Jahii Carson could be getting some more help in the Arizona State back court next season. A college basketball insider for CBS Sports tweeted Wednesday that Penn State guard Jermaine Marshall is looking for a new school and Arizona State is in the mix. North Carolina, Creighton, Florida State, + Arizona State are all in […]
Exactly a year ago, there weren’t many NBA people thinking about Arizona State forward Carrick Felix as a prospect to play in the league. The 6-foot-6 forward had just got done with a junior season in which he averaged 10 points and four rebounds per game and shooting 42 percent from the field for a […]
After crisscrossing the country for the last several weeks, Carrick Felix returned home Saturday. The former ASU Sun Devil worked out for the Suns with a group of perimeter players that included Reggie Bullock (North Carolina), Elias Harris (Gonzaga), Solomon Hill (UA), James Southerland (Syracuse) and Brandon Triche (Syracuse). “It’s been long. It’s been tiring. […]
The start of college football season is still months away, but the business of creating predictions and lists never ends. Matt Hayes of Sporting News has put out his list of the Top 25 college football players in the nation for 2013, and dominant Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton ranks sixth. Writes Hayes: The […]
It’s official: Notre Dame will be visiting Tempe to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2014. ASU athletic director Steve Patterson said in a statement that the schools were able to come to an agreement that will keep the game on the schedule after months of reports saying the Fighting Irish were looking […]
A lot of folks are high on the Arizona State Sun Devils heading into the 2013 season. Guess that’s what happens when you, following an 8-5 campaign, return with your starting quarterback, a stable of excellent running backs and one of the best defenses in the conference. Entering Todd Graham’s second season as head coach, […]
Arizona State University has itself quite a player in Jahii Carson. A freshman last season, Carson averaged 18.5 points and 5.1 assists per game on the way to being Co-Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. He helped the Sun Devils to 22 wins and a spot on the NCAA Tournament bubble, and while the team is […]
In an effort to strengthen it’s non-conference schedule, ASU basketball has finalized a home-and-home series with the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels. The Sun Devils will visit UNLV, an NCAA Tournament team each of the last four years and six of the past seven seasons, on November 19. Head coach Dave Rice will then bring his club […]
Near as anyone can tell, Arizona State would still like to host Notre Dame at Sun Devil Stadium in 2014, yet the Fighting Irish have little interest in taking on the Sun Devils. However, that issue is not yet officially settled, meaning there is still some negotiating to be done and some conversations to be […]
I admit it…I’m a college football junkie. Now granted, I’d make some gigantic changes to it if I had the chance — like a uniform number of conference games for all, outlawing Boise State’s blue turf and yes, playoffs — but it’s become my favorite sport. So when I see college football preview magazines on […]
The Pac-12 Network began broadcasting on August 15, 2012, but not one thing they’ve produced has been seen by anyone who is a subscriber of DirecTV. A deal was not — and has not been — reached between the two parties, meaning millions of fans are unable to watch the games and partake in the […]
With college football season just three months away, ESPN announced its eight-game Pac-12 television schedule Wednesday. Arizona State, coming off of an eight-win season and a bowl victory, will appear on ESPN or ESPN2 at least twice in the 2013 season. Saturday, September 24, the Sun Devils’ home game against the Wisconsin Badgers will hit […]
Arizona State senior offensive lineman Kody Koebensky was one of 44 players named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top center. Koebensky started all 13 games last season for a Sun Devil team that finished 8-5 and won a bowl game for the first time since […]
If you play a college or pro sport, you’re obviously an athlete. But does that alone make a person “athletic?” Athleticism is a term thrown around a lot in sports these days, but Bruce Feldman of CBSSports.com has done some work in defining what makes some college football players “athletic freaks.” Feldman put together his […]
Arizona State’s Carrick Felix does not figure to be a first-round pick in next month’s NBA Draft, but many experts believe he will be selected at some point. Coming off a season in which he averaged 14.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, the Sun Devil is using the […]
