Miami basketball

Auburn's season came to a close Sunday with a 79-61 loss to Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Smith had perhaps the worst shooting night of his season. The Tigers All-American duo of Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler struggled to make the impact they usually do. After trailing the entire first half Auburn cut the lead to 33-32 at half but came out of the break cold and watched the Hurricanes go on an 8-0 run to take a comfortable lead.

Despite the high expectations and talented roster, the Auburn Tigers are out of the NCAA Tournament without even making it to the Sweet 16.

Of course, March Madness is ramping that up a bit and the NCAA Tournament is featuring a number of teams making it further than expected. Auburn looked completely outmatched and out of sorts. Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers looked like championship contenders right up until they absolutely fell apart.

Nothing went Auburn's way on Sunday night. The Tigers were fell at the hands of No. 10 Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The former five star freshman went 3-of-16 from the floor and finished with a plus-minus of -20 (worst of the game). The Hurricanes had 48 (!) points in the paint. Auburn struggled to get anything going from the jump, and Miami willed their way into the Sweet Sixteen. Miami ended up shooting 56.3% in the second half (48.5% on the game) with the main reason being their consistency inside the paint. Wendell Green and KD Johnson had a combined seven turnovers. Everything that occurred in this matchups was uncharacteristic.

The Miami basketball team lead the entire game and advanced to its first Sweet 16 since 2016 with a 79-61 victory over Auburn.

The Miami guards led the way in the victory. Kansas and Providence are the other game in the Midwest Region. Miami is attempting to advance to its first Elite Eight in program history. McGusty, Moore and Wong have proven to be one of the best backcourts in the country. Miami stretched the lead to 64-50 before a six-point Auburn run brought the deficit down to eight. Auburn rallied to cut the deficit to 33-32 at halftime. Isaiah Wong led Miami for the second straight game with 21 points.

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The Gamecocks leave the friendly confines of Colonial Life Arena and now go north – slightly – to the Greensboro, N.C. region for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 round of the tournament. Boston had her rebounds well in hand, finishing with 16, but needed to make both free throws with 1:19 to play in the fourth quarter to reach 10 points. - South Carolina held Miami without a field goal in the second quarter, the Hurricanes relied only on three free throws while the Gamecocks added 10 points to their lead with four players scoring three or more points. - After missing most of the first-round win over Howard, Cardoso returned and was an injection of energy on both ends of the floor. South Carolina last played in Greensboro during the program's first-ever Final Four run in 2015. The previous low was 71, South Carolina allowed 54 to the Bison and Hurricanes over the weekend. It is the fourth flawless season at home dating back to 2002-03 (2013-14, 2014-15, 2019-20). Kamilla Cardoso hit it after collecting her own miss, it was at that point the team's 14th offensive rebound of the game. Basketball has a way of just repaying you for doing it the right way and being disciplined,'' she said. Miami's starting five scored just 12 points combined for the game. ''If you didn't understand the grit and the character of our team, I think we proved that today.'' But Staley, making her eighth Sweet 16 appearance in a row, said that defense is a nice security blanket for a team that has shot 37% or worse four of its past five games.

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Auburn's guard play between Zep Jasper, K. D. Johnson and Wenall Green Jr. will all need to play outstanding perimeter defense to give Auburn the best chance of slowing down Miami's offense. With the way the round of 32 has gone so far this weekend, betting lines have been nowhere close to a sure thing. If both teams play as they did in their games on Friday, this will not be a close contest.

-- Jaylin Williams is on the court warming up for the Tigers. Pearl said he practiced and Williams appears available for the game. -- K.D. Johnson, Jabari Smith ...

-- Flanigan scored Auburn’s first field goal with 16:31 left in the first half. -- Jaylin Williams hits Auburn’s third and fourth field goal and Auburn trails 19-12 with less than 11 minutes left in the half. --Charlie Moore hits a three and Auburn is down 13-6. -- Auburn is shooting 6-22 in the half. Auburn is down 19-14 after a Jabari Smith layup with 8:30 left. The Tigers trail 21-14 with 7:53 left in the first half. Auburn is shooting 8-24 from the field. -- Auburn is down 53-43 with 11:44 left. Auburn is shooting 8-12 from the charity stripe in the half. The Tigers have hit four consecutive shots from the field and are down 33-32 with 53 seconds left. Auburn trails 64-53 with 6:27 left in the contest. -- Auburn is down 70-58 with 3:04 left.

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Who: No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks (30-2, 15-1 SEC) vs. They were more effective than usual from behind the arc in the first half, going 33% (4 of 12) at the half. The Gamecocks struggled with their layups, making 6 of their 20 attempts. The Hurricanes made 53.6% of their shots in their Round 1 win over South Florida on Friday and failed to replicate that on Sunday. They finished the game making 9 of their 16 free throw attempts. The Gamecocks held a hot-shooting Miami team to 13% (3 of 23) from the field in the first half and took a 23-10 lead to halftime.

