Seeking support
In this Oct. 24, 2012, photo, Miami guards Rion Brown, left, and Shane Larkin talk during NCAA college basketball practice in Coral Gables, Fla. Another season is about to begin, and there should be good reason to watch perennially attendance-challenged Miami. They are coming off a 9-7 season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, their best showing ever in the league, and return nine players from a team that went 20-13 overall. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
CORAL GABLES — Like other members of the Miami Hurricanes basketball team, guard Rion Brown lobbies his fellow students to attend games, with mixed results.
“We’ve been trying to reach out to them,” Brown said. “Sometimes they say, ‘Is there a game tonight? I didn’t know basketball season started.’”
