CINCINNATI -- An hour before the start of "The Sean Miller Show" on June 9, the hostess at Dilly. Bistro, Bar and Bottle Shop announced that the restaurant would not have room for anyone without a reservation.
The parking lot had already filled up with local fans anxious to mingle with Miller, who returned as Xavier's head coach in March, more than a decade after his first stint with the school that changed his career. Adorned in Musketeers gear, they sipped martinis and nibbled on appetizers in anticipation of his appearance: a reintroduction of a man who had clearly maintained his stellar reputation among the school's supporters, despite a tenure at Arizona that ended amid NCAA violations and an FBI investigation.