On Monday, the college basketball world was shocked when Ohio State (essentially) fired Thad Matta after 13 seasons as head coach. And just as soon as the ink went dry on that decision, the attention turned to who could be the next head coach in Columbus.
While names like Xavier’s Chris Mack and Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin are probably realistic targets for the Buckeyes, there is one pie-in-the-sky, throw-up-a-Hail-Mary-and-pray-for-a-miracle candidate: Arizona’s Sean Miller. Miller has Midwestern roots (he grew up in Pittsburgh and actually replaced Matta as head coach at Xavier when Matta left for Columbus in 2004) and has had insane success in a young career.