Herb Sendek

Lisa Love's Firing at ASU: Memory Of a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The sacking of Arizona State University athletic director (with a fancier title) Lisa Love came as no big surprise, especially after the fiasco following the firing of head football Coach Dennis Erickson. ​ Sun Devils' fans (and there still are some) watched with some horror as the ro ... More >>

Trent Lockett's Departure From ASU Leaves Devils' Hoops Reeling

We most admired departing ASU swingman Trent Lockett this past season after he badly twisted his ankle in a mid-January game against the Oregon State Beavers. ​Lockett was perhaps the only steadying influence on an obviously (10-20 record) shaky Sun Devils' squad, both on and off the co ... More >>

ASU Basketball Season Ends With Rout At Hands Of Tree

Stick a pitchfork in the Arizona State men's basketball team, which got thumped last night by Stanford in a first-round Pac-12 Conference tournament game.​ The 85-65 loss at LA's Staples Center in front of about as many folks as watched the Sun Devils this year in Tempe at the Wells Fargo Are ... More >>

ASU and Arizona Dream Big As Pac-12 Basketball Tourney Starts Today In LA

For Arizona State, it's a chance at redemption after a lost season with just ten wins (but one of those was last Sunday's stunner over Arizona). For the Wildcats, it's desperation time, as they have to win at least two games and probably three at the Pac-12 basketball tournament ... More >>

ASU Pretty Much Ruins Arizona Wildcats' Dream Of Goin' Dancing With Stunner In Tempe

Arizona State's basketball team (the guy's version) has been ranked in the lower realms of all Division I programs this season, and yesterday afternoon's game in Tempe against the Arizona Wildcats had the makings of a butt-whipping--for the Cats.   ​Most of those geeks who study the "B ... More >>

ASU Sun Devils Lose 20th Game Of Season as Arizona Wins Its 20th

We didn't go by the Wells Fargo Arena last night for Arizona State's 66-57 loss to UCLA, but we know a few diehards who tells us that the announced attendance of 5,477 was exaggerated by a whole lot.Head Coach Herb Sendek​The game itself was a microcosm of ASU's lost season--a nice effort by a sad ... More >>

Tough Washington Weekend Looms For Arizona Basketball Teams In Pac-12 Play

The struggling Arizona State's men's basketball team will be in the Great Northwest this weekend, and a win tonight over Washington or against Washington State on Saturday would qualify as a huge surprise.​ Tonight's game in Seattle, which starts at 9 p.m. our time and will be aired on Channe ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats And, Gasp, ASU Sun Devils Both Take Conference Wins

The Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffs are very similar teams--scrappy, undersized, terrific team defense, very well-coached. The two teams met last month in Boulder, and the Cats lost a one-point heartbreaker.​Last night in Tucson was a different story, as Arizona, playing with just seven player ... More >>

Arizona Pulls Off Another Wild Win At Cal, As Sun Devils Lose Badly To Stanford

The Arizona Wildcats' triple-overtime road win last year over California-Berkeley was one of the best college games we've seen in awhile, and not just because our alma mater came out on top by a score of 107-105 ​We were looking forward to last night's rematch (the only time the two teams wil ... More >>

ASU Overmatched In 69-54 Road Loss To University of Colorado

Pierre Newton may have had a "career" game last night up in Boulder, hitting a late three-pointer for the ASU men's basketball team near the end of a Pac-12 contest against Colorado.The problem for the Sun Devils was that Newton was in the game at all. He is a 6-4 walk-on freshman from Laveen, where ... More >>

ASU Basketball In Telltale Series of Games Vs. Oregon Schools

The ASU Sun Devils play their first home game of the young Pac-12 season tonight in Tempe against the Oregon Ducks, a contest that will tell us a lot about what to expect for the rest of the season.​The beleaguered Devils, who are 5-10 overall and 1-2 in the re-formed conference (Utah and Colorado ... More >>

ASU Basketball "Fires" Onetime Prospect Keala King After Split In LA Games

We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad  basically are jus ... More >>

