(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) It wasn’t a great display of basketball, especially in the second half, but No. 11 seeded ASU left no doubt it was the better team, defeating fellow No. 11 seed St John’s Red Storm 74-65 Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio. In the final “First Four” matchup of this year’s
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ASU Men’s Basketball: Pac-12 title hopes erased by Oregon in 2019 tournament’s most thrilling game yet
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) LAS VEGAS- In the first game of the 2019 Pac-12 tournament to go to overtime, the Oregon Ducks (22-12) came out victorious 79-75 over the Arizona State Sun Devils (22-10), ending ASU’s run at the program’s first-ever Pac-12 tournament title in the semifinals. “I thought it was an outstanding
ASU Men’s Basketball: Three Sun Devils Recognized for All-Pac-12 Honors
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils had three players named to the All-Pac-12 team as voted on by coaches in the conference, announced Monday by the Pac-12. Senior forward Zylan Cheatham was one of 10 players voted to the All-Pac-12 first team, and freshman guard Luguentz Dort along with sophomore
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils Earn First Sweep of Arizona in a Decade with 72-64 win
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils (21-9, 12-6 Pac-12) already had the two-seed in the Pac-12 locked up, they already achieved a 20-win season, but nevertheless played Arizona (17-14, 8-10) like it was their most important game of the season. In a sense it was, as the Sun Devils are
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils play two strong halves in decisive victory over Stanford
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) In a crowded Pac-12, each one of the Sun Devils final five regular season games loom large in determining seeding for the Pac-12 tournament. ASU (18-8, 9-5 Pac-12) certainly played like it Wednesday night, cruising to an 80-62 victory over the Stanford Cardinal (14-12, 7-7), avenging a 14-point loss
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils can’t overcome big night from Colorado backcourt
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils (16-8, 7-5 Pac-12) fell to the Colorado Buffaloes (15-9, 6-6) 77-73 Wednesday night, making them losers in two of their last three games. More than anything else, this matchup was defined by CU’s backcourt outperforming ASU’s. The Buffs were led by sophomore guard McKinley Wright
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils to face best and worst of Pac-12 with Washington schools
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) For the Arizona State Sun Devils (15-6, 6-3 Pac-12), it’s back to reality this weekend as they welcome in the Washington State Cougars (8-14, 1-8) and the Washington Huskies (18-4, 9-0) on Thursday and Saturday night, respectively. ASU will be coming off a deserved week of rest after defeating
ASU Men’s Basketball: Thrilling Territorial Cup ends with Sun Devils outplaying Wildcats in overtime, Hurley’s first coaching victory over Arizona
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Before the crowd of 14,731 showed up to Wells Fargo Arena, before ASU got to its pregame shootaround and even before the team got to watch film as it normally does before shootaround, coach Bobby Hurley was running sprints. “We’re on the court and we’re like ‘what’re we doing,
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils fall short in back-and-forth duel with Trojans
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) In a tightly contested 40-minute battle, the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-6, 5-3 Pac-12) were defeated by the USC Trojans (12-8, 5-2) 69-67 after freshman Luguentz Dort’s desperation three- taken with 0.6 seconds to shoot- missed off the backboard. USC senior Bennie Boatwright’s triple with 14 seconds to play
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils dominate Beavers early, hold on in the end to secure victory
(Photo: Alex Roddier/WCSN) Speaking to the media Tuesday, coach Bobby Hurley pinned his team’s defense as one of its strengths despite allowing 85 points to a mediocre Stanford team. Thursday night, it was defense that secured the victory for the Sun Devils (12-5, 3-2 Pac-12) in a 70-67 win over the Oregon