Miami's Stunning Comeback: NCAA Tournament Thriller

0:00On March 21st, Miami pulled off a thrilling 80-66 comeback win over Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Trailing with 7 minutes left, they surged ahead by 5 points in the final stretch thanks to a storm of scoring from their key players. That momentum came from forward Malik Renaud with 24 points and Gartre Donaldson adding 17, including 17 of Miami's last. 23 points. The hurricane stayed patient amid the hype and turned the game around just when it mattered most. Coach Jay Lucas had predicted they hadn't played their best yet and this showed it, especially in handling a rowdy crowd that felt like a road game. Two hours from Missouri's campus, they treated it like any other challenge and stuck to their plan without over-complicating things. Defensively, Miami switched to bigger lineups, putting 7-foot Ernest Uday on Missouri's 6-foot-9 guard Mark Mitchell to slow him down in the paint. They dominated rebound 16-7 and hit 11 of 24-3 pointers, a rare hot night for the ACC's

1:03worst outside shooting team. This squad of all new players and coaches tied an NCAA record with 19 more wins than last season. Now they face a bigger Purdue team on Sunday and the big question is whether they can carry that late game fire into the next weight class.