Richard Pitino Jr is the next head coach.

**D-West & PO-Z** · 03-26-2025, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Xavier

I’ve seen it was 5.2-5.5 million. I saw a rumor Sean wanted 25% more every year until they got up to around 8 million/year.

But frankly, I mentioned a long time ago that Sean and Texas had something in in the works after beard got fired and it fell through because Terry took Texas to the elite 8. And so, any rumor coming out now that’s negative towards X regarding the split I just don’t trust. Sean wanted to go after year 1, now his people will push narratives to make him look better.

100%

MHettel · 03-26-2025, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by GoMuskies

If you name the other one who's been to the Final Four, I guess I'll have to change my mind.

Well Travis Steel has a smoking hot wife. And that has as much to do with Xavier Basketball as Ohio State going to the Final 4 under Matta.

drudy23 · 03-26-2025, 09:29 AM

Has anyone seen St John's season-long documentary (similar to what Paul is doing). It's very interesting, mostly because Pitino is super intriguing, and they spend alot of time talking about NIL.

They have a GM for NIL, who gets alot of screen time, and they have a billionaire booster who has basically said he will do whatever it takes to keep St John's in the conversation. You can tell the administration has agreed that NIL is here, and it's going to be embraced.

I think it's called Red Storm Rising or something like that. You can find it on Youtube. Lots of good NIL perspective in it.

Xville · 03-26-2025, 09:30 AM

Sean has shown his character twice now, no reason to believe anything him or his "camp" says at this point. He's a ring chaser who wants to take the easy way out. F him.

**GoMuskies** · 03-26-2025, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by MHettel

Well Travis Steel has a smoking hot wife. And that has as much to do with Xavier Basketball as Ohio State going to the Final 4 under Matta.

Seems like pretty good evidence that Steele is the best recruiter and Matta is the best coach Xavier ever had.

**GoMuskies** · 03-26-2025, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Xville

He's a ring chaser

And a very, very bad one at that.

**murray87** · 03-26-2025, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by drudy23

If things start to pan out this way, Sean Miller will have made an enormous mistake. We all hope it works out this way.

After his second stint, I'm not convinced SM has his eye on the pulse of where this is going. I think he was just chasing more for himself, as that seems to be who he is.

This is quite eye opening!
“Big East schools next year can pay $6 million or more to their basketball team,” said Houston athletic director Eddie Nunez, “and that’s a game-changer.”

As many as a dozen non-power league Division I schools — many of them in the Big East — are planning to spend at least $5 million on their men’s basketball roster next year, with a smaller group hoping to reach the $6 million and $7 million marks, those with knowledge of the plans told Yahoo Sports.