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ASU Men’s Basketball: New-look Sun Devils open the season against Chicago State

by Kristina Vicario - November 14, 2014November 14, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) The Arizona State men’s basketball team will open its season Friday at 8 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena against the Chicago State Cougars, a team that went 13-19 last season. The Cougars belong to the Western Athletic Conference where they finished in fourth place and lost in the quarterfinals

2014-15 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Preview: The Top Four

by Kristina Vicario - November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) For season previews of Nos. 9-12, click here. For season previews of Nos. 5-8, click here. Leading the Pac-12 are four schools who reeled in the wins last season. All four teams posted a solid 2013-14 overall record, with Arizona clearly dominating in both overall record and conference record. Utah

2014-15 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Preview: The middle-third

by Zane Hopen - November 12, 2014November 13, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) For season previews of Nos. 1-4, click here. For season previews of Nos. 9-12, click here. The Pac-12 is wide-open, and that means every team not from Tucson has a shot to be a contender. Some are calling this season a subpar year in the conference with no truly elite

2014-15 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Preview: The bottom four

by Zac Pacleb - November 11, 2014November 13, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) For season previews of Nos. 1-4, click here. For season previews of No.s 5-8, click here. In lieu of the Pac-12 media preseason rankings being released, WCSN will be previewing every team in the conference, starting with the predicted bottom-feeders. These four schools are the teams who lost more than the

ASU Men’s Basketball: Herb Sendek preseason press conference

by Adriana Torres - November 10, 2014

(Photo: Adriana Torres/WCSN) Arizona State men's basketball head coach Herb Sendek previews the season in his preseason presser.

ASU Men’s Basketball: Maroon & Gold scrimmage player grades

by WCSN Basketball - November 8, 2014November 8, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) The Arizona State men's basketball team held their annual Maroon & Gold scrimmage in Wells Fargo Arena. With a solid crowd on hand, both teams competed well and eventually, the gold team came out on top, 63-58. That being said, head coach Herb Sendek mixed up the rosters

ASU Men’s Basketball: Freshman Tra Holder ready to take on the role of point guard

by Zac Pacleb - October 30, 2014October 30, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) A “true” point guard. The title is an understated byproduct of modern-day basketball that is littered with shoot-first, pass-later ball handlers. Whether the trend stems from the success of current pros like Russell Westbrook and James Harden, or even from the aftershocks of NBA great Allen Iverson’s prime, smaller

ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devil freshman guard Kodi Justice trying to live up to his nickname

by Zane Hopen - October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

(Photo: ASU athletics) Most athletes would prefer not to be compared to someone else. They would rather be their own player, play their own game and not have to worry about living up to some hype placed on them by someone else. Others embrace the comparisons. They enjoy being viewed as a

ASU Men’s Basketball: Point guard battle

by WCSN Basketball - October 15, 2014November 8, 2014

WCSN reporters Jake Gadon and Zane Hopen break down the position battle at the point guard position with the departure of Jahii Carson.

ASU Men’s Basketball: New Sun Devil Connor MacDougall revels in the progress

by Kristina Vicario - October 13, 2014October 14, 2014

(Photo: coronahoops.com) It’s almost second nature. The game. An automatic response programed into college-level players when asked what is most important to them. Once they take that college court for the first time, and can see their futures in the reflections of their massive bodies on the hardwood, the game becomes