If you can’t beat them, make sure they join you?
It seems to be the thought of Texas Longhorns after having hired Sean Miller as the next basketball coach.
Miller trained Xavier, the Texas team lost in his first four games to be quickly rebounded by the NCAA tournament, which finally led to the dismissal of Rodney Terry.
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Xavier Musketeers’ head coach Sean Miller watches play in the first half against Illinois Fighting Illini in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. (Benny Sieu-Imagn images)
Texas announced Sunday that it had left Terry. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Miller, the longtime head coach of the Arizona who returned to the Musketeers, the team he led for five seasons before training the Wildcats, would resume the program.
Terry had been in place as chief coach of Texas since the suspension of Chris Beard during the 2022-23 campaign, where he was finally dismissed due to an accusation of domestic violence. The accusations were finally abandoned in this case.
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Texas will pay $ 5.4 million in Terry in a takeover, which was part of his five-year contract which he signed after having carried out an Elite Eight race during this 2022-23 season. The Longhorns finally lost against Miami n ° 2 just before the Final Four.
“I am very grateful to have served the University of Texas and our male basketball program for 13 seasons,” Terry said in a statement. “It was one of my dreams of being the head coach of the Longhorns, and I was able to live this dream. I would like to thank all of our current and former coaches and players who not only helped us win a lot of matches, but above all represented this major first class university.”
Miller is an attractive rental, and longhorns in brass as what they saw from Xavier, even if it meant that Texas bounced from the NCAA tournament before the start of the first round.
Xavier’s head coach Sean Miller shouts his defense in the first half of the NCAA tournament’s first round match against Illinois in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. Xavier was eliminated from the tournament after losing. (Imagn)
Xavier beat Texas, 86-80, despite the longhorns leading half-time in the first four games. Longhorns were already a surprising choice as one of the last teams to support 68 teams after finishing 19-15 (6-12 in the dry) of the year.
But Xavier won the seeded n ° 11 for which they played, but they could not take a Cinderella race after Illinois n ° 6 killed them, 86-73, in the first round. The musketeers were down only five points at halftime, but the illini battles finally fled with it.
Miller has just completed his third season with the musketeers, with whom he had a meeting after 12 seasons with the Wildcats of 2009-21.
Miller was dismissed at the end of the 2021 season, which was covered with controversy as an investment in FBI corruption on university basketball led to victories canceled for Arizona. Miller was accused of being involved in illicit payments to ensure that the center of the Stars Deandre Ayton landed with Arizona instead of Kansas with the Bill Self program.
Sean Miller was seen in the first half of their first round of the NCAA tournament match in the first round against Illinois in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. (Imagn)
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During his stay with Arizona, Miller led the Wildcats to seven NCAA tournaments before his return to Xavier for the 2022-23 campaign also saw an appearance. After missing the tournament last season, Xavier made his way after taking 22-12 years over the year in 2024-25.