After a first round win over USC on Friday, the 10th seeded Miami basketball team will play Auburn in the second round on Sunday.

Miami and USC had a 140 point total entering the game and combined for 136. Miami should be used to the size and talent that Auburn has after wins over Duke and North Carolina during the regular season and USC. Smith will be an NBA lottery pick this summer. Miami advanced to Sweet 16 in 2000, 2013 and 2016 previously. Auburn is another step up in competition from USC. Miami played Duke tight before losing 80-76 in the ACC Tournament. Based on their history this season, Miami should cover the 7.5 point spread. Miami needs more than 24 minutes from Wong against Auburn. The Hurricanes’ three-guard lineup needs to produce for Miami against Auburn. Moore carried Miami after Wong fouled out. Wong led Miami with 22 points in only 24 minutes before fouling out.

Isaiah Wong scored 19 points including an emphatic dunk over Jabari Smith and the 10th-seeded Miami Hurricanes advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 79-61 win ...

Wong finished at the basket with a tough layup for a 21-14 advantage as the Tigers missed 12 of their first 17 shots and had six turnovers. The Hurricanes never trailed, although the Tigers (28-6, No. 8 AP) closed the gap to one at halftime. The Hurricanes started strong, leading 13-4 after Miller had a dunk off an inbounds to start it and capped by a Moore 3 while Kessler picked up two fouls in the first four minutes and never recovered. Smith, a second-team All-American and potential first pick in the NBA Draft, had a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds, but made just 3 of 16 shots from the floor. Miami (25-10) recorded its first win over a 2-seed and will face 11-seed Iowa State (22-12) on Friday in Chicago in their fourth appearance in the Sweet 16, third under Jim Larranaga. Isaiah Wong scored 21 points including an emphatic dunk over Jabari Smith and the 10th-seeded Miami Hurricanes advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 79-61 win over 2-seed Auburn on Sunday night.

After a great run in the ACC Tournament and defeating USF in the first round on Friday, the Miami basketball team lost at top overall seed, South Carolina.

After beginning the season 12-10, Miami finished the season with nine wins in their last 12 games. The way Miami finished the season is a good foundation for next year. South Carolina shot 29.51 from the floor and four for 18 on three-point attempts. Miami cut the lead to 10 several times in the fourth quarter but was never able to get closer. Miami played defense that would have beaten nearly every team in the country. Miami came alive offensively in the fourth quarter, but the Gamecocks were able to maintain a comfortable lead throughout the fourth quarter.

The top overall seed South Carolina Gamecocks take on the Miami Hurricanes in the second round today.

As a team, they shot 8-for-22 from three and took care of the ball with only 12 turnovers as a team. In the second round, they take on No. 8 seeded Miami (21-12), with the winner advancing to the Sweet 16 and playing either No. 4 Arizona or No. 5 North Carolina. Potential player of the year Aliyah Boston went for 10 points, 12 rebounds, three steals and three blocks in 18 minutes played.

Hurricanes coach Katie Meier has not made a Sweet 16 in nine NCAA Tournament appearances and the 24% shooting night was their worst of the season.

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While Smith shot 2-for-10 in the first half, Williams provided life support on offense. When Kessler picked up two fouls in the first four minutes, coach Bruce Pearl was forced into a delicate game management situation. Kessler was in foul trouble early and was out of sorts when he returned in the second half. A team with four sixth-year seniors was getting the best of Auburn's inexperience. Miami was one of the worst remaining defenses in the tournament field, only saved by opponents' 13.8 turnovers per game. Three years after reaching the Final Four as a No. 5 seed, they fell short of the Sweet 16 as a No. 2.

Auburn's season ended with a 79-61 loss to Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

We missed a lot of balls around the rim, just a ton around the basket. Down the stretch as it’s sort of slipping away, is it a little harder to sort of find the answers with a team as young as this one? I take great pride in the consistency of our program’s success, and I’m ready to build it back. So we needed to have them both out there on the floor a little bit. They get off to the good start, and again you’ve got all the momentum going in at the half. Zep was disrupted passing out of the double-team and things that we knew they were going to do that we hoped to take advantage of the double-team, and we really never did. But when they hit us in the mouth again at the start of the second half, I thought of going with a different starting lineup, and I probably should have because of how poorly we started. In the A&M game, we came back, and I don’t know what it got down to, it was like four late, something like that. It’s like sometimes when you talk to the losing coach and he doesn’t have the answers, because I didn’t have the answers. I feel like that’s what I’ll take from it, just the challenges I faced, the good times I had, the bad games, the good games, just taking it with me and taking Auburn. Just thanking them for everything. Just being your first year in college basketball to have the season you guys did, I know it’s tough to reflect in this moment, but what overall are you taking forward with you from this team? We hang out every day, the four of us, the five of us, the whole team.