Men’s basketball opens season with win over North Dakota
By Chris Vinel | November 25, 2020The victory marked the first time Miami has claimed its opening game since 2017, Jack Owens’ first year in Oxford.
The victory marked the first time Miami has claimed its opening game since 2017, Jack Owens’ first year in Oxford.
Miami’s men’s and women’s cross country teams have had a promising start to their shortened season, with both teams finishing in first place at a meet against Ball State on Oct. 30. Both teams will run in the MAC Championship on Nov. 21.
In a critical year for head coach Jack Owens and his players, the Miami men's basketball team will look to build on its momentum from last March, when its season ended abruptly after a first-round win in the MAC tournament. Despite losing star player Nike Sibande, the team brings back experienced talent like senior forward Dalonte Brown and junior guard Isaiah Coleman-Lands. The RedHawks will open the season at home on Nov. 25 at 1pm against North Dakota.
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced on Sunday that the Ohio University at Miami University football game, originally scheduled to be played Tuesday, has been canceled and will be declared a “no contest.” The RedHawks’ next scheduled game is Nov. 28 at Akron.
The Miami women's basketball team will add an influx of new talent this year, including five freshman and two transfers. The RedHawks will have to find ways to win this season despite losing its two best players, point guard Lauren Dickerson and center Savannah Kluesner. The team will open the season on the road against the Wisconsin Badgers on Nov. 25.
The Miami RedHawks lost, 42-10, to the Buffalo Bulls. Miami falls to 1-1 with the loss. The RedHawks return to Oxford this Tuesday, Nov. 17, to host MAC East division rival Ohio University at 8pm.
A ridiculous interception by redshirt senior linebacker Ryan McWood set the RedHawks up with first and goal with mere seconds left on the clock, and redshirt senior running back Zach Kahn punched it in for the game-winning score, finalizing a 38-31 Miami victory over Ball State in Week 1. Now, the RedHawks look to improve their record to 2-0 against the Buffalo Bulls in what looks like a tricky matchup for the RedHawks.
After Brett Gabbert's injury, backup quarterback AJ Mayer commanded the RedHawks' offense and led them to a season-opening win over Ball State.
Miami head coach Chuck Martin didn't get any sleep last night. But with a 38-31 win over Ball State, despite losing starting quarterback Brett Gabbert, Martin can rest easy.
Miami football will make its grand return to Yager Stadium Wednesday, Nov. 4, against Ball State. The defending MAC Champs start the year in pole position, ranked as the preseason No. 1 team in the MAC East. Despite the success of the previous season, the team has no delusions of grandeur and is fully aware of the challenge that awaits it.
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The puck will drop on a new Miami RedHawks hockey season Dec. 1 or 2 in Omaha, Nebraska, in a bubble-like environment. The team enters the 2020-21 season relatively inexperienced, but ready to improve on its 8-21-5 record from last year.
One club holding the all-time records for the worst offense, the worst defense, and the worst goal differential in league history, and not setting all three together in the same season, is unprecedented in top-division soccer. FC Cincinnati would be the first, and only, team to achieve this feat. It’s only fitting for a club coming from this city, one where the sporting tradition is one of pain and suffering. And I cannot wait for next season.
MACtion is back, as Miami looks to defend its conference championship. Chuck Martin's goal? "Win every MAC game. Like, that is the goal."
The Mid-American Conference men's and women's Cross Country Championships will be held on, Saturday, Nov. 21. The MAC Athletic Directors approved a plan that includes guidelines and recommendations for how to go about this fall's cross country season amidst COVID-19.
We thought we weren't going to have a season. Instead, Miami football is back and better than ever. And with the RedHawks returning key pieces from last year's conference championship bid, the team has the upside to defend their title again this year.
Every single player and coach for the Miami RedHawks will wear masks on the field this season. “(Wearing a mask) isn’t fun, but it keeps us safe, and it’s gonna help keep me from getting (COVID) if one of my teammates gets it,” redshirt junior safety Sterling Weatherford said. “And I want to play football, so I’ll do what it takes.”
The NBA won't be the only sport to play in a bubble this year, as Miami hockey gets set to start its season on Dec. 1 in "pod" environment in Omaha, Neb.
For the first time since the Mid-American Conference announced the return of football this fall on Sept. 25, the Miami RedHawks felt like football players again.
Last April, Nike Sibande entered the transfer portal, eventually deciding to play at the University of Pittsburgh. He filed for a transfer waiver to be able to play for Pitt this season, as opposed to sitting out a year in occurrence with the standard transfer rules, but the NCAA denied his request. Sibande is now appealing the NCAA's decision.