After a 3-0 begin to the season, Miami’s males’s basketball group had its hopes excessive because it went to play within the Charleston Basic in Charleston, South Carolina. Nevertheless, all issues went unsuitable, because the Hurricanes misplaced three straight video games to Drake, Oklahoma State and VCU. Listed here are three takeaways from the winless match displaying.
Rebounding is an issue
The Hurricanes’ large man depth is definitely displaying its weak spot. Lynn Kidd, the group’s beginning heart, struggled to persistently seize rebounds.
Within the first match recreation versus Drake, Miami was outrebounded 35-23 and solely picked up 5 offensive rebounds, limiting its skill for second likelihood alternatives. Kidd totaled six rebounds within the group’s first two video games of the match.
Kidd’s final recreation of the match fared higher, as he secured 10 rebounds.
All through the match, East Carolina switch Brandon Johnson led the group in rebounding, averaging 9.7 rebounds a recreation.
Kidd must be an even bigger physique on each ends of the court docket to assist the group safe second-chance alternatives and cease opponents from having the ability to take action. With ahead Kiree Huie nonetheless being out indefinitely, Kidd might want to step up.
Let the freshmen play
The story of the offseason was Jalil Bethea, the five-star recruit from Philadelphia. Up to now he hasn’t had a lot to indicate, as Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga has solely been taking part in him a mean of 11.6 minutes per recreation.
Bethea was a McDonald’s All-American for a motive, and one of the simplest ways to get a younger participant acclimated to basketball on the subsequent stage is by giving him minutes and letting him adapt to the system.
The identical goes to three-star recruit Divine Ugochukwu, who lit up the ground within the first three video games of the season whereas getting strong minutes. Ugochukwu’s minutes and factors had been down within the Charleston Basic.