Belt game 1,935 · February 5, 2011
Miami take the belt
Miami beat Virginia 70–68 at home to start reign 557 of the College Basketball belt, the 2nd for the program.
Virginia had held it since February 2, 2011, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Miami held it for 8 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Duke on February 13, 2011.
557Reign number
2Team's reign
1Defenses
8Days held
Box score
Miami
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Thomas | 38 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 2-2 |
| Reggie Johnson | 34 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| Malcolm Grant | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 3-5 |
| Garrius Adams | 40 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| Rion Brown | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3-3 |
| Durand Scott | 35 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Erik Swoope | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Julian Gamble | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Virginia
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustapha Farrakhan | 38 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 4-9 |
| Joe Harris | 41 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6-12 | 4-6 | 2-6 |
| Sammy Zeglinski | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| Jontel Evans | 31 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Assane Sene | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| Will Sherrill | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| KT Harrell | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Akil Mitchell | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: CollegeBasketballData.com.