HOUSTON (AP) — Begin with the end in mind. A devotee of Franklin Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Jim Larrañaga chose Habit 2 to describe Miami’s first trip to the Final Four.

Basketball was always a tough sell in South Florida. Time was, this was only football country. The Dolphins and Don Shula. The swagger of the 1980s Hurricanes. Even high school football bested the ...

Sitting underneath the 2006 Final Four banner that never would have been stitched without his veteran leadership as a player, ...

It is a new era not only for the ACC but for the Miami Hurricanes men's basketball. After years of success and leading the team to the final four, legendary head coach Jim Larranaga retired from ...

Michigan State transfer sophomore Divine Ugochukwu's world changed a bit when his former coach, the great Jim Larranaga, retired during what was Ugochukwu's lone season with Miami (FL). Initially ...

LANSING – Divine Ugochukwu leaned on experience when picking a college. The guard from Texas signed with Miami to play for Jim Larranaga, one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history. Then Larranaga ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga says he hasn't been around the game long enough to anticipate how a team will play in March. He's only in his 32nd season as a head coach. ...