3/20: W – 80-66 vs Missouri @ NCAA Round of 64
3/13: L – 84 – 62 vs Virginia @ ACC Tournament Semifinal
3/6: W – 78 – 73 vs Louisville @ ACC Tournament Quarterfinal
Record vs KenPom Top 50: 4-6
11/16/25: L – 68 – 82 vs Florida (4)
11/27/25: L – 62 – 72 vs BYU (24)
1/17/: L – 59 -69 vs Clemson (40)
2/10/: W – 75 – 66 vs UNC (31)
2/14/: W – 77 – 76 vs NC State (37)
2/21: L – 83 – 86 vs Virginia (17)
3/4: W – 77 – 69 vs SMU (46)
3/7: L – 89 -92 vs Louisville (20)
3/12: W – 78 – 73 vs Louisville (20)
3/13: L – 62 – 84 vs Virginia (17)
I wrote a Miami preview for the Clemson site earlier in the season and things haven’t changed much for the Hurricanes since the end of January.
Miami is an interesting mix of highly rated freshmen mixed with veterans from the portal. I mentioned above that they don’t shoot many 3’s. That wasn’t true against Missouri in the round of 64, where they went 11-24 from behind the arc, including a 5-for-7 performance from Donaldson. If Donaldson is hitting from the outside, and Reneau is handling business in the paint, as he did against Missouri, scoring 24 points, they’re tough to beat. Look for Purdue to bring the double on Reneau and knock out that pillar of Coach Jai Lucas’s offense.
On the other side of the court, Purdue has to do what Purdue does. Attack the paint, soften things up on the inside, and then knock them out with open perimeter shots. Miami does not want to go to its bench, and Purdue doesn’t get fouled often, but getting one of the Miami big men in foul trouble early would make this game significantly easier.
Purdue’s the better team, but Miami has a way forward if the Boilermakers don’t bring its A game. That said, Purdue’s been bringing its A game recently.
