Nearly a week after sitting out Arizona's game against Oregon, Wildcats head coach Sean Miller will return to coach Arizona after vehemently denying allegations of paying a player.
Miller, who stepped aside on Saturday after an ESPN report alleged that the coach was caught on a wiretap trying to secure a payment of $100,000 to freshman Deandre Ayton, said the report was wrong during a statement on Thursday.
"Let me be very clear: I have never discussed with Christian Dawkins paying Deandre Ayton to attend the University of Arizona," Miller said. "In fact, I never even met or spoke with Christian Dawkins until after Deandre publicly announced he was coming to our school.