Live from Kansas City: CaneSport goes one on one with the key Miami Hurricanes players who took down Houston to reach Elite 8

by:Gary Ferman•03/24/23•

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Miami defeats Houston — (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Pack hot shooting, 5 players in double figures and Miami Hurricanes top No. 1 seed Houston and are back in the Elite 8

PHOTO GALLERY: Miami upends top seed Houston to reach Elite 8

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team saw an early second half 11-point lead whittled down to two. But then Nijel Pack hit a trio of threes over a three-minute span and UM went up by 17 points on its way to a dominant win.

And an Elite 8 berth for the second year in a row.

After the gane, CaneSport Publisher Gary Ferman went one on one with the key players in the game:

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