(Photo: Alyssa Buruato/WCSN) GLENDALE — The location wasn’t new. The stage, however, was vastly different. Playing in front of 74,720 fans at State Farm Stadium was a long way from the 14,000-seat Desert Financial Arena in Tempe. Playing a Thursday 9 p.m. tip-off broadcasted on Pac-12 Insider against a fellow conference
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‘You have to love the game’: Inner workings of Division I men’s basketball Managers Games
(Photo courtesy: Manager Games/X) NCAA Basketball team managers, like the jobs they do, are versatile. No two managers look the same, possess the same desires, or have the same skills. In fact, there’s likely only one amalgamating characteristic amongst all college basketball managers who willingly allocate more than 50 hours a
Three Takeaways From ASU’s Pac-12 Tournament Loss Vs. Utah
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) The 2023-24 Arizona State men’s basketball season will be one that most fans will want to forget. The worst winning percentage in the eight seasons under head coach Bobby Hurley. One of the team’s most prolific scorers, graduate forward Jose Perez, quitting on the team with two games
Jose Perez-less Sun Devils to face Utah in First Round of Pac-12 Tournament
(Photo: Emma Jeanson/WCSN) After recording its worst regular season record under head coach Bobby Hurley, Arizona State men's basketball is getting set for the last-ever Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday. With the team's second-leading scorer, graduate Jose Perez, leaving the team due to personal reasons, March Madness has taken off in Tempe. Perez
The stars were out in LA as USC outshined ASU on Thursday
(Photo: Alyssa Buruato/WCSN) Arizona State men’s basketball and Southern California are in the bottom half of the Pac-12 standings, but the stars were shining in the City of Angels. Desert Financial Arena had Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray in attendance for the first half of the Territorial Cup last week, but that
ASU visits USC to begin its final road trip of the season
(Photo: Alyssa Buruato/WCSN) The first week of March serves as the final preparations for the ultimate push towards an NCAA Tournament berth. The facts are unmistakable: neither Arizona State men’s basketball (14-15, 8-10 Pac-12) nor USC (12-17, 6-12 Pac-12) are expecting an at-large bid into the postseason. That leaves one avenue
Sun Devil learn valuable lessons in loss to rival No. 6 Arizona
ASU teases second-half comeback multiple times, but never truly threatens No. 6 Arizona
(Photo: Sam Polgreen/WCSN) TEMPE — The hype in Desert Financial Arena was real with Arizona State basketball coming off its first ranked win of the season and No. 6 Arizona in town for the Territorial Cup, but that hope extinguished quickly. The start was heartwarming with guard Jose Perez and forward Alonzo
Sun Devils looking for revenge against rival No. 6 Arizona
(Photo: Sam Polgreen/WCSN) “You don't forget a loss like that,” junior guard Jamiya Neal said regarding his team's Feb. 17 loss at then-No. 5 Arizona. “It's humiliating, embarrassing unfortunate, obviously just off that loss alone we have to go out there and try to do better.” Arizona State men's basketball remembers the