ASU Men’s Basketball: On Diogu’s night, Heath and Graham illuminate bright spots in blowout loss

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) An Arizona State men’s basketball legend was honored at halftime of Saturday night’s game against Colorado, and rightfully so. Ike Diogu’s career as a Sun Devil spanned three seasons in Tempe, the first of which having started nearly two decades ago. As a freshman, Diogu skimmed just below a 20

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils lose lead in closing moments

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Arizona State Men’s Basketball’s three consecutive wins heading into Sunday night's game against San Francisco were decided by mere margins. Down 63-60 against the Dons entering crunch-time, a win or loss was primed to conclude in similarly tight fashion. On the butt of back-to-back buckets from sophomore guards DJ

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils takes intense intracity battle over Lopes, 67-62

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) From start to finish, the atmosphere at Desert Financial Arena was electric. It wasn’t a traditional rivalry, but it might as well have been. Amped by 11,391 fans, the decibel levels Thursday night reached unfamiliar heights, even for senior forward Kimani Lawrence who has competed for nearly half a

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils look to snap skid against Oregon

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Pac-12 Conference play in college basketball has barely begun. Some teams have faced their first conference opponent. Others haven’t. But there is one thing all the conference’s squads do share thus far: growing pains. For Arizona State Men's Basketball (2-6, Pac-12 0-1) and Oregon (5-3, Pac-12 0-0) in particular,

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils blown out, finish last at Battle4Atlantis Tourney

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Battle4Atlantis Tournament's grand finale was not its championship matchup between Baylor and Michigan State. The Bears’ victory opened the third day of play on Friday. Instead, it was a showdown between two defeated teams desperately determined for a victory to close out their time in Nassau: Arizona State

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils fall to Syracuse 92-84 despite late surge

(Photo: Dom Contini/WCSN) Down 84-71 with 3:32 remaining, Arizona State Men's Basketball head coach Bobby Hurley removed the lid on Pandora’s box. Looking to mount a comeback, he opted to exchange twos at the stripe for three-pointers on the Sun Devils' end of the floor. Syracuse’s junior center Jesse Edwards received the first

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils test reigning champs Baylor, lose 75-63

(Photo: Dom Contini/WCSN) Arizona State Men's Basketball (2-3) dropped its first matchup in the Battle4Atlantis Tournament, but in digestible fashion to heavily favored Baylor (5-0), who came in as the defending national champions. With the Bears coming into the contest ranked No. 6 in the country and winning each of their first

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils look to close out year with Thanksgiving weekend statement

(Photo: Brendan Belfield/WCSN) This season has been rough on head coach Sanja Tomasevic and the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-15, 7-11 Pac-12). After starting 1-6 through the first seven matches of conference play, ASU finally sparked hope for Sun Devil fans, rushing past five straight opponents, three of which remain within the