Canes Get Dumped By Nit, Marve! and other Daily News

Flagrant foul committed against Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

The Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team rolled back into town Sunday feeling as good as it has all season following its very strong, encouraging performance in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Coach Frank Haith didn't bother with an end-of-the-year speech. No need.

``I was that sure it wasn't the end of the year for us,'' Haith said Monday. ``I just told our kids, `Hang by the phone. We'll call you later tonight.' ''

With news about UM's opener in the National Invitation Tournament, he meant.

``I thought we were in,'' he said. ``Didn't even think it was an issue.''

The NIT call never came, and so Haith's calls to his players relayed an unexpected slap in the face, not the anticipated clap on the back.

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Seantrel Henderson will sign with USC

JUPITER -- For those of you still holding out hope the Canes will sign Seantrel Henderson, you can now stop. Word from ESPN's JC Shurburtt is that the nation's No. 1 offensive tackle will sign with USC later this week.

Henderson, who picked the Trojans over UM and Ohio State among others, was waiting to get a clearer understanding of the possible sanctions USC could be facing from the nCAA. Apparently, whatever he heard convinced him to sign. Shurburtt also reported Henderson received his ACT scores and is now academically eligible.

> UM coach Randy Shannon said last week the Hurricanes were out of football scholarships anyway. Five-star defensive back Latwan Anderson signed a national letter of intent for a track scholarship last Friday. He will walk-on to the football team in the fall, but his scholarship won't transfer to football until he plays in a game.

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Miami Hurricanes beat Boston College Eagles, win series - BY SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN

The Hurricanes, led by Yasmani Grandal's 4-for-4 day at the plate, took a 4-3 lead after one inning and went on to rout Boston College 11-4 and win their ACC series.

After a top half of the first inning that stretched interminably and had eight batters come to the plate to put Boston College up by three runs, the prospect of a positive outcome Sunday seemed bleak for starting pitcher Eric Erickson and the Miami Hurricanes.

But Erickson settled down, holding the Eagles to one hit over the next three innings. The Hurricanes, led by Yasmani Grandal's 4-for-4 day, broke out their aluminum bats for four first-inning runs and an eventual 11-4 victory at Mark Light Field.

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Marve matures in time away from spotlight - By Adam Rittenberg, Espn

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Danny Hope has a philosophy on football players who transfer.

"A transfer is a lot like a divorcee," the Purdue head coach said. "It's not a defect of character. It just didn't work out, and it may not always be all their fault."

Quarterback Robert Marve's divorce from Miami was a messy one, particularly at the end.

Robert Marve started 11 games for Miami in 2008, passing for 1,293 yards.The former Florida Mr. Football winner twice was suspended from the team, endured academic struggles and was arrested for breaking a car mirror and then trying to elude police, though charges were later dropped. He sat out the 2007 season because of left hand injuries sustained in a car accident the summer before. Marve started 11 games for Miami in 2008, but he was suspended for the Emerald Bowl for missing a class. (Marve said he showed up late because he was talking with another professor.)

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Bypassed by NCAA and NIT, UM looks ahead - By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel

Freshmen Durand Scott, Reggie Johnson lead promising group of returning players for Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes found out Sunday that their last-place regular-season showing in the Atlantic Coast Conference outweighed their two resounding wins in the conference tournament when it came time for postseason bids to be handed out.

The Hurricanes, who needed to win the ACC Tournament to make the NCAA Tournament's 65-team field, were bypassed for the NIT as well, ending the careers of seniors James Dews, Cyrus McGowan and the injured Dwayne Collins.

The good news for the Hurricanes is that emerging star guard Durand Scott, a freshman, is just beginning his career. He averaged 14.6 points in the league tourney, including 21 against Duke. Scott, who earned first-team All-Tournament honors, leads a strong returning nucleus that should cause excitement for next year's team. Also back are guard Malcolm Grant and forwards Reggie Johnson and DeQuan Jones, who all had an impact in UM's surprise run in Greensboro, N.C

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Tough year comes to an end for Hurricanes - by Jorge Milian

You’ve probably heard by now that UM was ignored by the N.I.T. selection committee, thus ending what has to be coach Frank Haith’s most disappointing season in his half-dozen years at the school.

More disappointing than the 12-20 debacle that was the 2006-07 season, you ask?

Dwayne Collins battled inconsistency once again.

No doubt. That team was beset by injuries and suspensions while this year’s crew had no significant injuries or off-the-court matters to slow it down.

Picked to finish 10th in the ACC, the Hurricanes got off to a 15-1 start and were ranked No. 23 by the Associate Press then went 3-11 the rest of the regular season. Even a surprising performance in the ACC Tournament – upsets of Wake Forest and Virginia Tech – couldn’t save Miami.

Where did it go wrong for UM? Here’s a few things to chew on:

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