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ESPN changes dates in Sean Miller report: Network says phone call was 2016, not 2017

ESPN twice corrected its story saying its report of a Sean Miller-Christian Dawkins phone call happened in 2016, not 2017.

ESPN reported Friday night that Miller discussed a $100,000 payment to Deandre Ayton. The network later reported that Miller's alleged conversation took place in 2017.

The timing is important because Ayton committed to Arizona in September 2016, and a conversation about paying a player who had already committed would require some explanation.

ESPN's first correction said Miller's phone call with Dawkins happened in the spring of 2016.

The network's current version of events drops the season and just states that the phone call happened sometime in 2016.