2025-2026 Season
Overall Record: 26-8
ACC Record: 13-5 (3rd)
KenPom Ranking: 30
Previous 3 Games
3/20: W – 80-66 vs Missouri @ NCAA Round of 64
3/13: L – 84 – 62 vs Virginia @ ACC Tournament Semifinal
3/6: W – 78 – 73 vs Louisville @ ACC Tournament Quarterfinal
Record vs KenPom Top 50: 4-6
11/16/25: L – 68 – 82 vs Florida (4)
11/27/25: L – 62 – 72 vs BYU (24)
1/17/: L – 59 -69 vs Clemson (40)
2/10/: W – 75 – 66 vs UNC (31)
2/14/: W – 77 – 76 vs NC State (37)
2/21: L – 83 – 86 vs Virginia (17)
3/4: W – 77 – 69 vs SMU (46)
3/7: L – 89 -92 vs Louisville (20)
3/12: W – 78 – 73
vs Louisville (20)
3/13: L – 62 – 84 vs Virginia (17)
Miami Personnel
Starters
Bench
Initial Thoughts
I wrote a Miami preview for the Clemson site earlier in the season and things haven’t changed much for the Hurricanes since the end of January.
- We Meet Again – Miami is led by Big 10 refugees Maik Reneau (Indiana) and Tre Donaldson (Miami)
- Reneau vs TKR was my key for Purdue vs Indiana last season, it’s my key for Purdue vs Miami tomorrow.
- Udeh is a wide load around the basket. Cluff vs Udeh is going to be a battle, not sure DJ deal with Udeh.
- Miami essentially played 6 players (the starters + Tru Washington) against Missouri.
- Battle for the Boards – Miami is 16th in the nation in offensive rebounding and 19th in defensive rebounding.
- Turnovers can be an issue for the Hurricanes (16.1% – 146)
- Old School Attack – Only 31.9% (330) of their shots come from behind the arc; they live in the lane.
Overall
Miami is an interesting mix of highly rated freshmen mixed with veterans from the portal. I mentioned above that they don’t shoot many 3’s. That wasn’t true against Missouri in the round of 64, where they went 11-24 from behind the arc, including a 5-for-7 performance from Donaldson. If Donaldson is hitting from the outside, and Reneau is handling business in the paint, as he did against Missouri, scoring 24 points, they’re tough to beat. Look for Purdue to bring the double on Reneau and knock out that pillar of Coach Jai Lucas’s offense.
On the other side of the court, Purdue has to do what Purdue does. Attack the paint, soften things up on the inside, and then knock them out with open perimeter shots. Miami does not want to go to its bench, and Purdue doesn’t get fouled often, but getting one of the Miami big men in foul trouble early would make this game significantly easier.
Purdue’s the better team, but Miami has a way forward if the Boilermakers don’t bring its A game. That said, Purdue’s been bringing its A game recently.
