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Miller a Standout at Utah on Court and in Class
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 11, 1999
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Andre Miller has made himself at home at Utah, becoming a four-year starter and earning almost ever possible honor.
He has also become what New Mexico coach Dave Bliss calls "one of the best point guards in the world."
For Miller, a kid from south Los Angeles, the transition to Utah, a school populated almost exclusively by white Mormons, took some work. It was a big change from high school, where Miller said everyone in his classes was either black or Hispanic.
"It was culture shock for me," Miller said. "To go from a classroom filled with black kids and Mexicans to a class where I'm the only black kid. I can't afford to miss class in Utah. I always go to class and sit up front. They always know when I'm not there."
So how did Miller end up in Utah? Simple, he said, no one else was interested in him.
"Nobody really recruited me coming out of high school," Miller said. "Nobody wanted to take a Prop 48 kid."
Rick Majerus took a chance on Miller, a good high school student who, despite attending classes and doing the required work, barely missed the minimum test scores required by the NCAA. Miller had to sit out his freshman year, but the gamble by Utah's coach has paid off.
Miller, a first-team AP All-American this year, averaged 15.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.8 assists a game.
But just as pleasing to Majerus is how the former Prop 48 player did academically. Miller became one of the first players to be granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA for graduating in four years.
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