SMOKING NEAR A SOURCE OF OXYGEN. YEAH, IT’S THAT GOOD FEELING FOR 534, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A XAVIER BASKETBALL PLAYER. NOW, COULD XAVIER PUT ON THE SLIPPERS AND BE THIS YEAR’S NCAA TOURNAMENT? CINDERELLA. ONE OF THE LAST TEAMS PICKED FOR AN AT LARGE BERTH. THE EXPECTATIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ARE RELATIVELY LOW, BUT THE FAN BASE AND TEAM HAVE OTHER IDEAS. WLWT NEWS FIVE SPORTS REPORTER OLIVIA RAY WAS THERE FOR THE EXCITEMENT AS THE X-MEN MOVE ON IN THE TOURNAMENT. XAVIER’S WILD COMEBACK ENDED IN ALMOST A POETIC FASHION, WITH THE BALL IN ZACH FREMANTLE’S HANDS. 15 POINTS FOR THE FORWARD, WHO BATTLED FOUL TROUBLE THROUGHOUT HIS FIRST EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE. BUT LIKE ALL OF THE INJURIES THAT HE’S BATTLED OVER HIS SIX YEARS HERE AT ECS, HE PERSEVERED AND IT ENDED WITH THIS EPIC SCENE. FREMANTLE IN A COWBOY HAT AND A RAUCOUS XAVIER FAN BASE, SENDING HIM INTO THE ROUND OF 64. I’LL BE 100% HONEST WITH Y’ALL. I’VE NEVER BEEN SO NERVOUS IN MY LIFE. LIKE THE FIRST HALF, I REALLY I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING BETWEEN THE FRUSTRATION OF THE FOULS AND EVERYTHING AND JUST THE OVERALL CROWD ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, MY NEXT LOSS IS MY LAST COLLEGE GAME. I WAS ABLE TO SETTLE DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE WIN. THAT WAS AN AMAZING GAME. THAT’S PROBABLY IT’S NOT THE FIRST. THAT’S THE SECOND BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED IN. I WAS A PART OF THAT FURMAN TEAM THAT BEAT VIRGINIA, SO THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE. BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY TWO. I JUST THOUGHT THAT TEXAS HAD US ON THE ROPES NUMEROUS TIMES. AND IN THIS SINGLE ELIMINATION FIELD, LIKE WHEN YOU’RE IN THE TOURNAMENT AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU LOSE, YOU’RE OUT. IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO TO REACH BACK AND PLAY BETTER AND STAY WITH IT. I THOUGHT WE FOUGHT. WE WERE RESILIENT, LIKE WE’VE BEEN ALL YEAR, AND THAT REALLY WENT OUT. HEAD COACH SEAN MILLER SAID HIS HALFTIME MESSAGE REVOLVES SOLELY AROUND DEFENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS. EXCELLED TEXAS, SHOOTING JUST 38% FROM THE FLOOR IN THE SECOND HALF. AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO SEND THE MUSKIES TO MILWAUKEE TO MEET ILLINOIS THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT. NOW, THE LOCKER ROOM POSTGAME, THEY WERE CELEBRATING, BUT THEY WERE UNITED ON THIS ONE FRONT. IT IS THAT X. THEY’RE NEVER OUT OF IT AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE DANGEROUS THIS MARCH BECAUSE OF IT. FOR NOW REPORTING FROM UD ARENA AND THE FIR
Xavier University head basketball coach Sean Miller will be departing the program again for the second time.Sources with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to WLWT on Sunday that Miller will be announcing his departure from the team shortly.Earlier in the day on Sunday, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported that the University of Texas is firing head coach Rodney Terry.The University of Texas has not yet officially announced Terry’s firing, nor has Xavier officially announced Miller’s expected departure.Xavier declined to comment on Sunday when asked by WLWT if Miller would be leaving. Terry’s firing comes less than a week after the Musketeers knocked the Longhorns out of the NCAA tournament in the First Four, with an 86-80 win.In the game, Xavier overcame a 13-point deficit to play their way into the field of 64.Miller is currently in his second stint as the Muskies’ head coach. Since his re-hiring on Victory Parkway ahead of the 2022/23 season, Miller has gone 65-40 and reached two NCAA tournaments.The Pennsylvania native served as Xavier’s head coach for five years, from 2004/05-2008/09, taking the Musketeers to four-straight tournament’s in his final four years at the helm of the program.He had served as an associate head coach with the Musketeers before being named the head coach of the program, being hired in 2001.Ahead of the 2009/10 season, Miller departed Norwood to take the head coaching job at Arizona. In 12 seasons, Miller lead the Wildcats to a 302-109 record, making seven tournaments and winning three Pac-12 tournaments.Miller’s time in Tucson ended when the university fired him amid a long-running NCAA investigation.This is not the first time Miller has been a candidate for the top job in Austin. After Chris Beard’s firing in 2022, Miller was considered to be a candidate for the job. The job ultimately went to Terry, who had coached the remainder of the 2022/23 season as interim head coach. Terry, a Texas native, led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight in the 2023 NCAA tournament, leading to the removal of the “interim” tag.Xavier’s 2024/25 campaign came to a close in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night, falling to Illinois, 86-73.In his now eight seasons having led the Musketeers, Miller is 185-87 with Xavier.
CINCINNATI —Xavier University head basketball coach Sean Miller will be departing the program again for the second time.
Sources with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to WLWT on Sunday that Miller will be announcing his departure from the team shortly.
Earlier in the day on Sunday, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported that the University of Texas is firing head coach Rodney Terry.
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The University of Texas has not yet officially announced Terry’s firing, nor has Xavier officially announced Miller’s expected departure.
Xavier declined to comment on Sunday when asked by WLWT if Miller would be leaving.
Terry’s firing comes less than a week after the Musketeers knocked the Longhorns out of the NCAA tournament in the First Four, with an 86-80 win.
In the game, Xavier overcame a 13-point deficit to play their way into the field of 64.
Miller is currently in his second stint as the Muskies’ head coach. Since his re-hiring on Victory Parkway ahead of the 2022/23 season, Miller has gone 65-40 and reached two NCAA tournaments.
The Pennsylvania native served as Xavier’s head coach for five years, from 2004/05-2008/09, taking the Musketeers to four-straight tournament’s in his final four years at the helm of the program.
He had served as an associate head coach with the Musketeers before being named the head coach of the program, being hired in 2001.
Ahead of the 2009/10 season, Miller departed Norwood to take the head coaching job at Arizona. In 12 seasons, Miller lead the Wildcats to a 302-109 record, making seven tournaments and winning three Pac-12 tournaments.
Miller’s time in Tucson ended when the university fired him amid a long-running NCAA investigation.
This is not the first time Miller has been a candidate for the top job in Austin. After Chris Beard’s firing in 2022, Miller was considered to be a candidate for the job.
The job ultimately went to Terry, who had coached the remainder of the 2022/23 season as interim head coach. Terry, a Texas native, led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight in the 2023 NCAA tournament, leading to the removal of the “interim” tag.
Xavier’s 2024/25 campaign came to a close in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night, falling to Illinois, 86-73.
In his now eight seasons having led the Musketeers, Miller is 185-87 with Xavier.
