NEW YORK u2012 A few months back, Xavier's men's basketball team was cutting down the nets in Madison Square Garden as champions of the National Invitation Tournament, and the Musketeers' future head coach was sitting in the stands watching.
That moment and what happens next isn't lost on Sean Miller.
But on Tuesday morning, Miller wasn't sitting in the stands.
He was front and center.
"Xavier's believed in me really two different times, right?" Miller told reporters on Tuesday morning during Big East Conference Media Day at Madison Square Garden. "Number one, gave me my first head coaching opportunity when my record was zero and zero.