Preseason Notebook UMIAMI
DURAND SCOTT
IT’S HURRICANE SEASON The 2010-11 Hurricanes return nine players, including four who started all three games in the ACC Tournament — Durand Scott, Reggie Johnson, DeQuan Jones and Julian Gamble, in addition to the ACC's three-point field goal percentage leader from one season ago in Adrian Thomas... Finishing 20-13 in 2009-10, Miami posted its second 20-win season in the last three years... Miami advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals for the first time in school history, marking the first time UM has won two games in a conference tourney... Durand Scott became the first Hurricane named to the ACC’s All-Rookie Team, as well as the Sporting News’ AllACC Rookie Team... He was a UM-best four-time ACC Rookie of the Week and posted two of the league’s top-five scoring performances by a freshman — the only ACC newcomer to appear more than once... Scott and Malcolm Grant became the first UM tandem since 1992-93 to collect 100 assists in the same season and the fourth pair of teammates to do so in UM history... After averaging a team-high 14.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game in leading Miami to the ACC Tourney semis, Scott was named to the ACC All-Tournament First Team, while Reggie Johnson earned Second Team honors... Johnson averaged 13.7 points, a team-high 8.0 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.0 assist per game, and got UM
off to a strong start in the first-round win over Wake Forest... Finishing with a career-high 22 points on 8-for-8 shooting from the field and a 6-for-6 showing from the line, he tied a UM record and set a new ACC Tournament freshman record as the first rookie to finish perfect from the field in a tourney game.
NEWCOMERS With the graduation of three seniors, including Dwayne Collins — a second round pick of the Phoenix Suns in the 2010 NBA Draft, the 2010-11 edition of the Hurricanes welcomes seven newcomers to the squad, including 6-9 redshirt freshman forward Donnavan Kirk... Rion Brown, the 2010 Class 3-A South Player of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association, averaged 22.8 points per game, converting 55 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range... Erik Swoope averaged 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 74 percent from the field and 71 percent from the foul line, en route to California’s Mission League MVP honors… Raphael Akpejiori earned Kansas All-State Class 1-A Honorable Mention accolades after leading his Sunrise Christian team to a 22-2 record... Transfers Trey McKinney Jones (UMKC) and Kenny Kadji (Florida) will be eligible in 2011-12 for UM.
THE SCHEDULE Miami’s 2010-11 slate features 16 games versus 2010 postseason participants and at least 19 televised contests. At least 10 of those games will be broadcast nationally, including home contests versus North Carolina (Jan. 26, ESPN or ESPN2), Georgia Tech (Feb. 3, ESPN or ESPN2) and Duke (Feb. 13, FSN), and road games at Duke (Jan. 2, FSN) and Virginia Tech (Jan. 30, FSN). This season’s ACC lineup includes 10 games versus 2010 NCAA Tournament participants – including a home-and-away series with defending national champions Duke, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Clemson.
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With a beefed-up non-conference schedule, the Hurricanes play their first road game at Memphis on Mon., Nov. 15, to kick off ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, and also travel to Rutgers of the BIG EAST. UM also adds a home game versus NIT Final Four participant Ole Miss (Nov. 30, FSFL/NESN), before facing NCAA Final Four competitor West Virginia (Dec. 4, SUN). The Hurricanes have made several adjustments to their schedule to avoid scheduling conflicts with the Miami Heat.