\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s the talk of the town in Oxford, Ohio: Miami RedHawks basketball is back.Travis Steele\u2019s team is one of just six unbeaten teams in Division I and is just outside of The Associated Press Top 25.The RedHawks haven\u2019t been nationally ranked since 1999 but a terrific shooting team that has run the table this season is looking to change that.Of course, the ultimate goal for the RedHawks would be a MAC championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.\u201cIt will be buzzing, for sure,\u201d sophomore forward Brant Byers said. \u201cTo do something like that, that hasn\u2019t been done in a long time, I think it would bring a ton of energy.\u201dFive players are averaging double figures for Miami, led by Byers, who has 14.8 points and 4.3 rebounds entering play on Friday.That scoring balance has led the RedHawks to a 16-0 start, including a 4-0 record in conference play. It\u2019s catching the attention of college basketball fans around the country.\u201cI mean I can\u2019t say it\u2019s something we expected completely, but we definitely expected to be in this position,\u201d Byers said. \u201cWe knew the team we had.\u201dIn two seasons at Miami, Steele has returned the RedHawks to the top of the conference and reinvigorated a fanbase longing for success.\u201cCrazy, energetic, very intense, friendly,\u201d Byers said when describing Steele, who he said is sometimes like an older brother.Miami will put its undefeated record on the line Friday night, with a visit to play Toledo. The RedHawks return home next week for two games with Central Michigan and Buffalo.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s the talk of the town in Oxford, Ohio: Miami RedHawks basketball is back.<\/p>\n
Travis Steele\u2019s team is one of just six unbeaten teams in Division I and is just outside of The Associated Press Top 25.<\/p>\n
The RedHawks haven\u2019t been nationally ranked since 1999 but a terrific shooting team that has run the table this season is looking to change that.<\/p>\n
Of course, the ultimate goal for the RedHawks would be a MAC championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be buzzing, for sure,\u201d sophomore forward Brant Byers said. \u201cTo do something like that, that hasn\u2019t been done in a long time, I think it would bring a ton of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Five players are averaging double figures for Miami, led by Byers, who has 14.8 points and 4.3 rebounds entering play on Friday.<\/p>\n
That scoring balance has led the RedHawks to a 16-0 start, including a 4-0 record in conference play. It\u2019s catching the attention of college basketball fans around the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean I can\u2019t say it\u2019s something we expected completely, but we definitely expected to be in this position,\u201d Byers said. \u201cWe knew the team we had.\u201d<\/p>\n
In two seasons at Miami, Steele has returned the RedHawks to the top of the conference and reinvigorated a fanbase longing for success.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrazy, energetic, very intense, friendly,\u201d Byers said when describing Steele, who he said is sometimes like an older brother.<\/p>\n
Miami will put its undefeated record on the line Friday night, with a visit to play Toledo. The RedHawks return home next week for two games with Central Michigan and Buffalo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the talk of the town in Oxford, Ohio: Miami RedHawks basketball is back.Travis Steele\u2019s team is one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56709,56710,123,125,124,29573,56707,27828,14202,13344,18598,33743,1100,11273,1615,56708,56706],"class_list":["post-111268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-brant-byers","tag-conference-play","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-redhawks","tag-national-attention","tag-oxford","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-record","tag-redhawks","tag-season","tag-team","tag-town","tag-travis-steele","tag-undefeated-start"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}