2001-2002 ARIZONA STATE MEN's BASKETBALL December 27
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ASU 2001-2002 SCHEDULE 2001-2002 ARIZONA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL December 27, 2001 Date Opp. .................. Score/Time ********************************************************************************************************************** 11/17 Stephen F. Austin... W, 92-61 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (5-4) HOST ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT 11/20 Portland St...... L, 69-79 (OT) ASU’s all-time record in azcentral.com Hoops Classic is 56-12 (.824) 11/24 @BYU (KUSK) ........L, 70-82 11/27 UC-Riverside ......... W, 73-64 Fri., Dec. 28--azcentral.com Hoops Classic First Round 12/1 Prairie View A & M..W, 100-62 La.-Lafayette (5-4) vs. Northwestern (7-2) 6 p.m. Tempe No TV 12/4 Utah at America West Arena Canisius (1-5) vs. Arizona State (5-4) 8:30 p.m. Tempe Fox Sports Arizona (FSN)..................... W, 71-62 12/13 Montana St. at AWA W, 72-69 Sat., Dec. 29--azcentral.com Hoops Classic Consolation/Finals 12/20 @Oregon...............L, 90-103 Consolation Game 5:30 p.m. Tempe No TV 12/22 @Oregon St. (FSN) .L, 57-62 Championships 8 p.m. Tempe No TV 12/28 Canisius (FSAZ) All ASU games on radio in Phoenix on KFYI 550 AM. ASU Holiday Trn. ...........8:30 ********************************************************************************************************************** 12/29 Northwestern/La.-Lafayette ASU HOSTS HOLIDAY TOURNEY: The Arizona State men’s basketball team (5-4; 0-2 in Pac-10), under ASU Holiday Trn. ....5:30 or 8 fourth-year head coach Rob Evans, plays host to its annual holiday tournament, the azcentral.com Hoops 1/4 Oregon St. .....................6:30 Classic, this Friday (Dec. 28) and Saturday (Dec. 29) at Wells Fargo Arena. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-4) 1/6 Oregon ..........................6:30 takes on Northwestern (7-2) in the opening round at 6 p.m., while ASU takes on Canisius (1-5) in the 1/10 @Washington ............... 7 PT second game at 8:30 p.m. in a game televised by Fox Sports Net Arizona. Tom Dillon (play-by-play), Tim 1/12 @WSU (KUSK) ............ 3 PT Kempton (color) and former ASU player Sam Williams (sideline) have the call on the screen, while Tim 1/17 UCLA (FSAZ).................6:30 Healey has the radio call on the Sun Devil Radio Network with ASU Hall of Famer Lionel Hollins doing 1/19 USC (ABC) .........................4 color commentary. The azcentral.com Hoops Classic is in its 35th year in 2001 and is a joint effort of the Fiesta 1/23 Arizona (FSN)................8:30 Bowl, azcentral.com (the online edition of the Arizona Republic) and Arizona State University. Last year, 1/31 @Stanford ............... 7:30 PT Pepperdine, Ohio and Conference USA Tournament champion Charlotte visited ASU as 2001 NBA first-round 2/2 @California (FSAZ) ...... 7 PT draft picks Brandon Armstrong of Pepperdine and Rodney White of Charlotte competed in the event. Pepperdine 2/7 Washington State ..........6:30 won the title. 2/9 Washington (FSN) ..............4 Arizona State has won 25 of the 34 events (including nine of the past 12) including championship victories 2/14 @USC (KUSK) ........ 7:30 PT against Georgia, Texas, Northwestern, Detroit Mercy, Villanova, Vanderbilt, Eastern Michigan and Penn State. 2/16 @UCLA (ABC)........Noon PT ASU has advanced to the championship 26 of the past 27 years, and 31 of 34 overall (the only exceptions in 2/20 @Arizona (FSAZ) ..........7:30 1966, 1969 and 2000). ASU’s all-time record in the Tournament is 56-12 (.824). Next year, the 2002 Hoops 2/28 California (FSAZ) ...........6:30 Classic will feature Big 12 member Nebraska, University of California-Santa Barbara and Bucknell. 3/2 Stanford (FSN)....................4 ASU 1-0 against Canisius, winning 67-63 in 1962-63. The Sun Devils are 2-1 against Northwestern as ASU beat the Wildcats 81-62 in the 1991 Holiday Tournament. ASU is 1-1 against Louisiana-Lafayette, with the Pac-10 Tournament at Los Angeles teams last meeting in 1978-79. 