But Miami (15-9, 6-5 ACC), outscored by 14 in the second half, fell 73-64 to eighth-ranked North Carolina (22-4, 9-2 ACC) Wednesday night at the BankUnited Center to drop its second in a row against ranked conference foes.

For the first time in school history, the men’s basketball team, who moved from the Big East to the ACC in 2004, has won five consecutive ACC games. Miami (15-7, 6-3 ACC) defeated Virginia Tech (13-11, 2-7 ACC) 65-49 late Thursday at the BankUnited Center on a night where the Hurricanes never trailed.

No. 6 Miami (21-3, 10-1 ACC) crushed No. 22 North Carolina (17-7, 7-4 ACC) 61-37 to win its tenth consecutive game and 38th straight at home in an ugly, physically-demanding contest.

On Super Bowl Sunday the men’s basketball team, for the first time in school history, went into Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium and defeated the Blue Devils 78-74 in an overtime thriller.

As if the Signing Day hoopla wasn’t enough the men’s basketball team couldn’t help but to create more drama on the night shift at the BankUnited Center.

The 11th-ranked women’s basketball team (17-3, 6-1 ACC), who returned home Monday after two conference road wins that came down to the final possession, won in more conventional fashion, crushing Virginia Tech (6-14, 2-5 ACC) 79-48.

With conference play in full swing and players establishing their roles on this team, Kenny Kadji has consistently proven to coach Jim Larranaga that he can be one of his most productive and dependable weapons.

Looking to gain momentum with a second straight conference win, Miami (10-7, 1-3 ACC) fell to NC State (15-5, 1-3 ACC) 78-73 Sunday at the BankUnited Center.

Led by an inspirational performance by senior Malcolm Grant, the Miami men’s basketball team, previously winless in conference play, got exactly what it was looking for Wednesday night at the BankUnited Center.

The University of Miami men’s basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 75-62 win over the North Florida Ospreys Saturday night at the BankUnited Center.