Pacific-10 Conference

Arizona Wildcats Baseball Continues To Surprise By Reaching College World Series Finals

No one, probably including the University of Arizona's head baseball coach Andy Lopez would have predicted when the season started in February that the Wildcats would make it to the College World Series in Omaha. But they did. And on Sunday night, Arizona will oppose either Arkansas or South Caroli ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats One Win From College (Baseball) World Series Finals

In a pretty improbable turn of events, the Arizona Wildcats baseball team is but one win away from a berth in the best-of-three NCAA College World Series championship round this weekend.The Wildcats await the winner of tonight's elimination game in Omaha between the powerful Florida State Seminoles ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats Baseball Team Back In Omaha For College World Series

Back in the day, the University of Arizona pennially had one of the nation's best baseball teams, and trips to the College World Series in Omaha were both expected and commonplace.But times got tougher and tougher after the Wildcats' 1986 championship win, with only one appearance in the Big Dance s ... More >>

ASU Softball Season Ends With Hard-Fought Loss To Oklahoma Sooners

Women's college softball is terrific these days--they can really play ball, and they all look so damned coachable.So, natch, it's very hard to win a national championship, no matter the level, no matter the sport--and Division I fast-pitch definitely is no exception.The Arizona State Sun Devils were ... More >>

ASU Softball Team Up Against Wall In Super-Regionals; Must Win Two Tonight To Advance

The defending national champion ASU Sun Devils softball team will have to beat tough Louisiana-Lafayette twice tonight to advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma City.That, after the Ragin' Cajuns routed the Devils 6-0 last night in Tempe in the first of the best-of-three Super Regionals ser ... More >>

ASU Sports in Full Force as Women Begin Defense of National Title, Men Try to Win a Basketball Game

Lots of sports action in Tempe this weekend, which for our purposes starts tonight at the Wells Fargo Arena, where the ASU Sun Devils should be in a close, if not so artistic, battle against the equally lowly Utah Utes. the game, which will not be televised (it's on KTAR620), marks the return o ... 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 >>

Hoop House

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 >>

Arizona Wildcats Upset By USC, Big Game Tomorrow Vs UCLA

We knew it was bound to happen, that the Arizona Wildcats weren't going to run the table in the Pac-10 Conference. But last night's 65-58 loss in Los Angeles to USC still came as something of a disappointment.   Tough night for UA's Derrick Williams in La-La Town​The Trojans did a grea ... 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 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 >>

Arizona's Pac-10 Men's Basketball Teams Go In Different Directions Over Weekend

Terrible and strange weekend that it was, life (by which we mean sports) didn't stop because of the Tucson massacre, what with the National Football League wild-card and Pacific-10 basketball games carrying on as scheduled.​We're here to talk about the Arizona schools and how they fared at home ag ... More >>

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 >>

Devil's Advocate: Happy Hour Report Card

Erica O'Neil A couple happy hour beverages on the patio at Devil's Advocate.​The Spot: Devil's Advocate, 955 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-921-2585 http://www.devilstempe.com/ The Hours: Cheap drinks and food specials are available Monday through Friday between 4 and 7 pm. The Details: Ha ... More >>

2010 NCAA Baseball Super Regional: Arizona State vs. Arkansas

2010 NCAA Baseball Super Regional: Arizona State vs. Arkansas (Game Two)

Colorado to Join Pac-10; Uncertainty Reigns in College Football Landscape

ncaastrategies.com​The first domino fell when Nebraska decided to leave behind the Big 12 and move to the Big 10. The second came tumbling down this morning when Colorado announced it was also deserting the Big 12 and coming to the Pac-10. Now, it looks as all hell is about to break l ... More >>

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 >>

Sympathy for the Devils

ASU Baseball’s new season opens with more questions than answers

Arizona State Men's Basketball Has Nice Weekend As Wildcats Falter Down In Tucson

If it wasn't a sure thing that the University of Arizona men's basketball team will have to win the Pac-10 conference championship next month to keep its streak of 25 consecutive years in the NCAA tournament intact -- it is now.   ​That's because the Wildcats stunningly lost at home ... More >>

Surprise, Surprise! Arizona Wildcats Tied for Lead in Pac-10 Men's Basketball at Midway Point

Diehard Arizona Wildcats men's basketball haters were sure just a few short weeks ago that this was the year that the Cats' incredible streak -- 25 straight seasons in the NCAA national tournament -- finally would end. ​After all, BYU beat the Wildcats by 30 points down in Tuc ... More >>

Speak of the Devils

ASU looks to continue epic winning streak

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Washington State

ASU Women's Basketball vs. South Dakota State

Rodent Control

Devils attempt to continue Beavers’ dry spell in Tempe

Three's a Charm?

