11 seed Xavier will face Gonzaga in Saturday’s West Region final for a berth in the school’s first-ever Final Four. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)SAN JOSE — It was a story line so poetic, it was almost as if it had been scripted. The first hurdle was against Xavier — the team Miller coached before coming to Arizona in 2009, and that’s still coached by his former assistant, Chris Mack. It was set up so perfectly for Miller, and for Arizona. “Well, it’s never easy when it ends, especially if you have a great team or had a great season,” Miller said.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2017 05:17 UTC