ACC Scouting Report: Miami

Mustapha Farrakhan and UVa will try to win the free throw battle again … and the game against Miami.

Virginia couldn’t have had a better warm-up for taking on Miami than facing Georgia Tech. Both teams send a lot of strong, lengthy and athletic players on to the court in droves and use their depth and athleticism to overwhelm opponents. Both teams look similar physically but their philosophies and styles have some definite differences. Let’s take a look at the Hoos’ third ACC opponent of the season.

Miami Offense

In my analysis of the Georgia Tech game I was critical of Paul Hewitt going away from his post players and running his offense from the perimeter. The sets Miami runs on the perimeter are a variation of the sets Georgia Tech went to; the difference is that the Hurricanes run the sets with more complexity and use it as a way of setting up their post game, not to get away from it.

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