Wes Miller (UNC Greensboro coach) to Cincinnati

[UKRuppster]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...r-bearcats-program-after-firing-john-brannen/

Obviously Hubert Davis would have to fail at UNC, and I'm in no way saying he will. But if he does and Miller does well as Cincy's coach, I think Miller would get a strong look to be the next guy in line for the Carolina job.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Two of the best young coaches in the country will be in Cincinnati. Miller at UC and Travis Steele at Xavier. The “Cross Town Shootout” just got better.

 

[YardCat]

So Miller transfers, did we reach out to him as well? Heard he could play a little PG.

 

[UKRuppster]

Lol at Wes' Twitter account. His most recent post is welcoming a new player who transferred to UNC-Greensboro and 12 hours or so later, he's out the door to Cincinnati

https://twitter.com/coachwesmiller?lang=en

 

[Smashcat]

Very good hire. Lots of talk earlier about him replacing Ole Roy.

 

[UKRuppster]

Two of the best young coaches in the country will be in Cincinnati. Miller at UC and Travis Steele at Xavier. The “Cross Town Shootout” just got better.

Interesting article since it does go along with some of what I've noticed... that a few Xavier fans don't yet think a lot of Travis Steele: https://www.bannersontheparkway.com...-travis-steele-now-xavier-basketball-big-east

 

[UKRuppster]

Very good hire. Lots of talk earlier about him replacing Ole Roy.

Yep. My guess is he likely finished second in that race, but it seems like Roy had been training Hubert Davis to be the next guy up, so it went to Hubert. But like I said, if Hubert doesn't work out (and again, I'm not saying he won't) and Wes does well at Cincinnati, I could easily see him being UNC's next coach.

 

[bigc45157]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...r-bearcats-program-after-firing-john-brannen/

Obviously Hubert Davis would have to fail at UNC, and I'm in no way saying he will. But if he does and Miller does well as Cincy's coach, I think Miller would get a strong look to be the next guy in line for the Carolina job.

Second best hire this off-season behind Beard to Texas?

 

[catfanbrad]

I feel like UNC didn't hire Hubert, he just moved all his stuff into Roy's office and he left and they were afraid to tell him to move it back so they just gave him the head job. Bill Guthridge probably did the same thing back in the day.

Also with UNC Greensboro open, maybe Justus or Barbee will interview.

 

[ralphdaltonfan]

I feel like UNC didn't hire Hubert, he just moved all his stuff into Roy's office and he left and they were afraid to tell him to move it back so they just gave him the head job. Bill Guthridge probably did the same thing back in the day.

Also with UNC Greensboro open, maybe Justus or Barbee will interview.

UNC Greensboro is in Justus stomping grounds. He couldn't land the job at his alma mater last year, so maybe he can land one in the area he grew up. It would be a great day for him and UK basketball.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Justus to UNCG. You heard it here fourth

 

[Cefiro]

Justus to UNCG. You heard it here fourth

We’re not that lucky

 

[UKRuppster]

Second best hire this off-season behind Beard to Texas?

Probably at least top 5. Oklahoma did well with the Porter Moser hire and Marquette may have done well buying low on Shaka Smart, who I think could do better at a place like Marquette where the conference isn't as tough and the expectations aren't quite as high. This is unless you think Smart and Moser are/were flukes with their Final Four runs.

 

[jwhite123]

That’s a slam dunk for a program like Cincinnati

 

[IUfanBorden]

That’s a slam dunk for a program like Cincinnati

"Like Cincinnati"? They are 12th in all-time wins....15th in NCAAT appearances...2 National titles....Second longest consecutive FF appearances( 5 straight. Tied with Duke). Top 10 in Final Fours(6 trips). Currently have been to 9 straight NCAAT's.

Its a good hire. Very good. But Cincy has a very good hstry.

 

[SaguaroCat]

LOL.

"Cincinnati capitulated to cancel culture. What coach would want to go there now?"

 

[michael895]

"Like Cincinnati"? They are 12th in all-time wins....15th in NCAAT appearances...2 National titles....Second longest consecutive FF appearances( 5 straight. Tied with Duke). Top 10 in Final Fours(6 trips). Currently have been to 9 straight NCAAT's.

Its a good hire. Very good. But Cincy has a very good hstry.

They made the tourney 9 straight years before missing it this past year.

 

[BigKari]

Really not impressed with Wes Miller. 58% winning percentage at UNC Greensboro with no NCAA tournament wins. What’s all the hype about? And yeah I get it, he was the underdog as a low seed in the tournament and didn’t pull an upset. They weren’t expected to win, so that’s not an indictment in Miller in and of itself. But look at Shaka Smart, a guy who had MUCH more success on a lower level, and doesn’t seem to be the real deal. Obviously UC isn’t as high profile as UT, and I can see it being a good fit for Miller, but he has produced basically the same results at Greensboro that Brannen produced at NKU.

 

[bigc45157]

That’s a slam dunk for a program like Cincinnati

My thoughts exactly.

