ASU 2012-2013 SCHEDULE Date Opp. (TV) ........................ Score/Time 11/10 Central Arkansas (P12) ...............5:30 11/18 Florida A&M (P12) .............................1 11/20 Cornell (P12) .......................................7 ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/23 Arkansas @Vegas (ESPN3) ..... 4 PT SUN DEVIL MEN'S HOOPS OPENS 2012-13 SEASON NOV. 10 VS. CENTRAL ARKANSAS 11/24 Wisconsin/Creighton @Vegas ...TBD ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/28 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (P12) .................6 SUN DEVIL HOOPS SEASON TO START AS EARLY AS EVER: Arizona State starts its 2012-13 men's 12/1 Sacramento State (P12) .............6:30 hoops season on Saturday, Nov. 10, vs. Central Arkansas at 5:30 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Networks, and its 12/5 Hartford (P12) ...............................6:30 five returning lettermen, four returning starters and six newcomers will match the earliest start date in school 12/8 Cal State Northridge (P12) ........ Noon history. Seniors Carrick Felix, Chris Colvin and Ruslan Pateev return along with starters from last year Jordan 12/12 DePaul (P12) ......................................7 Bachynski and Jon Gilling, and they welcome three redshirts from last year who practiced (Jahii Carson, 12/15 Dartmouth (P12) ................................1 Evan Gordon and Bo Barnes) but could not play, along with front line newcomers Kenny Martin and Eric 12/22 @Texas Tech (FSSW Plus) ....... 1 CT Jacobsen, both Arizona High School products. 12/29 Coppin State (P12) .................... Noon 1/2 Utah (P12)...........................................8 A QUICK NUGGET ON EACH GUY TO GET YOU STARTED: Here is one quick piece of Sun Devil data on 1/6 Colorado (P12) ...................................6 each player...senior Carrick Felix (B.S. Communications, 2012) is a big key to the Sun Devils in 2012-13. 1/10 @Oregon State (P12) ...........8:30 PT Consider this: he averaged 14.4 points in Sun Devil wins last year and 8.8 losses. How important are those 1/13 @Oregon (P12) .......................... 6 PT 5.6 points per game? ASU's scoring margin in 31 games last year was -5.3 points per game...senior Chris 1/19 Arizona (FSN) .............................12:30 Colvin averaged 8.7 points and 5.0 assists in the final 15 games last year...senior Ruslan Pateev has 67 1/24 USC (P12) ....................................8:30 career blocks in 79 games entering his senior season...junior Jordan Bachynski averaged 10.1 points and 1/26 UCLA (FSN) .......................................8 shot .643 from the field in the final 13 games last year...how much better was sophomore Jon Gilling from 1/31 @Washington St. (P12) ............. 8 PT December to February and March of last year (his freshman season)? He averaged 8.8 MINUTES in the 2/2 Washington (ESPNU) ................ 6 PT first eight games and 9.0 POINTS in his final 22 games...freshman Jahii Carson sat last year but could 2/7 California (P12) .............................7:30 practice, and everyone is anxious to watch the 5-10 point guard from nearby Mesa, Ariz., a top-50 recruit 2/9 Stanford (ESPNU) .............................5 from the class of 2011. He averaged 32.2 points per game in senior year and in his final high school game 2/13 @Utah (P12) ......................................6 he dropped 58 in state semifinal playoff game...junior Evan Gordon led the Liberty Flames in scoring with 2/16 @Colorado (ESPNU) ........................7 14.4 points per game (eighth in the Big South) in his sophomore year (2010-11) before transferring to ASU 2/20 Wash. St. (P12) ..................................8 and enters this year with 832 career points...sophomore Bo Barnes hit 57 three-pointers at Hawaii in 2010- 2/23 @Washington (ESPNU) ...................9 11, setting a freshman school record, and had five three-pointers four times...freshmenEric Jacobsen and 2/27 @UCLA (P12) ........................8:30 PT Kenny Martin are both local products with solid upside on the low block. 