Sean Miller, Arizona Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction

Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Sean Miller has maintained the program's status among the nation’s elite, and he will reportedly be rewarded for his efforts.

Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star noted Friday that Miller is due for an extension and a subsequent raise on his contract:

This should come as no surprise considering Arizona is the two-time defending Pac-12 regular-season champion and a mainstay among the Top 10 in the polls nearly every year. Arizona earned a No. 2 seed in this season's NCAA tournament under Miller, where it eventually reached the Elite Eight before losing a heartbreaker to Wisconsin.

It was the second consecutive year Miller’s Wildcats lost to the Badgers in the Elite Eight in devastating fashion.

Miller started his Division I head coaching career with the Xavier Musketeers and took the Arizona job after five seasons. Since then, the Wildcats have won at least 30 games in three of Miller’s six campaigns in Tucson and will likely continue their extended dominance well into the future with this latest extension.

In fact, Miller stakes claim to the No. 4 recruiting class in the country for the 2015 cycle and the No. 8 class in the country for the 2016 cycle (as of Friday), per 247Sports’ composite rankings.

Consistency in the coaching ranks is critical for success on the court and on the recruiting trail. Considering recruiting is the lifeblood of sustained excellence at the college level, keeping Miller for even longer is ideal for an Arizona squad that has been on the verge of the Final Four the past two seasons.

With Miller at the helm and his talented recruiting classes on the way, the Wildcats will likely be the power of the Pac-12 for years to come.