 

[bigc45157]

"Like Cincinnati"? They are 12th in all-time wins....15th in NCAAT appearances...2 National titles....Second longest consecutive FF appearances( 5 straight. Tied with Duke). Top 10 in Final Fours(6 trips). Currently have been to 9 straight NCAAT's.

Its a good hire. Very good. But Cincy has a very good hstry.

Great history, good program, but there current status is not where the Big O and Huggins had them operating at. They could be scary with the right coach, but even Mick was a second round flameout at best there.

 

[thepip]

I feel like UNC didn't hire Hubert, he just moved all his stuff into Roy's office and he left and they were afraid to tell him to move it back so they just gave him the head job. Bill Guthridge probably did the same thing back in the day.

Also with UNC Greensboro open, maybe Justus or Barbee will interview.

Nah, they are going for a winner.

 

[kywildcat41086]

I feel like UNC didn't hire Hubert, he just moved all his stuff into Roy's office and he left and they were afraid to tell him to move it back so they just gave him the head job. Bill Guthridge probably did the same thing back in the day.

Also with UNC Greensboro open, maybe Justus or Barbee will interview

There is a reason why they're still here nobody wants Cal's rejects they will be here till Cal say they won't

 

[musrat59]

Cincinnati won titles in the sixties, but couldn't win when they had one of the best players of all times in Oscar Robertson.

 

[wccat2969]

It is telling that Cal's coaching tree has been pruned. Other than KP who left to be an assistant in the NBA can't remember the last coach to leave to take a HC job.

 

[Cawood86]

Two of the best young coaches in the country will be in Cincinnati. Miller at UC and Travis Steele at Xavier. The “Cross Town Shootout” just got better.

Yep....both are up and comers.

 

[Cawood86]

Probably at least top 5. Oklahoma did well with the Porter Moser hire and Marquette may have done well buying low on Shaka Smart, who I think could do better at a place like Marquette where the conference isn't as tough and the expectations aren't quite as high. This is unless you think Smart and Moser are/were flukes with their Final Four runs.

I doubt there's very high expectations in basketball at Texas.

 

[Cawood86]

It is telling that Cal's coaching tree has been pruned. Other than KP who left to be an assistant in the NBA can't remember the last coach to leave to take a HC job.

Antigua did a few years ago. Not sure what year. Maybe '15.

 

[yoshukai]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...r-bearcats-program-after-firing-john-brannen/

Obviously Hubert Davis would have to fail at UNC, and I'm in no way saying he will. But if he does and Miller does well as Cincy's coach, I think Miller would get a strong look to be the next guy in line for the Carolina job.

I’ll say it then . Hubert Davis will fail.

 

[yoshukai]

Very good hire. Lots of talk earlier about him replacing Ole Roy.

He was the runaway winner on the poll they ran on the UNC rivals site . Hubert Davis got less than 7% of the vote , lol .

 

[jwhite123]

"Like Cincinnati"? They are 12th in all-time wins....15th in NCAAT appearances...2 National titles....Second longest consecutive FF appearances( 5 straight. Tied with Duke). Top 10 in Final Fours(6 trips). Currently have been to 9 straight NCAAT's.

Its a good hire. Very good. But Cincy has a very good hstry.

They’ve been to one Final 4 in 58 years, 3 Elite 8’s in the last 59. Sure their history is good if you look all the way back to the 60’s. The program Cincinnati is now is by no means a standard of excellence. Miller was probably the best possible hire they could’ve hoped for, IMO

 

[IUfanBorden]

They’ve been to one Final 4 in 58 years, 3 Elite 8’s in the last 59. Sure their history is good if you look all the way back to the 60’s. The program Cincinnati is now is by no means a standard of excellence. Miller was probably the best possible hire they could’ve hoped for, IMO

Who said it was a standard of excellence? Cincy is a Top 10-15 job. Great location...facilities....fan base..history, etc, etc...No its not an elite job, or an elite program. But its not some "run of the mill" program at all----Which was insinuated. I mean in the past 20 years, they have been to 15 NCAAT's.. Had one bad decade---1980;s---No NCAAT from 1980-1989. Then of course became a household name under Huggins....Struggled a tad after he resigned---Reemerged under Cronin, and have been pretty stable, consistent ever since.

Very good job IMO, that is a sleeping giant TBH.

 

[KYExtemper]

Really not impressed with Wes Miller. 58% winning percentage at UNC Greensboro with no NCAA tournament wins. What’s all the hype about? And yeah I get it, he was the underdog as a low seed in the tournament and didn’t pull an upset. They weren’t expected to win, so that’s not an indictment in Miller in and of itself. But look at Shaka Smart, a guy who had MUCH more success on a lower level, and doesn’t seem to be the real deal. Obviously UC isn’t as high profile as UT, and I can see it being a good fit for Miller, but he has produced basically the same results at Greensboro that Brannen produced at NKU.

I think this sentiment has a sound basis and may have played a role in him not getting the UNC job. If he does well at Cincy, though, I expect that he'll be next in line when Davis flounders. He needed to move to a larger program to show he can be elite.

 

[turkeywildturkey]

We’re not that lucky

1st person posting on here who bashes Justice. I guess your a Cal basher too?