A lame-duck interim coach operating under the shadow of the big-name new hire? A promising season that petered out? The Georgia Bulldogs somehow being involved?
True for both Florida and Xavier as they meet in the men’s 2022 NIT this Sunday in Cincinnati, the No. 3-seeded Gators and No. 2-seeded Musketeers each trying to have postseason success despite missing out on the NCAA Tournament and changing coaches.
But while the Gators lost Mike White to Georgia of White’s own volition — and have hired a new name, former San Francisco coach Todd Golden, to replace him — the Musketeers fired Travis Steele and have turned to a familiar face, former Xavier and Arizona coach Sean Miller, to replace their outgoing head coach.