Report: Miami Basketball Has Opponent Set For the 2025 ACC/SEC Challenge

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By Justice Sandle | Last updated Jun 12, 2025 11:03 AM ET

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Matchups are set for the ACC/SEC Challenge, and the Miami Hurricanes have a difficult opponent waiting for them in SEC country.

Jai Lucas and the Miami Hurricanes will travel to Oxford, MS, to take on the Ole Miss Rebels in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Not only is this a perfect quad-one opponent for the Canes, but it also adds to what the season can be in Lucas's first year coaching.

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Lucas's goal is the make the NCAA Tournament and a massive potential quad-one win against the SEC would be the perfect way to start his coaching season.

“I want to see us improve throughout the whole year, that we aren’t the same team in March that you saw in November; that we got better as you watched us play and you knew we were competing and fighting to win every possession that we could,” Lucas said. “And to that end, [I hope] we have the opportunity and the chance to make the NCAA Tournament and play for a national championship... That’s all you ask for every year, to have that opportunity to compete for a championship and be one of those 68 teams at the beginning of March. But the biggest thing for me is that as you watched us, you saw us grow, and it made you want to watch us more by the way we played, the way we competed, and the passion and the care that we showed.”

The Hurricanes are moving fast with their roster construction now having a projected starting lineup:

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PG: Tre Donaldson
SG: Tru Washington
SF: Shelton Henderson
PF: Malik Reneau
C: Ernest Udeh Jr.

BENCH:
Dante Allen
Marcus Allen
Tomotej Malovec
Jordyn Kee
Salih Altuntas
John Laboy II

The full schedule will be announced at a later date.