Jack McClinton News

On Sunday afternoon against Miami, BC guard Reggie Jackson had the flush dunk that might end up being the slam of the season, even if it was waved off as a debatable charge.

Sometimes you have to taste victory to understand how much it means. The team that coach Al Skinner had at Boston College two years ago won just 14 regular-season games, and was particularly preyed upon in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

When it came down to crunch time each of the last three seasons at BankUnited Center, the University of Miami usually lived and died with the big shots Jack McClinton would fire from long distance.

It's been a stellar November for the Miami men's basketball team, who are 7-0 for just the fifth time in program history and the 2nd time under coach Frank Haith.

For the second time in the last three years the University of Miami Men's basketball squadA A won an early season tournament.

Last season's Miami team seemed to live or die by the amount of heat radiating off the shooting hand of guard Jack McClinton.

UNLV junior guard Tre'Von Willis has reflected often, mostly in the dark of his room, about where he's been and what he wants to accomplish.

There will never be another McClinton, the greatest player in UM Baksetball history.

The 11th head basketball coach in University of Miami history, Frank Haith enters his sixth season at the helm of the Hurricane basketball program ... in his first five seasons, Haith has led the Hurricanes to four post-season appearances and already has more post-season wins than any coach in Miami history ... opened the 2008-09 season ranked ...

Coach: Frank Haith 2007-08 record: Postseason: Lost in NIT, second round Projected finish: 10th Returning starters :A Dwayne Collins, 6-8, senior, forward A A ; James Dews,A 6-4, senior, guard A Returning lettermen: Adrian Thomas, 6-7, senior, forward ; DeQuqan Jones, 6-6, sophomore forward ; Cyrus McGowan 6-9, senior, forward ; Julian Gamble, 6-9, ...

The challenge for the Miami Hurricanes basketball team will be to fill the void created by the departure of leading scorer Jack McClinton.

The first time Frank Haith recruited Malcolm Grant, the University of Miami coach struck out.

Freshman wing Durand Scott also figures to pick up some of the slack in perimeter shooting brought about by McClinton's departure.

Jack McClinton's wait for an NBA second chance proved to be short-lived. The former University of Miami guard who was released last week by the San Antonio Spurs has accepted a training-camp invitation from the Minnesota Timberwolves .

Posted on September 28th, 2009 11:42 AM By Mark Wollemann The Timberwolves filled out their training camp roster with these six players.

After going unwanted out of high school, being abandoned at Siena in a coaching staff turnover, and finding himself at the bottom of the draft heap despite owning the ACC 's all-time 3-point percentage record as a Miami Hurricane , Jack McClinton is once again taking the tougher road to the NBA : he just became a man without a team after being ...

The Spurs took steps to shore up their training camp roster Wednesday, making a handful of expected additions and one somewhat unexpected subtraction.

APRIL 01: Dexter Strickland #7 of the East Team brings the ball into the front-court while taking on the West Team in the 2009 McDonald's All American Men's High School Basketball Game at BankUnited Center on April 1, 2009 in Coral Gables, Florida.

Josh Herwitt is a college basketball editor for FOXSports.com and a former college basketball editor for CSTV.com. He has also written for Sporting News and SI.com and worked as a sports reporter for two newspapers.

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