Actor Bill Murray watches the game from the Xavier Musketeers cheering section during the second half of the University of Arizona Wildcats vs. Xavier University Musketeers Sweet 16 game in the NCAA Tournament at SAP Center, March 23, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. Arizona lost 73-71. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Still, Xavier had the biggest celebrity at SAP Center.

That would be legendary actor Bill Murray, at the game to support his son Luke, an assistant coach on Xavier’s staff.

Luke was a graduate assistant on Arizona’s staff during Sean Miller’s first year at Arizona, and Luke has admitted in interviews that his father became an Arizona — and Miller — fan as a result.

Also in the crowd: Xavier alum David West, a longtime NBA standout who played during Miller’s first two years as an assistant there on Thad Matta’s staff. 


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