ASU Pulls Out Best Win of Season With Shorthanded Thumping of USC: Arizona Loses

There's a very sound reason we don't engage in sports gambling but on the rare occasion: We learned the hard way a long time ago that we come too close too often to striking gold--but almost inevitably lose.Sun Devils surprise Trojans in LA last night​We wrote yesterday that, in our imaginary ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball Team Heading Into Pac-12 Season On Real Low

The ASU Sun Devils men's basketball team has but one pre-conference remaining to right the ship, and things are looking mighty bleak. We looked on last night as the Devils lost their second straight game on a three-point buzzer-beater, this one 64-61 to a pretty good Southern Mississippi team.​Sun ... More >>

James Harden, Former ASU Great, Goes Off In NBA Western Final Win Over Dallas

James Harden, who would have been a senior this past season at ASU had he not gone to the NBA after his sophomore season, destroyed the Dallas Mavericks in a nationally televised game last night, as his Oklahoma City Thunder evened their Western Conference final series at a game each.​Harden, whos ... More >>

Coach Bruce Pearl Firing "Package" A Head-Shaker

At this moment on the cusp of the Sweet 16, it strikes us as flat-out absurd how much big-time college basketball and football coaches continue to rake in, no matter what the economy is doing to most of the rest of us. Former Tennessee men's BB coach Bruce Pearl at a Lady Vols' game​  ... More >>

ASU Basketball Season Ends -- Lord Have Mercy! -- in LA Smackdown; Arizona Up Next

Just last week, Arizona State laid a hurtin' on the Oregon Ducks over in Tempe, and the rematch looked favorable for the Sun Devils in the first round of the Pac-10 men's basketball tournament in Los Angeles. Pac-10 Coach of the Year Sean Miller ​But last night's season-ending 76-69 loss t ... More >>

Arizona Schools Sweep Weekend Basketball Games, Pac-10 Tourney Looms

We hadn't used that headline even once during this men's college basketball season.But the improbable happened, and both the Arizona Wildcats and the ASU Sun Devils won their weekend games against the Oregon schools fairly easily to close out the regular season in fine fashion.Herb Sendek and his AS ... More >>

ASU Finally Wins A Game and Arizona Continues Unlikely Run In Weekend Thrillers

When the Washington State Cougars rushed down the court down by two points with seconds to go on Saturday afternoon, just about everyone in the Wells Fargo Arena probably shared a similar thought: Oh, shit!A win! A win! ASU coach Herb Sendek gets off the snide.​The Arizona State Sun Devils ha ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball Desperate For Win--But Unlikely To Get It Tonight Vs Washington

First, we note that the lowly Cleveland Cavs somehow beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers last night in what has to rank as the sports upset of this new year. A real stunner. ASU coach Herb Sendek needs help from the basketball gods ​For the ASU Sun Devils to beat a ... More >>

Arizona Wins 3-OT Thriller Over Cal As ASU Slips Further Into Abyss

One of the very best college basketball games of the season aired on Saturday night, ending with the Arizona Wildcats nipping the Cal Golden Bears 107-105 in three thrilling overtimes.​Saturday night's road win made it a rare sweep of the Bay Area schools (Cal and Stanford), and kept the surprisin ... More >>

Arizona Moves Into First-Place Tie in Pac-10 Basketball as Devils Falter

The Arizona Wildcats and ASU Sun Devils men's basketball teams have at least a few things in common this season--they both are well-coached (by Sean Miller and Herb Sendek, respectively) and play hard from the opening tip until the final horn.   Arizona's "Pop" McKale, who has a famous b ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats Snag Big Win in Tucson as ASU Goes Down In Tempe

Two men's college basketball teams going in opposite directions at the moment, those being the Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.Down year continues for ASU​We watched the Cats break open a tight game against the formidable UCLA Bruins last night on ESPN-2, coming away with an 85-7 ... More >>

Arizona Basketball Teams Continue in Different Directions in Mens' Pac-10

Last weekend's Pac-10 Washington trip for the ASU Sun Devils and Arizona Wildcats proved oddly upbeat for the local schools, considering that they returned to the desert with but one win in the four games played.   ​Yes, a loss is a loss is a loss, but ASU acquitted itself pret ... More >>

