Dave Hyde Did Miami FAU runs to Final Four signal start of a golden era for college basketball in South Florida

HOUSTON — It was already the morning after when Jim Larrañaga got in a golf cart underneath NRG Stadium after losing in the Final Four and talking to the national media. He was on his way back to the Miami Hurricanes locker room, back to his players, where the offseason already awaited. “A magic carpet ride,” he called UM’s first-ever run to a Final Four. Throw in Florida Atlantic’s similar run, and it was two carpet rides for a South Florida that never had one team in a Final Four. But now what? Is this the front end of a…