Xavier expected to hire Sean Miller in coach's return after one year away from sport, sources say

Xavier is expected to bring back Sean Miller as its men's basketball coach, sources told ESPN, with the former Arizona coach returning to college basketball after one season away from the sideline.

Miller was a top target for Xavier and South Carolina's coaching vacancies, sources told ESPN, but the lure of returning to the Musketeers was too much to pass up.

During his five seasons with Xavier from 2004 to 2009, the Musketeers went 120-47 and made four NCAA tournament appearances — including an Elite Eight run in 2008 and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2009.

He then moved to Arizona, where he led the Wildcats to five Pac-12 regular-season titles and three Elite Eight appearances in a five-year span from 2011 to 2015. Arizona went to the NCAA tournament in seven of Miller's first nine seasons, making the second weekend of the tournament five times.

In September 2017, Arizona became entangled in the federal investigation into corruption in college basketball. That added an aura of uncertainty to Miller's candidacy, as Arizona's punishment from the NCAA enforcement process — via the Independent Accountability Resolution Process — could include some level of punishment specific to Miller.