Miami will continue to tune up for its Atlantic Coast Conference slate when it hosts Louisiana Monroe on Saturday afternoon.

Riding a three-game win streak, the Hurricanes (8-2) will look to continue their good play after receiving four votes in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Prior to recording a 75-66 win over Ole Miss on the road, Miami was 38th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings. The Hurricanes slot 26th in the current NET.

Miami first-year coach Jai Lucas expressed disappointment over his team's slow start in its 88-64 win over Southern Miss last Saturday.

"I thought the start of the game, they just played a lot harder than we did," Lucas said. "Man, this is all part of growing up, all part of a process. First noon game, first Saturday game. ... I wanted to see wh

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