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Bickley: Arizona basketball fans shouldn't celebrate yet

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins tells the media on March 1, 2018, he has no reason to believe men's basketball coach Sean Miller did anything wrong. Sean Logan/azcentral

Sean Miller isn’t vindicated. He’s just a basketball coach who deserves due process, the assumption of innocence and a seat at the end of the bench until proven otherwise.

But you wouldn’t know that from the diehards who follow Arizona’s basketball program. They are the ones who feel acquitted and empowered, liberated by Miller’s fiery claims of innocence and show of defiance that preceded his return to the helm of the Wildcats on Thursday.