![]() The 27 points might be a breakout of sorts it was the second-best scoring effort of his 141-game collegiate career, and by far the most points he’s managed in a postseason game at either George Mason or Miami. That moniker might not hold up anymore, especially not after the show Miller put on Sunday. He calls the 6-foot-7, 195-pound wing “the most underrated player in the country.” Larranaga doesn’t think many people know how good Miller is. “Clutch was the only one who told me he could be this.” ![]() “I don’t know if anyone expected this,” Courtney said. And then who knows how this season would have turned out for Miller or the Hurricanes. Had it not been for Clutch, it’s extremely likely Miami would have gone in a different direction. The Hurricanes were even talking to other players - frankly, with better numbers - than Miller had when he entered the portal. You know, the basketball ability is one thing but his personality, his work ethic, his basketball IQ made me feel like ‘OK, this kid will fit in really, really well.’ I had no idea he was this good.” “And a lot of them told him, ‘Yeah, you should go play for Coach L.’ I was so impressed with him as an individual. “I just asked Jordan to ask the people at George Mason who know what kind of coach I am if he’d fit in my program,” Larranaga said. There is rich irony in that Miller came to Miami from George Mason - as did Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga, who took that school to the Final Four in 2006 and got Miami to the Final Four on exactly the 17th anniversary of that win. Laettner - who went 10 for 10 from both the field and the line in that game - tweeted congratulations to Miller on Monday Miller responded with “Appreciate you! Glad to join some elite company.” The 20-for-20 combined shooting effort from the field and the line against Texas matched Christian Laettner’s historic game for Duke against Kentucky in a regional final in 1992. “I had to put it in the past because it was a new season, but having the opportunity to kind of right your wrongs almost and get past something that stumped you previously is a great feeling.” “That loss sat with me for a really, really long time,” Miller said of the defeat to eventual national champion Kansas in last year’s tournament. He helped the Hurricanes get to the Elite Eight last season - and at least one step further this season. For the season, Miller is averaging 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds, second-most for Miami in both categories. Miller was 7 for 7 from the field and 13 for 13 from the foul line in Miami’s 88-81 win over Texas, a victory that sent the Hurricanes (29-7) into Saturday’s national semifinals against UConn (29-8). Good thing that recruitment went the way it did, because Miami has needed Miller this season - never more than it did Sunday. “The recruitment got pretty simple from there,” said Courtney, now the Hurricanes’ associate head coach. ![]() Turns out, one of Courtney’s old pickup-game buddies from Virginia - Clutch, real name Gary Collins - was Miller’s AAU coach. Courtney dove into some tape and began looking into Miller’s background. It was around this time two years ago when Miami then-assistant coach Bill Courtney’s phone rang with news Miller had entered the transfer portal and was leaving George Mason. The personification of clutch.Ī guy named Clutch is why he’s at Miami, why Miller has become one of the stars of March Madness - and why the Hurricanes are one of the four men’s teams lucky enough to head to Houston this weekend and see their season stretch into April. Jordan Miller took 20 shots in the regional final for Miami and made them all, helping the Hurricanes rally their way into the Final Four. Upon completion, players will be rewarded with 20K XP getting them one step closer to reaching level 100.CORAL GABLES, Fla. Why they need to be signaled remains a mystery, but it may have to do with the amount of destruction and fishing that players are required to take part in as a part of the six other Week 6 challenges. That is all players will need to do in order to signal the Coral Buddies. Upstairs players will find a row of conch shells which they can "toot" by pressing the action button. The map above shows the exact location players will need to visit which is inside one of the POI's various buildings. Players will need to visit Coral Castle which is home to the majority of the Island's Coral Buddy population. This guide will teach players what they need to do in order to signal the Coral Buddies and complete this challenge. Players are required to signal the Coral Buddies as a part of the Season 5 Week 6 challenges, but the challenge doesn't include where or how to do so. These little mollusk-like creatures can be found at specific POI's and are easily located due to their beautiful singing voices. Coral Buddies are one of the weirdest inhabitants of Fortnite's island.
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