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...Miller helped build Connecticut into a national powerhouse as an assistant under Jim Calhoun from 1986 to 1993. While Calhoun led UConn to its first-ever NCAA championship last season, Miller was head coach at Connecticut College, where he led the Camels to the Division-III Final Four...
...Miller plans to turn around the program at Brown by implementing a motion offense and an aggressive pressure defense this season. He hopes to accomplish this with the help of another newcomer, sophomore guard Jihan Bowes-Little, who averaged 21.0 ppg and 6.0 apg at the University of Portland before transferring to Providence...
...Miller will likely use a three-guard rotation in his up-tempo offensive scheme. Senior point guard Corey Vandiver (6.5 ppg, 80 assists), a two-year starter, and sophomore Travis Brown (7.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg), who started as a rookie and shot a .423 three-point percentage last year, should join Bowes-Little in the backcourt...
...Miller will need a lot of bodies if he plans to maintain a pressure defense, so sophomores Jesse Wood (3.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg) and Omari Ware (1.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg) should be part of the backcourt rotation...
...Inside, Miller will rely on a pair of sophomore forwards who saw significant playing time last year in Shaun Etheridge (8.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg) and Josh Meyer (5.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg). It is unclear who will replace Rountree at center, but sophomore John Verdeaux (0.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg) and junior Tyler Driggers (0.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg) will compete...