Canes Thrash Noles, Improve to 6-0 in ACC

Well, the Miami Hurricanes are good at basketball. I guess this is a thing now.

In front of a second-straight sold out crowd of nearly 8,000 fans Sunday night, the Hurricanes improved to 15-3 in impressive fashion, stifling their bitter rivals Florida State University 71-47. In a game largely decided by a large run at the end of the first half, the Canes continued their domination in Coral Gables (9-0 at home) and clearly fed off of another hostile environment (albeit a slightly lesser one than the Duke game Wednesday night).

Trey McKinney-Jones led all scorers with 15 points, saying "please" before nailing every Ray Allen corner 3 and "thank you" after every crushing dunk or spot-up jumper. Shane Larkin, part hobbit, grabbed 9 boards to go along with 6 assists, 8 points, and some suffocating D on arguably FSU's best player, Michael Snaer. The rest of the team followed these two's lead in good fashion, playing great drive-and-dish offense and rotation defense. Except for a 6 minute period without a FG in the middle of the first half, Miami pretty much played a perfect game, winning virtually every aspect of the contest against the Seminoles.

Speaking of Michael Snaer, the Seminole's "superstar" was held to a measly 4 points thanks to great defense by Larkin and Durand Scott and a general fear of shooting the three, a surprising outing for the usually-annoying sniper. Held to 18 minutes after getting in some foul trouble in the 1st, Snaer was left mostly useless on the floor, allowing Ian Miller to be the token Nole that had a decent game.

The game was pretty much over in the first half, and the crowd morphed into a semi-caring force that would only get up and loud for the now-common sight of a Tonye Jekiri, Kenny Kadji, Julian Gamble, or McKinney-Jones alley-oop. The student section then amused themselves by throwing out an assortment of "F@#% The Seminoles," "Safety School," and "Na-na-na-na" chants sparingly as the minutes waned down. Snaer gave out a few Kendrick Perkins looks, that huge Ojo character smiled a bit like Joe Flacco after an interception, and then the game was pretty much over.

Expect the Hurricanes to be ranked anywhere from 8 to 13 come tomorrow. This is exciting stuff, folks.

He's waited 6 years for this folks.