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ASU 2010-2011 SCHEDULE Date Opp. (TV) ........................ Score/Time 11/16 @New Mexico (Versus) ....... L, 62-76 11/20 UAB (FS AZ WEB) ..............W, 69-66 11/25 Hous. Bapt. (Alaska/FSAZ) W, 73-55 ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/26 Weber St. (Alaska/FSAZ) ...W, 59-58 SUN DEVILS (7-4) OPEN PAC-10 PLAY ON THE ROAD IN OREGON 11/27 St. John's (Alaska/FSAZ) ..... L, 58-67 Thur., Dec. 30 - @Oregon State 7:30 p.m. PT/FSAZ/620 AM Corvallis, Ore. 12/2 @ #11 Baylor (ESPN2) ........ L, 54-68 Sat., Jan. 1 - @Oregon 7 p.m. PT/KTAR AM Eugene, Ore. 12/5 Richmond (FSAZ) ................. L, 61-67 ************************************************************************************************************************ 12/11 Gardner-Webb .....................W, 71-48 75-38 (.664) PAST FOUR SEASONS: The Arizona State's men's hoops team (7-4), the only Pac-10 team to 12/17 @Nevada (ESPNU) ............W, 78-75 post 20 wins in each of the past three seasons, opens Pac-10 play at Oregon State on Thursday, Dec. 30, 12/21 Long Beach State (FSAZ) .. W, 72-55 in a 7:30 p.m. PT tilt (FOX Sports Arizona/KTAR 620 AM) and then play at Oregon on Saturday, Jan. 1, at 7 12/23 NC A&T (FSAZ) ...................W, 56-50 p.m. PT. The Sun Devils are in their fifth season under 2009-10 Pac-10 Coach of the Year Herb Sendek and 12/30 @Oregon St. (FSAZ) ............7:30 PT return three senior starters and five total lettermen from last year's second-place Pac-10 team which finished 1/1 @Oregon ..................................... 7 PT 22-11, marking the first time ASU has posted three straight 20-win seasons since JFK was President. ASU 1/6 Stanford (FSAZ) .................... 6:30 MT finished second in the Pac-10 (12-6) for the first time since 1980-81 after being picked for seventh in the 1/8 California (FSN) ...................12:30 MT preseason media poll and tenth by Sporting News. After posting just three 20-win seasons in the previous 1/12 Tulsa (FSAZ) ......................... 6:30 MT 25 seasons, ASU has posted three straight 20-win seasons under Herb Sendek in his four years. ASU was 1/15 @Arizona (FSN) .................12:30 MT 8-22 in Coach Sendek's first year (2006-2007), but is 75-38 (.664) in past four years and giving up just 60.8 1/20 @Washington State ................... 7 PT ppg. in his 141 games as the Sun Devil coach. Although ASU does open on the road to begin the loop, it 1/22 @Washington (FSN) .................. 1 PT is 14-13 (.519) in Pac-10 roadies the past three seasons, second-best in the league. ASU is 2-2 in Pac-10 1/27 USC ........................................ 6:30 MT openers under Herb Sendek, after going 3-15 in the previous 18 seasons. 1/29 UCLA (CBS) .......................... 1:30 MT 2/3 @California (FSN) ...................... 8 PT AWAY FROM HOME: The first six games of the year for the Sun Devils had them playing at home just once, 2/5 @Stanford (FSAZ) ..................... 3 PT a 69-66 win over UAB on Nov. 20. Among major conference teams, only ASU and Virginia Tech played just 2/13 Arizona (FSN) ..............................7 MT one home game in their first six contests. ASU also was the last major college team to play just one home 2/17 Washington ............................ 6:30 MT game, as its second home game wasn't until Dec. 5, a 67-61 loss to Richmond. To date ASU has played 2/19 Washington St. (FSAZ) ...... Noon MT three road games, three neutral games and five home games.Among Pac-10 teams, only Stanford and ASU 2/24 @UCLA (FSN) ............................ 8 PT have played just five home games. 2/26 @USC (FSAZ) .......................4:30 PT 3/3 Oregon (TV TBD) .........................TBD 5 FULL DAYS BEFORE GAMEDAY: The Sun Devils, who last played on Dec. 23, are 14-3 (.824) in the past 3/5 Oregon State (TV TBD) ..............TBD four years when Herb Sendek and his staff have at least five full days in between games, with seven of the wins coming against teams that would make the NCAA Tournament in that same season. Included in the WINNERS WHEN CLOSE: ASU wins in 2009-10 were wins over MWC Tournament champion San Diego State (on a five-game win streak at is 20-11 (.645) in games games the time last December), a home win over Pac-10 Tournament champion and then No. 24 Washington and decided