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Insider: Turned down once, LaVall Jordan is ready to be top Dawg

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INDIANAPOLIS – LaVall Jordan thought his dream of becoming Butler’s men's basketball coach might come true four summers ago. He interviewed for the job that went to Brandon Miller, a former teammate.

If there is lingering resentment, there was no evidence of it before or after a Hinkle Fieldhouse news conference Wednesday in which Jordan was introduced.

“A Butler guy got the job, and a close friend,” Jordan said of Miller. “I think that’s what everyone’s hope is.”

Miller coached the Bulldogs’ first Big East season, took medical leave and never returned.