1/5 @USC (FSN) .................... NOON PT 3/9 @Arizona (FSN) ..........................2:30 THIS FEELS EARLY: ASU opens it season on Saturday, Nov. 10, against Central Arkansas in Tempe at 5:30 3/13 Tournament @MGM ..................TBD p.m. MT (Pac-12 Network), matching the earliest starting date in school history. ASU lost to Tulsa 69-67 in Raleigh on Nov. 10, 2000, and opened on Nov. 11 last season. How much has college hoops scheduling MIX AND MATCH: With an odd timeline changed in the past two decades. Nov. 10 marks Coach Sendek's earliest opener (prior was Nov. amount of injuries/illnesses, ASU 11, 1997, as NC State beat #19 Georgia in East Rutherford, N.J.). As a point of reference, ASU's first game has used 23 starting lineups and 20 seasons ago in 1982-83 was Nov. 26 and in the year it joined the Pac-10 (1978-79) it was Nov. 24. Herb’s 14 Sun Devils made starts in past first game as a head coach in his first season at Miami of Ohio? A 108-68 win over Mt. Vernon Nazarene on two seasons. ASU used 12 start- Nov. 27, 1993. Coach is 16-3 in season openers in his career and 3-3 at ASU. ing lineups in 2011-12, the most EARLIEST SEASON OPENERS IN SUN DEVIL HISTORY since the 2003-04 squad also used Nov. 10, 2012--Central Arkansas at Arizona State/5:30 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Networks a dozen. Nov. 10, 2000--Tulsa 69, ASU 67 (Raleigh, N.C.) Nov. 11, 2011-- ASU 78, Montana State 72 COACH NOTE: Herb Sendek is the third-youngest coach in college COACH SENDEK’S EARLIEST SEASON OPENERS hoops with 350 career D-I wins Nov. 10, 2012--Central Arkansas at Arizona State/5:30 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Networks (352/49 years young). Only Billy Nov. 11, 2011: ASU 78, Montana State 72 Donovan and Steve Alford are Nov. 11, 1997: NC State 47, #19 Georgia 45 (East Rutherford, N.J.) younger with more Ws. Nov. 13, 2009: @ASU 87, Western Illinois 35 Nov. 13, 2006: Northern Arizona 75, @ASU 71 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 2012-13 MEN'S HOOPS...Jon Gilling had a career-high 21 points vs. UA on March 4 and was 5-6 from 3PT range. 2012-2013 SUN DEVIL MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes G/F 0 Carrick Felix Sr. 6-6/197 10.5 4.0 Student in the Masters of Liberal Studies program (B.S., Communications, 2012) G 1 Jahii Carson & Fr. 5-10/175 -- -- Top-50 recruit from Mesa, Ariz./Weight is up about 25 pounds since high school G 2 Chris Colvin Sr. 6-2/185 7.0 4.0a 8.7 points and 5.0 assists in the final 15 games last year F 3 Eric Jacobsen Fr. 6-10/245 -- -- Local product from Hamilton High School in nearby Chandler, Ariz. G 4 Bo Barnes & So. 6-4/195 -- -- Transfer from Hawaii who made frosh school record 57 3s in 2010-11 F 5 Richie Edwards Sr. 6-7/225 -- -- Transfer from Valparaiso who will sit the 2012-13 season and have one year to play G 10 Evan Gordon & Jr. 6-1/187 -- -- Led Liberty w/ 14.4 ppg (8th/Big South) in 2010-11/832 career points G 12 Joey Hormes Sr. 6-0/197 -- -- Local product from Glendale C.C. and Valley Christian H.S. C 13 Jordan Bachynski Jr. 7-2/250 6.0 4.0 10.1 ppg. and shot .643 from the field in the final 13 games of 2011-12 G 12 Jarett Upchurch Jr. 6-0/190 -- -- Scottsdale Chaparral High School Product C 23 Ruslan Pateev Sr. 7-0/250 3.0 3.0 Moscow native is 3rd 7-footer @ASU/67 blocks in his career F 31 Jonathan Gilling Fr. 6-7/219 7.1 1.7a Denmark native who can flat out shoot/23 points vs. UA Mar. 4/20 vs. UW Jan. 26 F 33 David Whitmore So. 6-6/215 0.6 0.3 Local walkon from Corona del Sol in Tempe/member of Honors College F 41 Kenny Martin Fr. 6-8/220 -- -- Local product from Raymond S. Kellis High School in Glendale, Ariz. Head Coach: Herb Sendek /352-254 (.581)/20th season/18.5 wins per season/7 NCAA appearances/8 NIT appearances Coach Sendek at ASU: 98-96 (.505) Coach Sendek at NC State: 191-132 (.591) Coach Sendek at Miami (Ohio): 63-26 (.708) Conference Coach of Year: Pac-10 (2009-10); ACC (2003-04); MAC (1994-95) Associate Head Coach: Dedrique Taylor Assistant Coaches: Eric Musselman, Larry Greer Operations: Robert Spence Trainer: John J. Anderson, MS, ATC, CSCS Strength Coach: Rich Wenner ABOUT THAT EARLY START DATE: ABOUT THOSE TRANSFERS: NBA STANDS FOR NEW BASKETBALL ASSISTANTS: A three-time The Sun Devils have two players ready to play this year who have shown conference Coach of the Year entering his 20th season as a college the ability to make three-pointers on the D-I level, but unfortunately both head coach, the 49-year old Coach Sendek went the NBA route to fill his of them had to watch the game in a polo shirt last year. Evan Gordon, staff this August, as he has named Eric Musselman and Larry Greer as a 6-1 guard, averaged 14.4 points per game as a sophomore at Liberty assistant coaches, the first time since the spring of 2008 Coach Sendek in 2010-11 and made 112 three-pointers in his two-year Flames career.