Big Daddy Cain

Stanford’s tall timbers visit Wells Fargo Arena

ASU, UA Men's Basketball Teams Struggle During Oregon Trip To Start Pac-10 Season

We got a chance to watch a lot of basketball on TV over the holiday, between, of course, doing chores and "catching up" with stuff around the house.​We especially were interested in the start of the Pacific-10 basketball race, and what we expect will be a topsy-turvy season with no one team (with ... More >>

Lebron 'King' James Has Nothing on ASU Great 'Jumpin' Joe Caldwell

This year's edition of the ASU Sun Devils men's basketball team snuck past a decent University of Alabama-Birmingham squad 69-66 on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe.   ​Nice win that just may help the Devils when March Madness comes around, sooner than later. But the highlight of ... More >>

Devilish Delights

Not on the gridiron, obviously

ASU Basketball Goes Down In Bizarre End To Game--And Season

ASU's men's basketball team went down in flames last night at the Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, losing to Jacksonville Dolphins 67-66 after a bizarre finish that confirms a time-tested Yogi Berra adage--it ain't over `til it's over.​A Devils' season that once had been a pleasant surprise ended abrup ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball Ain't Dancing, but Have NIT Game Tonight In Tempe

A fair question arose on Sunday as we were watching the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, a made-for-TV event where 65 teams get the good word that they have made it to the Big Dance:   ​If you were a college player, would you rather be eliminated in the first round of the NCAAs, ... More >>

Speak of the Devils

ASU looks to continue epic winning streak

Sun Devils Men's Basketball About To Embark On Big Pac-10 Weekend Here

Pac-10 men's basketball supposedly is in a down cycle this season, what with UCLA and other squads losing a bunch of underclassmen to the professional ranks. ​One of those schools is ASU, which saw Jeff Pendergraf and the great James Harden split to the land of the big bucks (especially ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff

Pac-10 men's basketball supposedly is in a down cycle this season, what with UCLA and other squads losing a bunch of underclassmen to the professional ranks. ​One of those schools is ASU, which saw Jeff Pendergraf and the great James Harden split to the land of the big bucks (especially ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. San Francisco

Pac-10 men's basketball supposedly is in a down cycle this season, what with UCLA and other squads losing a bunch of underclassmen to the professional ranks. ​One of those schools is ASU, which saw Jeff Pendergraf and the great James Harden split to the land of the big bucks (especially ... More >>

Devils' Disciples

Can Sendek’s crew compete sans Harden, Pendergraph?

Such A Deal in Rotten Economic Times: ASU Men's Basketball Coach Gets Pay "Bump"

We like Herb Sendek (pictured) and how he's taken a beaten-down ASU men's basketball program up a notch in the past few years, thanks in large part to his now-departed superstar James Harden. ​Sendek's guys always play hard and, at times last year, well enough to compete with all b ... More >>

It's Prime Time, Baby

We like Herb Sendek (pictured) and how he's taken a beaten-down ASU men's basketball program up a notch in the past few years, thanks in large part to his now-departed superstar James Harden. ​Sendek's guys always play hard and, at times last year, well enough to compete with all b ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Oregon

We like Herb Sendek (pictured) and how he's taken a beaten-down ASU men's basketball program up a notch in the past few years, thanks in large part to his now-departed superstar James Harden. ​Sendek's guys always play hard and, at times last year, well enough to compete with all b ... More >>

A Touch of Madness

Hoops double-dip has a Big Dance feel

Stadium Shootout Tip-Off Party and VIP Coaches Reception

Hoops double-dip has a Big Dance feel

Whole New Ballgame

Hoops rule . . . in football season?

Sun Angels

The gospel according to Herb

Into the Fire

Dennis Erickson's a frightening choice to lead a college football program plagued by murder and NCAA violations

Pac Men

Here comes the real test for Herb and company

Pac Men

Here comes the real test for Herb and company

Fire HIM!

A mediocre record and coddling thugs on his team didn't keep ASU football coach Dirk Koetter from getting a big raise

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