NCAA Men's Basketball

Miami tops Texas, joins surprise Final 4

(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) On the eve of Miami playing for a place in its first Final Four, the quiet conversation floating through the team hotel did not revolve around all that the Hurricanes had accomplished this season. Instead, they talked about what had happened to bring last season to a close.

The sting of an Elite Eight defeat was fresh to those who were there. And they made everyone else feel it, too.

“That loss sat with me for a really long time,” the Hurricanes' Jordan Miller said. “It doesn't go away, and the fact that we had the opportunity to come back and make amends, make it right, that’s what was pushing me.”

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AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama31-6
2 Houston33-4
3 Purdue29-6
4 Kansas28-8
5 Texas29-9
6 Marquette29-7
7 UCLA31-6
8 Arizona28-7
9 Gonzaga31-6
10 UConn29-8
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RPI Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama31-6
2 Kansas28-8
3 Gonzaga31-6
4 Houston33-4
5 San Diego State31-6
6 Purdue29-6
7 UCLA31-6
8 Duke27-9
9 Texas29-9
10 Florida Atlantic35-3
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