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HOUSTON — The buzz around the University of Miami team hotel was palpable for days leading up to the Hurricanes’ Final Four game against Connecticut late Saturday night.

The Final Four-bound Hurricanes and their 73-year-old coach have been on the cutting edge of a new age of college sports.

The iconic green jerseys appeared on the ice at PNC Arena on Sunday.

The Bruins simply cannot lose these days.

Jordan Miller and Isaiah Wong rallied Miami from a 13-point second-half deficit, and the fifth-seeded Hurricanes stunned No. 2 seed Texas 88-81 on Sunday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Miami men’s basketball team pulled off a furious second-half rally and vaulted past the Texas Longhorns 88-81 on Sunday, advancing to the Hurricanes’ first Final Four in school history.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Miami Hurricanes and their lovable dancing coach Jim Larranaga find themselves in the same situation they were in one year ago today: In the Elite Eight, gaining respect from skeptics, 40 minutes from the school’s first Final Four, and facing a talented Big 12 team.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Maybe it’s simply the caliber of the competition, or fallout from Andrei Svechnikov’s injury, or some late-season doldrums, but the Carolina Hurricanes seemingly were on a slide.

For decades now, since the University of Miami men’s basketball program was resurrected after lying dormant for 14 years, the Hurricanes have been toiling, often in front of sparse crowds, to gain respect and prove that Hurricanes can do more than play football.