"I guess I'm the only coach up here who is 0-1," he said as he sat down on a stage about to address reporters, "and it happened really quickly."
Miller's team suffered a shocking upset Thursday night to Seattle Pacific, a Division II school, losing 69-68 in an exhibition game at Tucson.
How shocking was the loss for a team that won the league and was a missed three-point shot away from advancing to the Final Four last season?
Quite. It was the Wildcats' first exhibition loss since 1984, when former Arizona coach Lute Olson's second team lost to Athletes in Action, 81-80.
"Sometimes a lesson like we learned last night is the greatest lesson you can learn, and that really segues into this year's team," Miller said.
"That is, we're not the team that was in the Elite Eight. We're a brand-new team."
The Wildcats return three starters from last season's 30-8 squad, but they lost Derrick Williams, the Pac-10 player of the year and a first-round NBA draft pick of Minnesota.
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