SUN DEVIL WBB NCAA NOTES • The Sun Devil women’s ASU’s NCAA Tournament History (17-14) basketball program is mak- ing its 15th appearance Year Region/Opponent Seed/Result Location Record in the NCAA Tournament 1982 Midwest No. 4 1-1 (12th under the direc- vs. #5 Georgia W, 97-77 TEMPE tion of head coach Charli at #1 La. Tech L, 54-92 Ruston, La. Turner Thorne). ASU’s 1983 West No. 4 1-1 overall NCAA record is vs. #5 Utah W, 78-64 TEMPE 17-14 (15-11 record under vs. #1 USC L, 59-96 Los Angeles Turner Thorne). ASU has 1992 Midwest No. 6 0-1 advanced past the first at #11 DePaul L, 65-67 Chicago two rounds four times dur- 2001 Mideast No. 11 0-1 ing Turner Thorne’s tenure vs. #6 LSU L, 66-83 West Lafayette, Ind. (‘05, ‘07, ‘09, ‘15). 2002 Midwest No. 9 1-1 • The Sun Devils have advanced as far as the Elite Eight on two occa- vs. #8 Wisconsin W, 73-70 Nashville, Tenn. sions (2007 and 2009). ASU has won at least one game in nine of its last 10 tournament NCAA appearances (2002, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, at #1 Vanderbilt L, 35-61 Nashville, Tenn. ‘14, ‘15, ‘16). 2005 Tempe No. 5 2-1 • ASU’s No. 2 seed in 2016 represented its highest in program his- vs. #12 E. Kentucky W, 87-65 Fresno, Calif. tory. Prior to 2016 the highest seed it ever received was No. 3 (2007, vs. #4 Notre Dame W, 70-61 Fresno, Calif. 2015). The Sun Devils defeated No. 15 New Mexico State at home vs. #1 North Carolina L, 72-79 TEMPE before being upset by No. 7 Tennessee in the second round. 2006 Albuquerque No. 4 1-1 • Prior to its first Elite Eight berth in 2007, the furthest ASU had vs. #13 Stephen F. Austin W, 80-61 Tucson, Ariz. reached was the round of 16 (1982, 1983 and 2005). In both 1982 vs. #5 Utah L, 65-86 Tucson, Ariz. and `83, ASU (No. 4 seed both years) lost to the eventual national 2007 Greensboro No. 3 3-1 champion in the round of 16 (Louisiana Tech in 1982 and USC in vs. #14 UC Riverside W, 57-50 Los Angeles 1983). vs. #6 Louisville W, 67-58 Los Angeles • ASU’s first NCAA appearance in the Turner Thorne era came in vs. #7 Bowling Green W, 67-49 Greensboro, N.C. 2001. As the No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region, the Sun Devils fell to vs. #4 Rutgers L, 45-64 Greensboro, N.C. No. 6 LSU in the first round. Turner Thorne earned her first victory in 2008 Oklahoma City No. 6 1-1 the NCAA Tournament in 2002 after the Sun Devils (No. 9) defeated vs. #11 Temple W, 61-54 College Park, Md. Wisconsin (No. 8) in the first round of the Midwest sub-regional, 73- 70. ASU would fall to the top seed, Vanderbilt, in the second round, vs. #3 Duke L, 59-67 College Park, Md. 61-35. 2009 Trenton No. 6 3-1 • As the No. 5 seed in the Tempe Region in 2005 ASU advanced to vs. #11 Georgia W, 58-47 Duluth, Ga. the Sweet 16 for the first time in 22 years after defeating No. 4 seed vs. #3 Florida State W, 63-58 Duluth, Ga. Notre Dame, 70-61. In that game ASU overcame a 13-point, first-half vs. #2 Texas A&M W, 84-69 Trenton, N.J. deficit. In the Sweet 16 against North Carolina, ASU led by as many vs. #1 UConn L, 64-83 Trenton, N.J. as 10 points and was within two points, 62-60, with 9:29 remaining 2011 Dayton No. 7 0-1 before the Tar Heels closed out the game with a 17-12 run. vs. #10 Temple L, 45-63 Salt Lake City • As a No. 4 seed in 2006 ASU defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first 2014 South Bend No. 9 1-1 round in Tucson (80-61) before falling to No. 5 Utah (86-65). vs. #8 Vanderbilt W, 69-61 Toledo, Ohio • ASU earned a No. 3 seed in the Greensboro Region in 2007 and vs. #1 Notre Dame L, 67-84 Toledo, Ohio advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history on its 2015 Greensboro No. 3 2-1 way to posting a school record 31 wins. ASU denied the upset bids vs. #14 Ohio W, 74-55 TEMPE of No. 14 Riverside (first round) and No. 6 Louisville (second round), vs. #11 UALR W, 57-54 TEMPE overcoming double-digit deficits in the final 10 minutes of both vs. #2 Florida State L, 65-66 Greensboro, N.C. games before defeating Bowling Green (67-49) in the Sweet 16. ASU’s season ended with a 64-45 loss to Rutgers in the regional final. 