in 2011, miner appeared at the pacific-10 men's basketball tournament, to be inducted into that conference's basketball hall of honor, and indicated he planned to attend the retirement of his jersey by usc later that year. he would later attend the retirement of his jersey by usc during half time of the game against ucla on january 15, 2012. miner tied his previous seclusion largely to his disappointment with his professional career. explaining his public reemergence, he said, "i guess i feel like i'm over it now. i've kind of purged my system and come to a point of accepting what happened with my career: that i wasn't able to live up to my own personal expectations."