3/7-9 Staples Center (FSN/CBS).....................TBA MORE TOURNAMENT NOTES: Through the years, the Classic has operated under six names, including the FSN: Fox Sports Net Sun Devil Classic (1963-’69 and 1974-’76), the Fiesta Classic (1977-’83), the Kactus Klassic (1984-’88), The FSAZ: Fox Sports Arizona Tribune Classic (1989-1997) and the Fiesta Bowl Classic (1998-2000). ASU’s annual tourney began in 1963 Rankings are AP week of game. and has run continuously since 1974. Times local to site and p.m. Over the last 34 Classics, a number of outstanding players from around the nation have competed in the Tempe tradition. Top names include 2001 NBA first-round draft picks Brandon Armstrong of Pepperdine and All games broadcast on Sun Devil Net- Rodney White of Charlotte, Kerry Kittles of Villanova, Earl Boykins of Eastern Michigan, Erick Dampier of work, which is KFYI 550 AM and XTRA Mississippi State, Rick Mount of Purdue, Greg Ballard of Oregon, current Houston Rocket head coach Rudy 910 AM in Phoenix. Games can also Tomjanovich of Michigan, Greg Anderson of Houston, Byron Larkin of Xavier, and Alec Kessler and Litterial be heard on the athletic department Green of Georgia. Sun Devils like Eddie House, Mario Bennett, Jumpin’ Joe Caldwell, Fat Lever, Lionel Hollins, website at www.thesundevils.com. Ron Riley and Byron Scott have all been chosen tournament MVPs. Current Sun Devils who have earned all- tournament honors include Shawn Redhage (2000) and Awvee Storey (1999). 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 and includes all men's basketball information. Page 2, ASU 2001-2002 Hoops...ASU is 21-3 (.875) under Evans when it shoots at least 50 percent (11-1 the past two seasons). ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS 2001-2002 ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes G 1 Jason Braxton Fr. 6-2/180 4.0 1.6* Top 50 recruit byThe Hoop Scoop/19.8 minutes and 16 steals F 2 Donnell Knight Jr. 6-7/200 4.9 3.0 12 points, 5-8 FGs, and 19 minutes off the bench vs. Utah on Dec. 4 G 3 Kyle Dodd Jr. 6-0/175 3.3 2.8* Has played in 70 games in three-year career/25.9 minutes per game last year F 4 Tommy Smith Jr. 6-10/215 12.2 5.1 Career-high 14 boards vs. PSU/12.9 ppg. in final 10 games last year F 11 Awvee Storey Sr. 6-6/225 9.0 5.1 Pac-10 top boarder last year at 9.1 pg/11 double-doubles in 2000-01 G 12 Kenny Crandall So. 6-3/195 6.8 2.0 Returns from Mormon Mission after averaging 28.4 minutes in 98-99 G 14 Curtis Millage Jr. 6-2/175 12.3 3.0 7 double-figure scoring games this year/18 points vs. Utah G 15 Tanner Shell So. 6-6/216 4.0 3.3 Out indefinitely for a leave of absence on Nov. 27/9.1 ppg. in Pac-10 in 99-00 G 20 Brad Nahra Sr. 6-4/217 1.4 0.9 7.8 ppg. and 20.0 minutes per game in final five contests last year C 22 Tyson Johnston Jr. 7-0/264 1.0 1.7 15 minutes vs. Utah on Dec. 4 G 23 Jonathan Howard So. 6-4/200 2.7 1.8 Local product from Phoenix Preparatory/18 games played last year F 24 Justin Allen So. 6-7/225 1.1 0.4 Redshirted last year as he battled Hodgkin's Disease/5 games played in '01-02 G 32 Brandon Goldman Jr. 5-9/165 0.5 0.0 Two-year walkon who has played in two games this year F-C 33 Chris Osborne Jr. 6-9/240 2.5 0.8 Wrist injury kept him on the sideline until Dec. 1 Prairie View A & M game F 42 Shawn Redhage Jr. 6-7/225 4.7 1.6 151-181 (.834) from the FT line in his career, best mark in ASU history F-C 52 Chad Prewitt Sr. 6-9/241 14.1 5.1 3 20-point games on year/hyperextended knee vs. PSU after 8 minutes * — denotes assists. Coach: Rob Evans Assistants: Russ Pennell, Tony Benford, Dan O'Dowd, Jeff Platt QUICK NOTES THROUGH MID-DECEMBER: Junior college transer ROB EVANS: Rob Evans (137-130/.513) is in his fourth season at Curtis Millage is averaging 14.3 points in the past four games, has 16 Arizona State in 2001-2002 (tenth overall) after being hired on April 7, steals on the year and leads the team in minutes per game at 1998. The 1997 SEC Coach of the Year spent six seasons at Ole 27.6...Awvee Storey earned his Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Miss, compiling an 86-81 (.515) record. He led the Rebels to a 42-16 with concentrations in communications and sociology at ASU's De- record in his final two seasons, winning two SEC West titles, and led cember commencement on Dec. 15...Shawn Redhage has made all Ole Miss to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1937- 12 of his free throws on the year...Chad Prewitt has three 20-point 38. The 55-year old Evans is a 1968 graduate of New Mexico State, games on the year...Jason Braxton has 16 steals through nine where he captained two NCAA Tournament teams, is a 1989 inductee games...Kyle Dodd has 25 assists and just six turnovers in 189 of the NMSU Athletic Hall of Fame and was named to the school's All- minutes...sophomore Kenny Crandall is 15-of-29 (.517) from the three- Time Basketball team.