2016 Sioux Falls No. 2 1-1 • As a No. 6 seed in 2008, ASU defeated Temple (61-54) in the first vs. #15 New Mexico State W, 74-52 TEMPE round before bowing out with a 67-59 loss to Duke (No. 3 seed). vs. #7 Tennessee L, 64-75 TEMPE • In 2009, ASU (a No. 6 seed in the Trenton Region) earned its second 2017 Stockton No. 8 0-0 Elite Eight berth in three years. ASU defeated No. 11 Georgia and No. vs. #9 Michigan State Friday Columbia, S.C. 3 Florida State in Duluth, Ga., before knocking off the No. 2 seed, Tex- as A&M, in the regional semifinal in Trenton, N.J. ASU was defeated NCAA Tournament FINISHES* by eventual national champion UConn in the Trenton Regional final. Round Year(s) • In 2011, ASU (No. 7 in the Dayton Regional) lost to Temple, 63-45, First Round 1992`, 2001, 2011 in a first-round game contested in Salt Lake City. Second Round 2002, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016 • After a three-year absence, ASU returned to ‘The Big Dance,’ in Sweet 16 1982~, 1983^, 2005, 2015 2014. As the No. 9 seed in the South Bend Region, ASU defeated No. Elite Eight 2007, 2009 8 seed Vanderbilt, 69-61 in the first round, before falling to the top seed in the region, Notre Dame, 84-67. Both contests were played in * - 64 teams in NCAA Tournament since 1993 ~ - 32 teams in NCAA Tournament Toledo, Ohio. • ASU’s 12 NCAA Tournament appearances since the 2000-01 season ^ - 36 teams in NCAA Tournament ` - 48 teams in NCAA Tournament are the second-highest total in the Pac-12 behind Stanford. SUN DEVIL 2016-17 SUN DEVIL WBB GAME NOTES Game No. 32 2016-17 Schedule/Results (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12) NCAA Tournament First Round (Stockton Regional) DAY & DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT FRI., NOV. 11 ILLINOIS STATE W, 76-40 Arizona State (#8 seed) (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12) SUN., NOV. 13 SAN JOSE STATE W, 82-37 vs. Sat., Nov. 19 at Marquette L, 63-75 Michigan State (#9 seed) at South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) (21-11, 9-7 Big Ten) Fri., Nov. 25 vs. No. 6/5 Maryland L, 42-83 Friday, March 17, 2017 Sat., Nov. 26 vs. St. John’s W, 54-41 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT • Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, S.C. ASU CLASSIC - DEC. 3-4 (ASU, Boston University, Florida, Long Beach State) ESPN2 • NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 SAT., DEC. 3 Boston University W, 81-42 SUN., DEC. 4 No. 19 Florida W, 69-63 UP NEXT The Arizona State women’s basketball team opens play in the 2017 NCAA Sun., Dec. 11 at No. 15/18 Kentucky W, 73-71 (OT) Tournament on Friday (approx. 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT) when it takes on Michigan State at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. Tues., Dec. 13 at Middle Tennessee W, 69-48 The Sun Devils (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12 - No. 8 seed in Stockton Region) and the Spartans (21-11, 9-7 Big Ten - No. 9 seed) will be meeting in the second of two SAT., DEC. 17 ORAL ROBERTS W, 79-52 NCAA First Round games on Friday. The day will start off at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT when No. 3/4 South Carolina (27-4, 14-2 SEC - No. 1 seed) faces UNC Asheville WED., DEC. 21 HOLY CROSS W, 63-33 (19-14, 9-9 Big South - No. 16 seed). The winners of Friday’s games will meet on Sunday (time TBD) for the right to advance to the Sweet 16, which begins FRI., DEC. 30 No. 18/19 STANFORD* - Pac-12 Network L, 57-64 on Saturday, Mar. 25 in Stockton, Calif. SUN., JAN 1 No. 21/18 CAL* - Pac-12 Network W, 72-62 (2OT) After hosting first and second round games each of the last two seasons, the Sun Devils will be traveling for NCAA competition for the first time since 2014. Fri., Jan. 6 at Utah* - Pac-12 Network W, 66-44 That year (as a No. 9 seed) they traveled to Toledo, Ohio, where they defeated Sun., Jan. 8 at Colorado* - Pac-12 Network W, 71-52 No. 8 seed Vanderbilt before falling to the top seed in the South Bend Region, Notre Dame, in the second round. FRI., JAN. 13 WASHINGTON STATE* (FIELD TRIP GAME) W, 68-49 SUN., JAN. 15 No. 8/9 WASHINGTON* - Pac-12 Network L, 54-65 After finishing the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 10-3 re- cord, which included wins vs.