(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
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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
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 give it their all to overcome No.21 Washington State
(Photo: Emma Jeanson/WCSN) With three minutes and 45 seconds to play, graduate forward Alonzo Gaffney pinned the layup of Washington State guard Myles Rice, followed by a quick outlet pass to junior Adam Miller who finished a reverse layup in transition to put Arizona State men's basketball ahead 64-55 over the
Close, But Not Enough: The last plays of Arizona State vs. Washington broken down
(Photo: Emma Jeanson/WCSN) What occurred in Desert Financial Arena Thursday night was nothing short of historic. Arizona State men’s basketball (13-14, 7-9 Pac-12) managed to erase a 21-point deficit at halftime against Washington (15-12, 7-9 Pac-12). Washington had stunned the Tempe crowd into silence at halftime. By the end of regular time,
ASU returns home to face Washington after historically-bad Territorial Cup loss
(Photo: Evan Barcanic/WCSN) Arizona State men’s basketball comes back home after one of the most humiliating losses in program history. The Sun Devils had some confidence after two consecutive wins — something they had not done since early January — against Utah and Oregon State, but reality slapped them in the face
Arizona State and No. 5 Arizona renew rivalry in Tucson
(Photo: Alyssa Buruato/WCSN) Just last season in February of 2023, the then No. 7 ranked Arizona Wildcats welcomed an unranked Arizona State squad to the famed McKale Center in Tuscon. Rankings and numbers suggested they would dominate the game at home. With time expiring of a back-and-forth contest then Sun Devil
Neal scores career-high 21 as Sun Devils defeat Beavers
(Photo: Nick Karmia/WCSN) A defining theme of Arizona State men’s basketball's 2023-24 season has been head coach Bobby Hurley’s propensity to change the lineup. For the bulk of the year, Hurley was riding with a four-guard lineup that featured senior forward Alonzo Gaffney at the five spot. But recently, likely due