondary. However then once more, Cam, Justin, and I might have competed for enjoying time in final 12 months’s abysmal unit, which truthfully is likely to be the worst unit at any place in this system’s latest historical past, so any competent faculty participant may very well be checked out as an improve.
However Poyser is greater than only a physique. He’s a prolonged participant with good instincts who ought to present security internet on the again finish. I really like his upside and assume he may very well be a participant who comes out of nowhere (to the informal faculty soccer fan) and makes a reputation for himself in 2025.
2) Miami hoops landed a stable dedication in Columbia, SC four-star SF Treyvon Maddox
Maddox is an On3 Sports activities business 4-star participant, the 112th general participant, twenty seventh, small ahead, and seventeenth participant in Florida for the 2025 cycle, so it’s a pleasant get. Miami now holds commitments from 5 gamers, with three of them 4 stars. Not unhealthy.
Hey, keep in mind when Miami basketball used to matter? These had been enjoyable instances. It was a heck of a run from 2021-2023, the place the Canes made the Elite Eight adopted by this system’s first-ever Last 4 journey.
And it’s been painful seeing them fall on arduous instances, such that I actually wished to stay my head within the sand for what was happening with them final 12 months.
However Jai Lucas’ sturdy go well with at Duke was recruiting, and that’s showing to repay already, as Miami has the Twenty first-ranked recruiting class. Lucas has additionally introduced in 5 former four-stars via the switch portal this offseason to attempt to flip this system round rapidly. Excited to see what he can do in 12 months one.
Go Canes!