There is a flip side to the travel situation in the ACC when Stanford and Cal are involved; it can be just as disruptive for teams going west. Stanford is good enough to make visitors pay, too, as a recent pair of double-digit home wins against Virginia Tech and Virginia remind. There is no longer trip in this league than Miami trekking to the Bay Area, as if the Canes needed anything else to hamper them at the moment. Jim Larrinaga has left Bill Courtneywith a shell of a team that is getting beaten worse in each game, with five straight double-digit defeats, the last two by 35 (vs Duke) and 43 (vs SMU). Play Stanford

Since coach Jim Larranaga bailed on his team on Boxing Day, Miami has gone 0-6 outright, with the results growing increasingly dire. In their last two losses (to Duke and SMU), the Hurricanes were outscored by 45 and 43 points. The "reward" is an 11 p.m. (ET) tip-off in their first ACC west coast venture. Stanford is 9-1 straight-up at home and is riding high from an upset at N.C. State on Saturday. The Cardinal are no bully but can kick UM when it's down for a double-digit win.