Miami's record turnaround reflects Jai Lucas excellent coaching job
With an NCAA Tournament first-round win vs. Missouri, Miami tied a Division I record for the largest single-season swing in win-loss differential.
ST. LOUIS — Friday felt, Jai Lucas said, tinged with the same “anxious excitement” he felt the first time he played in the NCAA Tournament . The butterflies, the nervous energy.
Miami ’s first-year coach felt it all again, just through a different lens. “Same type of feeling,” he said. “It was a neutral (site) but it really was a road game, so it made it even more exciting.
“It’s something that we’ve thrived in all year. ” Thrived. An appropriate word.
It’s what Miami’s been doing since Lucas took over as head coach last spring and — after affecting what was essentially a total program rebuild — began the most dramatic turnaround in college basketball this season. Friday’s nightcap 80-66 win against No. 10-seeded Missouri moved the Hurricanes to 26-8, tying a Division I record for the largest single-season swing in win-loss differential.
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