However all was settled under a practice gym basket well after the game as ESPN camera crews caught the coaches talking their issues out.

As the head coach at Marquette, O'Neill led the then-Warriors to two 20+ win seasons, two NCAA tournament appearances, and a Great Midwest Conference Championship.

[citation needed] The McGill University graduate returned to Canada in June 2003 as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors.

[3] On May 1, 2007, it was announced that O'Neill would replace Jim Rosborough as the assistant coach to Hall of Famer Lute Olson at the University of Arizona.

[4] O'Neill was an assistant under Olson during Arizona's rise to national prominence in the 1980s, and used it as a launching board to attain his first major head coaching position at Marquette.

He cited personal family reasons that required his immediate attention; the next day, his attorney revealed that Olson had filed for divorce from his second wife.

[11] After spending the spring and summer preparing for the upcoming season, Olson abruptly and unexpectedly announced his permanent retirement from the Arizona basketball program in October 2008; his personal physician cited health concerns as the reason.

Much of this speculation was due to the fact that O'Neill sold his Los Angeles home, and relocated to Coronado, CA, which is located over 125 miles away from USC.

[18] On January 14, 2013 Pat Haden, USC Athletic Director, announced that O'Neill had been relieved of his duties at the university after beginning the season 7–10 (2–2 Pac-12).