ACC Basketball: Previewing the most stacked conference in college basketball

Mar 27, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams celebrates with his team after defeating Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the championship game in the East regional of the NCAA Tournament at Wells Fargo Center. Carolina won 88-74. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

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Mar 24, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; The Miami Hurricanes mascot performs during the first half against the Villanova Wildcats in a semifinal game in the South regional of the NCAA Tournament at KFC YUM!. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

10. Miami Hurricanes

2015-16 record: 27-8 overall, 13-5 in ACC, reached NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

Head coach: Jim Larranaga

Returning players: Ja’Quan Newton, Davon Reed, Rashad Muhammad, Anthony Lawrence Jr, Kamari Murphy, Ebuka Izundu

Notable newcomers: Five-star G Bruce Brown, five-star F Dewan Huell, four-star C Rodney Miller, guard Dejan Vasiljevic, San Jose State transfer G Rashad Muhammad

The ACC may have close to 10 teams in the 2017 NCAA Tournament and I believe these next 10 could surely do it.

We start with Miami. Jim Larranaga is coming off an Elite Eight appearance and was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 2015-16. How is he supposed to follow that up, considering Tonye Jekiri, Sheldon McClellan and Angel Rodriguez and are all gone?

By recruiting of course. He added two five-star recruits in Bruce Brown and Dewan Huell. Larranaga is the only other ACC coach alongside Mike Krzyzewski to add more than one five-star recruit to his team for the class of 2016.

It didn’t stop there though. Larranga also added Rodney Miller and Dejan Vasiljevic. All four of these players can and will contribute immediately to this Hurricanes’ team.

The Hurricanes won’t finish second in the ACC and make the Elite Eight like they did last year, but there is still an opportunity to make some noise. Larranaga is proving himself to be one of the top coaches in the conference.