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.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) One of Miami coach Jim Larranaga's earliest basketball memories in basketball goes back to when he was 9 or 10 years old, watching his older brother play for St. John's at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- With the game on the line and his confidence soaring, Miami'sAngel Rodriguez asked for the ball. Giving it to him was the easiest decision coach Jim Larranaga made Monday night.