Miller's connections could give Cats edge in race for Osetkowski
You’d never know it, but Sean Miller was a star in the inaugural McDonald’s All American Game, in 1978. Miller was 9.
He was the halftime entertainment at that game, performing a dribbling and ball-handling exhibition. Miller did so well that he was invited a day later to perform at halftime of a Philadelphia 76ers game. McDonald’s All American Game organizers arranged to have Miller as halftime entertainment for the next four years, through 1982.
Miller’s roots go so deep in basketball that you can connect him almost anywhere. For example, his father, prominent former high school coach John Miller of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, has a link to Dylan Osetkowski, a 6-foot 8-inch, 245-pound power forward who is leaving Tulane and reportedly scheduled to take a recruiting visit to Arizona this month.
Osetkowski was coached at Junipero Serra High School in California by Joedy Gardner Jr., whose father, Joedy Gardner, grew up in Ellwood City and later became the head coach at NAU. Gardner and Miller are the two most famous basketball coaches from Elwood City.
Osetkowski chose Tulane over Pacific and Pepperdine two years ago, but has since lost about 20 pounds and improved his mobility. Texas and Cal are also recruiting him. He had 11 double-doubles at Tulane this season.