During his playing career at Arizona State, Andrew Walter made quite an impression. In three years as the Sun Devils’ starting quarterback, Walter helped ASU to a 22-16 record, and finished his career as the Pac-10’s all-time leader in touchdown passes with 85. Now, he’s trying to make an impact on the state in a […]
Much has been made about Notre Dame’s apparent desire to remove a visit to Arizona State from its 2014 football schedule. The Sun Devils, naturally, are not pleased with the idea. After all, losing a big game like the one against the Fighting Irish would be bad enough, but it would be a struggle to […]
Weber State University announced Tuesday that they’ve added a non-conference football game with Arizona State to open the 2014 season. The matchup will be the first ever between the two schools and will take place Thursday, August 28, 2014. The Wildcats play in the Big Sky Conference, and the game against the Sun Devils will […]
According to ESPN, Arizona State guard Evan Gordon has decided to leave the program. Devils Digest tweeted Gordon has opted to transfer to a school closer to home after playing one season with the Devils. Sendek said that Evan Gordon will be leaving the program to go back home to Indiana — Devils Digest (@DevilsDigest) […]
The fans have spoken, and now Arizona State University finally has its updated mascot. It puts an end to a saga that began on March 1, when the school unveiled a redesigned Sparky, much to the dismay of many students, fans and alumni. So, less than three weeks later the school decided to scrap the […]
Momentum can be a fickle thing in sports. But it is real. Following a season in which they went 8-5 and won a bowl game, it would be fair to believe the Arizona State Sun Devils are riding some positive momentum in their own right. A guest of Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Tuesday, […]
Eric Musselman has a new job title. According to CBSSports’ Gary Parrish, the Arizona State assistant has been promoted to associate head coach. Musselman, who has been a head coach in the NBA, has been part of Herb Sendek’s staff since September 2012. He quickly earned a reputation for being an excellent teacher who players […]
For years, the Pac-10 conference was a true football round-robin. With 12 games on each team’s schedule, three were against non-conference opponents while the remaining nine came against conference competition. It was simple, and there was never really any bickering about whom the conference champion was despite the lack of a conference championship game. In […]
Last month, Arizona State Sun Devils point guard Jahii Carson decided to forgo the NBA Draft and continue his collegiate career with the Sun Devils. For ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, Carson’s return after a stellar freshman campaign spells a preseason Top 25 ranking for ASU. “Jahii Carson is a super soph who deserves […]
“They’re going to miss out on a hell of a player.” Those are the words of former Arizona State linebacker Brandon Magee, who went undrafted over the weekend but was not out of work for very long. The Dallas Cowboys offered Magee a $70,000 signing bonus to head to Arlington. He accepted, and now is […]
After a four-year absence, the Arizona State football program returned to iconic Camp Tontozona as part of their 2012 training camp. This year, the team’s stay at the facility east of Payson will be extended. The Sun Devils will practice at Camp T from Monday, August 12 through a camp-ending scrimmage on Saturday, August 17. […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils did not enter the 2012 with much in the way of expectations. In fact, they were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 South during media day last year. Sure, everyone hoped they’d be better under new coach Todd Graham than they were with Dennis Erickson at the helm, but […]
The Arizona schools might have been shut out of the NFL Draft for the first time since 1963, but that doesn’t mean some of the programs’ notable players won’t have a chance to make an NFL team. In fact, some have already taken to Twitter to announce where they’ll be headed. Brandon Magee, LB, ASU […]
The 2013 NFL Draft is officially in the books, and while Steve Keim and Bruce Arians might be happy with their nine overall selections, the feeling is probably not felt statewide. Neither Arizona nor Arizona State had a prospect selected by an NFL team from Thursday-Saturday. The Sun Devils (linebacker Brandon Magee, safety Keelan Johnson […]
Tuesday morning, while announcing the official move of Arizona State baseball to Phoenix Municipal Stadium effective 2015, university president Dr. Michael Crow spoke on another Sun Devil sports subject. That subject was the talked about — but not finalized — plan to renovate Sun Devil Stadium, ASU’s football home since 1958. “And while Sun Devil […]
