Men’s Basketball

While most of us spent the weekend enjoying turkey and stuffing, the Arizona State basketball team had little time to relax. The Sun Devils competed in the Las Vegas Invitational and played the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Creighton Jays over the holiday break. On Friday evening, Carrick Felix led a spirited

Arizona State (3-0) will meet the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-0) in a matchup of undefeated teams Friday afternoon at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. ASU barely slipped by Cornell Tuesday night in a game much closer than the scoreboard showed. Poor perimeter shooting and shot selection by the Sun Devils allowed

Tuesday night’s bout between the Sun Devils and Cornell was a tale of two halves. In the first half, the Sun Devils shot an abysmal 16.7 percent from behind the arc, and were trailing by three points at the break. However, in the second half the Sun Devils emerged as a different

For power conference schools, games at the beginning of the basketball season are most often reserved for weaker opponents. These opponents are specifically scheduled for early year play to help jump start a team as they gather their bearings. Although a hitch in the get-along is expected here and there,

If you would have told me that ASU would have five guys with double-digit points in each of their first two games I would have put money down against it. However, the Sun Devils completed that task in their 97-70 win against Florida A&M. “If you can get five guys

Coming into the 2012-2013 season, the biggest question mark surrounding the Sun Devils was post play. In his final 13 games last season, Sun Devil center Jordan Bachynski averaged over 10 points per game. Despite his play, many critics doubted the stat lines and considered Bachynski’s play an aberration. If last Saturday

Jordan Bachynski recorded a school record nine blocks along with a double-double as Arizona State defeated Central Arkansas 79-64 in the season opener Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. The Sun Devils pulled out to an early 11-2 lead, but the Bears slowly chipped away to tie the game at 29

ASU basketball alumnus James Harden is fitting right in with the Houston Rockets. Harden led all scorers with 32 points-per-game entering Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Despite the Rockets 2-2 record to start the season, Harden has flourished in Houston. In his season debut, the shooting guard dropped 37

There’s something to be said for a clean slate. On Saturday evening, Arizona State gets the chance to remove the 10-21 record that accompanied them throughout the offseason and write a new chapter in the history books. This chapter promises tales of a local superhero saving a program in despair, epics

Head basketball coach Herb Sendek had his weekly press conference on Tuesday and talked about the team’s preparation for their season opening game against Central Arkansas, as well as their preparation going forward. The team had two exhibition matches in San Diego last week that were not open to the media,