Devils try to make history against UCLA

Arizona Wildcats in Do-or-Die Sweet 16 Matinee Match-up

We never thought we'd be writing the following words: The Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team will take the floor against the top-ranked Louisville Wildcats in Sweet 16 action late this afternoon. Channel 5 will air the game in the Valley at 4 p.m.The 12th-seeded Wildcats--by far the lowest-ranke ... More >>

ASU Sun Devils About to Dance With the Owls

We were in Oklahoma City the last time the ASU men's basketball team took the floor in the wonderful event known to all as March Madness. Led by Ike Diogu, the Sun Devils got stomped by a championship-level Kansas team in the second round after upsetting Memphis a few days earlier. That wo ... More >>

UPDATE: Sun Devils Win! Sun Devils Win! Syracuse Orange Next

Who would have thought that the Arizona State Sun Devils could win an NCAA game with star James Harden held to just nine points? Well, they just did, beating the Temple Owls in Miami by a score of 66-57 (we predicted a 62-57 ASU win in a blog post just before game time). Point guard Derek Glass ... More >>

Here, Kitties

Those furballs from Tucson are back for more

ASU's James Harden Named Pac-10 Player of the Year

Although the ASU men's basketball team didn't win the Pac-10 Conference championship this year, Sun Devils guard James Harden was named Pac-10 Player of the Year today by conference coaches.The 6-foot-5 sophomore led the Pac-10 in scoring with 20.8 points per game. He also averaged 1.7 steals, 4.1 a ... More >>

Sun Devils In Latest "Game Of The Year" Tonight in Seattle

After all is said and done in the regular college basketball season (that would be next weekend) and the Pac-10 conference tournament, the ASU Sun Devils and the Washington Huskies will find themselves playing somewhere in the Big Dance.  But all that seems so far away at the mom ... More >>

Let's Make A Duel

ASU/OSU? You should give a poop.

ASU Nips Arizona Wildcats in Classic Battle at Super-Loud Home Gym

A few sights, sounds and other memories from last night's thrilling ASU win over Arizona at the Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe: It was the loudest crowd we've heard at the campus arena since the mid- to late-1970s, when both state schools usually had excellent, evenly matched squads. The din w ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. UCLA @ Wells Fargo Arena

ASU Men's Basketball vs. USC

ASU Sun Devils Victimized By Mad Bomber In Pac-10 Upset

It was an unlikely coming-out party for Washington State freshman Klay Thompson at Wells Fargo Arena last night, as the rail-thin guard led the Cougars to a 65-55 upset over the Arizona State Sun Devils.  The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson hit shots from all over the ... More >>

Big Games Coming Up Tonight and Saturday in Tempe for ASU

The ASU men's basketball team hasn't played in eight long days. It was back on January 21 that they squeaked by the Arizona Wsildcats in Tucson in a game that, safe to say, won't be placed into a time capsule for future generations to marvel at. Even the best of all the Sun Devils, the fabulous ... More >>

Hot Dawgs

No-name canines have a bite that’s worse than their bark

ASU Women's Basketball vs. Arizona

Arizona Wildcats Kick Butt in Entertaining Vegas Bowl Game

No question, University of Arizona football has been lousy at best for about a decade now. Alums like ourselves who pay attention to such weighty things quietly were suffering through yet another mediocre season until -- Hallelujah! -- the Wildcats throttled ASU down in Tucson a few weeks ago and th ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Idaho State @ Wells Fargo Arena

Giving the Devils Their Due

Are we really mentioning ASU and UofA in the same breath? At last?

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Nebraska

Suck Up

Devils try to salvage the season against the pretty boys in baby blue