Jack McClinton News

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.

The annual NBA draft, the unofficial kickoff to the NBA offseason, takes place Thursday at Madison Square Garden's WaMu Theater.

To read more stories from this writer, click the name. The men's basketball team, under sixth-year head coach Frank Haith, unveiled its 2009-2010A schedule.A Miami will hostA Atlatic Coast ConferenceA foes Wake Forest and Duke.A They willA travel to the Dean Dome to take on the defending national champions, the North Carolina Tar Heels on Mar.

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team lost perhaps the best shooter in school history, but may have landed a replacement.

If Tim Hardaway Jr.'s play last week in the John Beilein Elite Camp at the University of Michigan served as an audition, then the son of former NBA star Tim Hardaway nailed it.

The tattoos cover almost every visible inch of Jack McClinton's body, snaking up and down his arms and shoulders, across his torso, down his calves.