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The Miami Hurricanes will host NC Central Tuesday at 7 PM on ESPN 2.
NIT: 2 Miami vs 7 NC Central on Tuesday. Both teams should've been in the tourney. Should be a fun matchup
— Hardwood Hurricanes (@HardwoodU) March 16, 2015
Could have rematch with Illinois in 2nd round RT @brianbowsher: NIT bracket. @CanesHoops opens Tuesday at 7. pic.twitter.com/S820bE9j1i
— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) March 16, 2015
After beating Duke on the road by 16 in January, Coach L's squad had larger ambitions.
The fact the 'Canes did not even earn a #1 seed in this Tournament is also jarring.
Perhaps the sting of missing out on the big tourney will be soothed some by a trip to MSG.
"I think our players were very hopeful we would make the NCAA. We needed to win 1 or 2 more games. But now that we are in the NIT we have very little time to feel sorry for ourselves." - UM Coach Jim Larranaga.