“I came here tonight to support coach (Jim) Larranaga and the basketball team,” Richt said, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I just also wanted to say I’m so thankful to be back home.”
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Richt, a Miami alumnus, and Georgia parted ways at the end of November after 15 seasons. He accepted the vacant head coaching position at Miami less than a week later.
Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart was introduced as Georgia’s head coach on Dec. 6.
As for the Hurricanes basketball team, No. 17 Miami was a 66-55 winner over in-state rival Florida at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables.
