Amar’e Stoudemire on campus at The U today.

Congrats to UM graduates DeQuan Jones (@DequanJones5) & Trey McKinney-Jones (@TreyMJ04).

Will Allen, the first African-American basketball player in the University of Miami history is sprouting a nationwide movement encouraging residents in low-income communities to reverse their health issues through urban farming.

Allen co-wrote a book, The Good Food Revolution (Gotham Books, $26), and will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a presentation by Books & Books at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Blvd.

Check out this interview with Coach L and Italy’s Basketinside.com in English bit.ly/IqvMu5 and in Italian bit.ly/IqvNhw

Losses:G Malcolm Grant (eligibility), G-F DeQuan Jones (eligibility), G Ryan Quigtar (eligibility).

What’s lost: Grant is the only departing player to average double figures in scoring for the Hurricanes last season (10.8 points per game). He took 206 three-pointers last season, 99 more than Miami’s second-place finisher in that category. Almost everyone else of note will be back for Coach Jim Larranaga’s team.

… So, too, will Miami’s Reggie Johnson. Combined with 6-11 Kenny Kadji, who can do damage from the perimeter, the 6-10 Johnson will continue to be a handful in the lane …

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Analysis: Jim Larranaga will have this program moving in the right direction.

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THE SKINNY: No one wants to talk about the Canes in the ACC — but they won’t have a choice. Durant Scott and Shane Larkin will be a dynamite back court for Jim Larranaga to go with a lethal 4-5 tandem of Kenny Kadji and Reggie Johnson. Rion Brown, Garrius Adams, and Trey McKinney-Jones return to provide quality depth along with freshman combo guard Melvin Johnson.

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Once this team gets healthy, the rest of the ACC should be put on notice. Jim Larranaga’s first season with the Hurricanes was spent rarely at full strength — but if that changes in year two, Miami should be a regular installment in the Top 25. Shane Larkin and Durand Scott are two quality breakdown guards and Trey McKinney-Jones is a “swiss army knife” type that can do a little bit of everything. Up front, Kenny Kadji and Reggie Johnson should be one of the better power forward-center combos in the country and Rion Brown is a veteran wing with accurate range from deep. Keep an eye on freshman combo guard Melvin Johnson, an efficient scorer when given extended minutes.

Check out Jack McClinton reppin’ the U in the 2012 Cup Final of the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague.   http://on.fb.me/HPLfJX