(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) TEMPE — Following Arizona State men’s basketball’s victory over Southern Utah last Tuesday, head coach Bobby Hurley stressed the importance of ASU improving in three areas: rebounding, ball handling, and the defensive efforts as a whole. Four days later, the Sun Devils welcomed Utah Tech to Desert
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Despite the Win, ASU’s Paint Struggles Persist From Last Year
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) Usually when a team wins by 17 points, the head coach is pleased. That was far from the truth for Bobby Hurley and Arizona State men's basketball after its season opener against Southern Utah. The Sun Devils opened their season defeating the Thunderbirds 81-64 behind 17 points
Sun Devils cruise to season opening victory with 14 new players on the roster
ASU basketball building a new culture ahead of 2025-26 season
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) TEMPE – Arizona State men’s and women’s basketball teams are attempting to forge a strong foundation for the 2025-26 season and beyond. Neither program won more than four conference games in the Sun Devils' first year in the Big 12, and massive overhauls have followed. The men’s side
Molly Miller shares plans to turn around Sun Devil program
(Photo courtesy Sun Devil Athletics) PHOENIX – Arizona State officially introduced Molly Miller as its new women’s basketball head coach Wednesday afternoon at Papago Golf Club. Miller takes the ASU coaching job after a successful five-year stint across the Valley at Grand Canyon and is being tasked with returning Sun Devils women’s
ASU falls to Kansas State first round of Big 12 Tournament
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) After one of the most eventful seasons in recent memory, ASU men's basketball will not receive any glory within the confines of the Big 12. With the tournament approaching, ASU wasn’t exactly a sleeper team or an underdog. Due to their highly-restricted, injury-riddled and mentally torn roster, most expected
Sun Devils dominated by No. 9 Texas Tech on Senior Night, falling 85-57
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) The good, the bad, and the very ugly of Arizona State men's basketball's regular season has come to its end, concluding with one thing. Senior night. It's the last time Desert Financial Arena will see the likes of senior guard Alston Mason and senior forward Basheer Jihad line up in
Mason season high not enough in 113-100 loss to Arizona
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) The 2024-2025 ASU men's basketball season has been nothing short of a disaster. Few would have guessed that the Sun Devils, who had a 9-2 start, would be just a few games away from finishing last in the conference come season's end. After practically everything that could have gone
Despite loss, Freshman Trevor Best shines in his first real season action
(Photo: Maya Diaz/WCSN) TEMPE — On Feb. 23, it was revealed that senior forward BJ Freeman was dismissed from the team. On Wednesday, it was confirmed that freshman center Jayden Quaintance and senior guard Alston Mason would be out with an injury, making an already-slim Sun Devil rotation even slimmer. ASU men's
Depleted Sun Devils Fight For Hurley, Fall To No. 25 BYU
(Photo: Maya Diaz/WCSN) TEMPE — As "B-Y-U" chants rained late in the game onto the Desert Financial Arena floor in Tempe, drowning out any rebuttal from Arizona State basketball fans, it was a scene reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy. What had transpired was as dysfunctional a showing as was possible for