Less than two hours before university officials were to meet to discuss his employment, the Arizona men’s basketball coach, Sean Miller, vehemently pushed back against accusations that he discussed paying a top recruit $100,000.
“I have never knowingly violated N.C.A.A. rules while serving as head coach of this great program,” he said in a statement he read to the news media. “I have never paid a recruit, prospect or their family to come to Arizona, and I never will.”
Miller, 49, is among several coaches and players who have been linked to a vast recruiting scandal that is being investigated by federal prosecutors.