((HT: Arizona Republic))
Anthony Gimino of the Tucson Citizen lets us know that Jim Livengood has swung and missed- again.
Xavier's Sean Miller rejected a seven-year, $15 million contract offer.
Miller is considered to be one of the top young coaches in college basketball. He is 120-47 in five seasons at Xavier, advancing four times to the NCAA Tournament and winning the Atlantic 10 regular-season championship three times.
The Musketeers advanced to the Sweet 16 this season before losing 60-55 to top-seeded Pittsburgh. They reached the Elite Eight last season before falling to UCLA.
Xavier Athletic Director Mike Bobinski is in Detroit for the Final Four, and he expected to speak with Miller on Sunday night.
Bobinski said Xavier was prepared with a counteroffer if necessary.
"We have done and will continue to do whatever is humanly possible to keep Sean," he said.
Arizona has gauged the interest of many top coaches - such as John Calipari, Rick Pitino and Jamie Dixon - since Lute Olson retired before the season began but has been unable to find a replacement. Southern California coach Tim Floyd rejected Arizona's job offer last week after meeting with school officials in Tucson.
Now who's left on the table...?
Bob Young of the Arizona Republic was left to conjecturize- and, yes, we know it's a made-up word. One of our mothers was an English major...
Young agrees with OSG HQ on guys like Greenberg and Theus. But he also introduces names like Steve Lavin, Kelvin Sampson ((we hope he wasn't serious)), Bobby Knight, and former Memphis assistant Josh Pastner.
Boy, are Memphis and Arizona in trouble.
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