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At Arizona, the Game Plan Is Truth but No Consequences

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TUCSON, Ariz. — The good news came courtesy of a phone call from a University of Arizona spokesman.

Sean Miller, basketball coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats, had agreed to sit for an interview after the game one night this past December. That pleased me as there was so much to discuss. Although his 23rd-ranked team is struggling a touch at 19-10, Miller had gathered the top recruiting class in the nation, five- and four-star athletes everywhere. He was a former coach of the year in the Pac-12 Conference.

And he appeared to be sitting square in the cross hairs of an N.