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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.

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.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — It’s just after noon and a soft sunshine plays across the University of Miami campus as Jim Larrañaga leaves his basketball office for his daily walk.

MIAMI -- Mike Hugo, a 37-year-old Wellington, Florida, resident, has two young daughters, a wife, and a rare form of brain cancer.

In a courtroom on the 11th floor of the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse, Judge Orlando Prescott lectures a 17-year-old boy about the importance of associating with trustworthy people — and being trustworthy himself.

The time has come to stop referring to the University of Miami as a football school. Those days are long gone, ancient history.

MIAMI — The recruitment of basketball playing twins and TikTok stars Haley and Hanna Cavinder has resulted in NCAA sanctions for the University of Miami women’s program — the first NCAA ruling regarding an NIL-related deal.

While the actual punishment might not seem severe, the organization sends a message that it will be clamping down on NIL violations and brazen boosters.

As George Santos sought to woo influential Republicans last summer en route to a New York congressional seat, he quietly held a fundraiser at a lavish estate on Long Island’s North Shore.

To say any of this involves clearing hurdles would be exaggeration, considering Dwyane Wade’s ascension to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame seemingly was inevitable from the moment he stepped on the court for the Miami Heat in 2003 as a first-round pick out of Marquette.

Jim Larrañaga is an essay in habit and consistency. He just returned Thursday afternoon from having the same lunch that consists of the same walk across the University of Miami campus and same order of Angel Food smoothie.