Miami basketball ranked No. 13 in AP Top 25 Preseason Poll

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 Admin

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team is ranked No. 13 in the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll ahead of the 2023-24 season.

It is only the fourth time in school history the Hurricanes have been ranked in the preseason poll and it equals the highest they have ever been ranked in the preseason poll as they were also No. 13 to begin the 2017-18 season.

Miami, which received 750 votes, is coming off a year where they made their first Final Four appearance and tied the school-record with the most victories at 29-8. They also won their second ACC regular-season title.

However, they will have to replace their top two-leading scorers from last season in ACC Player of the Year Isaiah Wong and All-ACC Second Team pick Jordan Miller, who were selected in the NBA Draft.

Miami does return starters Isaiah Wong, Norchad Omier and Wooga Poplar and has brought in Florida State’s leading scorer a year ago in Matthew Cleveland.

The Hurricanes are one of three ACC teams in the Top 25, joining No. 2 Duke and No. 19 North Carolina. The Hurricanes will face No. 16 Kentucky in the non-conference schedule as well as Colorado, which just missed the Top 25 at No. 27.

The 2017-18 team climbed to No. 6 with a 9-0 start and finished No. 22 in the final poll heading into the NCAA Tournament, where they were upset by Loyola-Chicago in the first round as a 6-seed. The other two teams who were ranked in the preseason poll were the 2008-09 team who was No. 17 and the 1999-2000 team who was No. 25.

Preseason basketball publication also have the Hurricanes in their top 25. Lindy’s has Miami No. 9, The Almanac has Miami No. 14 and the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook has Miami No. 22.

Miami hosts TCNJ on Oct. 29 for an exhibition game before starting the regular season on Nov. 6 against NJIT.

AP TOP 25 (Released Oct. 16)

Rank	Team	Conf	Rec	Pts (1st)
1.	Kansas	Big 12	0-0	1,548 (46)
2.	Duke	ACC	0-0	1,466 (11)
3.	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	1,436 (3)
4.	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	1,346 (1)
5.	Marquette	Big East	0-0	1,283
6.	UConn	Big East	0-0	1,243 (2)
7.	Houston	Big 12	0-0	1,117
8.	Creighton	Big East	0-0	1,099
9.	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	1,032
10.	FAU	AAC	0-0	1,011
11.	Gonzaga	WCC	0-0	830
12.	Arizona	Pac 12	0-0	776
13.	Miami	ACC	0-0	750
14.	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	685
15.	Texas A&M	SEC	0-0	597
16.	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	530
17.	San Diego State	MWC	0-0	529
18.	Texas	Big 12	0-0	493
19.	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	474
20.	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	431
21.	USC	Pac 12	0-0	427
22.	Villanova	Big East	0-0	395
23.	Saint Mary’s	WCC	0-0	335
24.	Alabama	SEC	0-0	163
25.	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	104

Others receiving votes:

Wisconsin 53, Colorado 49, UCLA 47, St. John’s 47, Maryland 34, Virginia 27, Auburn 27, TCU 24, Mississippi St. 20, Kansas St 13, Xavier 8, Memphis 7, Missouri 6, Boise St. 4, Indiana 3, Florida 2, Coll of Charleston 2, New Mexico 1, Drake 1.

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