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CINCINNATI (AP) — Richard Pitino said he needed the right situation to come along for him to leave New Mexico.
He ended up getting one in an unlikely spot.
Pitino was introduced as Xavier’s new coach on Tuesday. With Xavier’s past track record of hiring coaches who were former assistants or who had ties to the program, Pitino thought his chances of getting a call from athletic director Greg Christopher would be slim until it happened last week.
“It always works out this way. You may have a list of some jobs you may think you may get a call on.

UConn forward Liam McNeeley told ESPN on Tuesday that he will declare for the 2025 NBA draft after a dazzling freshman campaign with the Huskies.
McNeeley was the Big East Freshman of the Year after averaging 14.5 points, six rebounds and 2.3 assists on 38.1% shooting from the field. He is the seventh player in program history to win the award, joining the likes of Stephon Castle, Rudy Gay and Khalid El-Amin.
The 6-foot-7 standout registered five 20-point games, including a career-high 38 points and 10 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range on Feb. 11.

UFC 316 will host two big title fights at 135 pounds. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Jeff Bottari via Getty Images

UFC 316 will showcase two big title fights when the promotion returns to Newark, New Jersey, in on June 7.
The promotion announced Tuesday that the reigning bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will headline the event in a rematch with Sean O’Malley at the Prudential Center. In the co-main event, the women’s bantamweight crown will also be on the line when Julianna Pena begins her second title reign with a defense against Kayla Harrison.

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring their second goal – Reuters/David Klein
After waiting 101 days to play a match of competitive football again, it took Bukayo Saka only seven minutes of action to make a decisive mark. This is what big players do, seizing the moment when all eyes are on them, and at Arsenal there is no player bigger than the academy graduate who has become a world-class attacker.
In the eyes of Arsenal’s supporters, there is not a footballing star who can shine as brightly as the England winger.