by six points or less/OT a road win at Arizona. In 2008-09 the five-day layoff wins included ASU's first NCAA Tournament win since in the past four seasons, includ- 2003 (over Temple), a win over Arizona who entered the game on a seven-game win streak and a neutral ing a 4-1 mark this year. ASU is site win over a 10-0 BYU team. In 2007-08, the wins included ASU's first win in Tucson in 13 seasons, an 3-0 this year in games of three overtime win at California in which ASU was playing as a ranked team for the first time in 13 seasons and a points or less. 22-point win over #17 Xavier in December of 2007 that is the school's largest victory margin over a ranked opponent in ASU history. PAC-10 LEAGUE RECORDS (2007-10/Past Three Seasons) THE ROAD: Some say it is the great preparation. Maybe it had something to do with having two NBA draft 1. UCLA, 37-17/.685 picks two years ago. Some of it had to do with Derek Glasser being the school's best free throw shooter. 2. Arizona State, 32-22/.593 Whatever it is, Coach Herb Sendek has turned ASU into a solid road team. ASU is the only league team to 2. Washington, 32-22/.593 post a winning road record in league tilts in each of the past two seasons, as it has gone 5-4 in each season. 4. California, 30-24/.556 Over the past three seasons, ASU (14-13) and UCLA (17-10) are the only two schools with a winning road 5. USC, 28-26/.519 record in league tilts. 6. Arizona, 27-27/.500 7. Stanford, 26-28/.481 CLUTCH FREE THROWS ON ROAD: ASU has won 16 road games in the past four seasons, and a big 8. WSU, 25-29/.463 reason why is the clutch free throw shooting of seniors Rihards Kuksiks and Ty Abbott. Kuksiks is now 28- 9. Oregon, 18-36/.333 of-34 (.824) from the charity stripe in road games, while Abbott is 43-of-52 (.827). 10. Oregon State, 15-39/.278 ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-965- 5799 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, ASU 2010-11 MEN'S HOOPS...ASU's 32-22 (.593) Pac-10 mark in past three seasons is tied for second in the league. 2010-2011 SUN DEVIL MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes F-G 0 Carrick Felix So. 6-6/196 2.1 0.8 Athletic wing from College of Southern Utah/8.2 minutes per game in first 11 tilts G 1 Corey Hawkins Fr. 6-1/196 0.4 0.7 No Arizona prep player scored more than Hawkins, who had 3,164 career points G 2 Brandon Dunson Jr. 6-1/181 1.6 0.3 Quick southpaw/JC transfer/6-7 wingspan/6 pts in four 2nd half minutes @Nevada G 3 Ty Abbott Sr. 6-3/205 12.8 3.1 First-Team All-Pac-10/224 career-3 bombs/1099 career points in 111 career games F 5 Kyle Cain Fr. 6-7/210 8.5 8.5 Southpaw who comes to ASU via prep school route/17 boards vs. Hous. Baptist G 10 Jamelle McMillan Sr. 6-2/180 6.1 4.7a Son of Trail Blazer coach Nate McMillan/105 career games and 61 career starts G 11 William Young Fr. 5-9/165 --- -- Walk-on freshman guard from Houston, Texas C 13 Jordan Bachynski Fr. 7-2/245 1.7 1.7 Southpaw and active big man coming of LDS Mission in Miami, Fla. G-F 15 Chanse Creekmur Fr. 6-5/216 2.3 1.7 Iowa scoring machine has been on campus since early June G 21 Keala King Fr. 6-4/201 3.4 2.5 No. 26 in final Rivals.com rankings from last year/14.4 minutes per game F 22 Michael Atwater Fr. 6-5/189 -- -- Walkon from Lakewood, Calif. C 23 Ruslan Pateev So. 7-0/240 2.5 1.8 Moscow native became 3rd 7-footer @ASU/20 games in 09-10/22 career blocks G 24 Trent Lockett So. 6-4/210 14.7 6.5 Earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors in 2009-10/19 career double-fig scoring games G 25 Marcus Jackson So. 6-1/183 -- -- Sacramento native is a walk-on who has earned scholarship for 2010-11 F 30 Rihards Kuksiks Sr. 6-6/206 11.5 2.8 242 career three-pointers in 105 games/.436 from 3-point land in 2009-10 F 33 David Whitmore F 6-6/215 -- -- Local walkon from Corona del Sol in Tempe who is member of Honors College F 40 Adam Boone G 6-5/210 -- -- Walkon from San Francisco who is member of Honors College Head Coach: Herb Sendek /337-218 (.607)/18th season/19.4 wins per year/7 NCAA appearances/8 NIT appearances Associate Head Coach: Dedrique Taylor Assistant Coaches: Scott Pera, Lamont Smith Operations: Robert Spence RIK SHOOTING IT WELL: Senior Rihards Kuksiks is now 27-of-57 HERB PAC-10 NOTE: Last season's second -place Pac-10 finish (.474) from the three-point stripe in the past eight games.