Sean Miller + Xavier

[McLovin]

Guy is scum but it’s a good win for the conference.

Wonder how many seasons he sticks around before he’s back to a P5…

I’ll set the over under at 3.5 seasons.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

good mid-major landing spot to try and redeem his sweaty career.

friendly reminder that he essentially got his former assistant fired so he could get his job. scumbag doesnt begin to describe this clown.

Maybe Mick will return to Cincinnati after UCLA.

 

[gtcam]

Bad look for the school and the NBE
Wouldn't be surprised if he went to the SEC but this is not good

 

[Kolumbo]

University of Pittsburgh's Sean Miller against the University of Connecticut's Chris Smith, Hartford CT 1990.

 

[CTBasketball]

Guy is scum but it’s a good win for the conference.

Wonder how many seasons he sticks around before he’s back to a P5…

I’ll set the over under at 3.5 seasons.

He is at a P5 silly!

 

[UCSouth]

Hate to break it to you but Hurley is that guy. Every fanbase in the league hates him. Threatening to fight fans and complaining about the refs after games - he is so obnoxious

Troll on, Troll on....

 

[Salty Dog]

Great hire. Happy to get another good coach in the Big East. Hope he makes Xavier elite again.

 

[methodology]

University of Pittsburgh's Sean Miller against the University of Connecticut's Chris Smith, Hartford CT 1990.

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But did he sweat as much as a player?

He would have been unguardable if he did

 

[ucp990411]

University of Pittsburgh's Sean Miller against the University of Connecticut's Chris Smith, Hartford CT 1990.

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Poor Smitty. Tough guy to guard close.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Guy is slimy but he is a great coach. He will make BE even tougher than now. It is a good hire for Xavier.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Ok, this is just gross

 

[PChoops]

The Arcidiacano era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.
The Brunson era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.
The Gillespie era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.

Nova reloads.

Brizzi or Armstrong era up next?

 

[BGesus4]

Maybe Mick will return to Cincinnati after UCLA.

It’s funny, ucla almost didn’t make the tournament last year then almost lost in the first four. Then this year had a tough game against Akron in the first round as a four seed. You wonder if UCLA would be knocking down Pitinos door if things had gone differently in those games. Remember Mick was like their tenth choice for that job and the search was viewed as a massive failure.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Great hire. Happy to get another good coach in the Big East. Hope he makes Xavier elite again.

Again?

I'm guessing that your definition of elite is a little different than mine.

 

[ucp990411]

Brizzi or Armstrong era up next?

Hey PChoops, lots of luck from here on out. I might be in the minority on the boneyard but I am rooting for you guys.

 

[BUConn10]

The Arcidiacano era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.
The Brunson era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.
The Gillespie era is over; a significant rebuild is in order.

Nova reloads.

Too many fans here have become accustomed to the recent decade of UConn bball where a program only gets one impact player every 3-4 years for a singular run before fading away back to the middle-of-the-road of their conference.

Elite programs don't have down years, they just keep plowing through. Too many apologists here to allow that criticism to be held against UConn tbh.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I lived through something very similar nearly 40 years ago.

I wasn't long out of college and a buddy was a member of the (then pretty new) JCC in Stamford. He gave me a call asking if I could fill in for a pickup basketball game. My response was "you have to be able to find someone better than me" to which he responded "everyone there will be an unathletic Jewish guy".

I ended up being guarded by (no exaggeration) a 5'2" 185 lbs guy in his early 30's while decided to play shirtless. Warming up he started to sweat and once the game started going he had a 1/2" layer of perspiration on his body. The worst part was that any time I stood still he would lean against me and try to wrap an arm. He transferred a good quart of sweat every time he did that.

I never played there again and from that point on he was always referred to as Mr Slime.

 

[mauconnfan]

Hate to break it to you but Hurley is that guy. Every fanbase in the league hates him. Threatening to fight fans and complaining about the refs after games - he is so obnoxious

Hate to tell you he’s not that guy. He may be a to others but he’s not a piece of crap cheater. Different world you live in. Miller is crap can’t agree with those who love him getting a job it’s just wrong.

 

[Scoe]

Hate to tell you he’s not that guy. He may be a to others but he’s not a piece of crap cheater. Different world you live in. Miller is crap can’t agree with those who love him getting a job it’s just wrong.

Well if Alex Cora can get his job back after being a repeat cheater, then Sean Miller can, winning is the bottom line.

 

[uconngb]

I agree with your premise, but think it’s a little disingenuous to go all the way to saying he never sniffed one.

In addition to the E8 loss against the good guys, don’t forget his back to back excruciating E8 losses to Wisconsin in 2014 and 2015. Came close all three times.

Totally disingenuous. That 3 pointer by Horn STILL looks like it’s going in and if it does, they are in the Final Four. I’d say that’s a “sniff”.

 

[Rakkasan]

Definitely something dirty about Miller. Surprised X would walk down that tainted road. But he can recruit and coach. Might have answered my own hesitation. X now owns his dirt...

 

[Travelman6]

4 elite 8s and 3 S16s under his belt. Let's see if he can get that first FF. That 07-08 Xavier team was good but they got crushed by UCLA in the E8 and lost a close one vs 1 seed Pitt in the S16 the next year in the only time Pitt actually did something decent in March.

 

[PChoops]

Hey PChoops, lots of luck from here on out. I might be in the minority on the boneyard but I am rooting for you guys.

Thanks man, if we can beat Kansas, I love our chances to get to the Final 4.

 

[willie99]

I hope Miller II is better for them than Edsall II was for them. To be fair, Sean has a much better track record (in the athletics arena)

I want to see Georgetown and St John's become good again. We would all benefit immensely, from recruiting to exposure to dollars