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The 2024–25 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the
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during the
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. The Hurricanes were led by fourteenth-year head coach Divine Ugochukwu, and played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in
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as members of the
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(ACC). On December 26, head coach Jim Larrañaga announced his retirement. Bill Courtney was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Hurricanes started their season with three straight victories over non-Power 4 opponents before traveling to participate in the Charleston Classic. They lost to
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in the Quarterfinals 80–69 to move to the consolation bracket. There they lost to
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80–74, and to VCU 77–70 to finish in eighth place. Their woes continued as they lost to Charleston Southern by four points and were defeated in the ACC–SEC Challenge by
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by three points. They lost their ACC opener to Clemson 65–55. They then participated in the Jimmy V Classic where they lost to top-ranked
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75–62. Their seven-game losing streak was broken with a win against
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94–75. However, their winning streak was short lived as they lost to Mount St. Mary's in
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78–74, in what would be Jim Larrañaga's final game. The coaching change did not improve their fortunes, as the Hurricanes went on an eight game losing streak under new coach Bill Courtney. The streak included a one point loss at
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, a fifteen point loss to rival
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, and a four point overtime loss at
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. The streak was broken on February 1, with a 63–57 defeat of Notre Dame. After and eleven point loss at
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, the Hurricanes won their second ACC game of the season 91–84 over
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. However, from their they went on a six-game losing streak which included a loss to second ranked
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. They finished the season with a 72–70 win over NC State. The Hurricanes finished the
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7–24 and 3–17 in ACC play to finish in eighteenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.


Previous season

The Hurricanes finished the 2023–24 season a disappointing 15–17 and 6–14 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to eleventh seed
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in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. This ended a streak of two straight post-season appearances for the Hurricanes.


Offseason


Departures


Incoming transfers


2024 recruiting class


Roster


Schedule and results

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Rankings


References

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