The Bounty on Arizona Coach Sean Miller

T-ing Him Up

         There were 4 minutes and 37 seconds left in the Pac-12 tournament men’s basketball semifinals. The Arizona Wildcats were up two against the UCLA Bruins with a trip to the conference tournament finals on the line. Arizona point guard Mark Lyons was called for a controversial double dribble and their coach Sean Miller repeated to the ref “He touched the ball, he touched the ball,” referring to the Bruins’ defender who put his hand on the ball as Lyons picked up his dribble and then dropped the ball again, a play that calls for a play-on, not a double dribble. Miller was given a technical foul by referee Michael Irving for his comments, UCLA’s Jordan Adams made both technical free throws, and UCLA ended up winning the game by two, 66-64.

         In the press conference after the game, Miller stated that he used no curse words nor did he act in a condescending way towards the referees after the double dribble call, essentially, there was no