Is former Pitt point guard, Sean Miller. The press conference was this afternoon. He replaces Thad Matta, who left for the Ohio State job.
It’s not terribly surprising. Miller had been considered one of the hot young assistants at the start of last season. Xavier’s Elite Eight run, only made it surprising that he wasn’t interviewed for a head job over the summer.
Xavier has become the place for young coaches to be raided. Makes it hard to feel bitter about Ben Howland being plucked by UCLA when you think that Xavier has had Matta, Skip Prosser and Pete Gillen harvested in the last 10 years.
Sean Miller now gets a chance to prove himself. As the old scoreboard at Fitzgerald Fieldhouse would unoriginally display after a Miller 3-pointer, “It’s Miller time!”
