Wells Fargo Arena

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 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 >>

Phoenix Sun Go Softly Into That Good Night, Lose Game in San Fran

The Phoenix Suns seemed in control of the Golden State Warriors for about the first 34 minutes of last night's game in San Francisco. The problem was, the pro game is 48 minutes long, and the Suns couldn't stop the Warriors for the duration, losing 102-96.Locals lose a tough one in Bay Area​  ... 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 >>

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 >>

Baby Blues

ASU'S Season of Woe Continues WIth Lousy Home Loss To Washington

Last night's highlight of ASU's basketball game against Washington at Wells Fargo Arena didn't come during the 40 minutes of play, which should give readers an idea of the outcome.​The best part of an otherwise forgettable evening came during halftime of the Sun Devils' 60-54 loss to the Huskies i ... More >>

ASU Valiant Effort Goes To No Avail In Tough Loss To Oregon Ducks

Arizona State's men's basketball team played well most of the way last night against a pretty tough Oregon team, but ended up on the short end of a 67-58 loss.​The Sun Devils hung tough until the last few minutes of their first Pac-12 home game, but simply didn't have the horses to get a much-need ... More >>

Baller Status

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

Matting Crowd

Flier of the Week: ASU Fall Welcome Concert

Big ups to ASU's university student government and programming activities board for making a big recovery on this year's fall welcome concert. ​It's as if the USG and PAB knew how badly ASU students were wishing for anything better than last year's fall welcome concert lineup of Dierks Bentley and ... 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 Redux: Another Pac-10 Game, Another Flippin' Loss

In the world of standing headlines, the above one is getting quite very tiresome for Arizona State men's basketball fans.​Arizona coach Sean Miller is on a roll​The Sun Devils lost last night 79-62 to the formidable Washington Huskies at Wells Fargo Arena in a game they never were in once it rea ... 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 Wildcats Romp Over Woeful ASU In Ugly Tempe Contest

It wasn't even a sellout at the Wells Fargo Arena last night for the rivalry game between the ASU Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats, and probably with good reason.   Arizona's Derrick Williams: One of the Pac-10's best​The Wildcats do have a very nice team in this, their rebound year ... More >>

ASU Police Records Show Expensive, Odd Things Stolen From University

No official word on whether Sparky ended up stealing this computer.​What do 100 high-end computer CPUs, $1,660 worth of toilet paper, and a box of brownies have in common? They used to be property of Arizona State University - that is - until they were stolen. And those are just three of the 136 ... 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 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 >>

Big Daddy Cain

Stanford’s tall timbers visit Wells Fargo Arena

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

Rallying the Cry

Don’t get black and blue at maroon-and-gold celebration

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 >>

Arizona Men's Basketball Teams Need to Sweep Oregon Schools at Home Tonight and Saturday

Only one thing's certain in this topsy-turvy Pacific-10 men's basketball season: From first place to last, any of the 10 teams are eminently capable of winning on any given night.   ​ ​That definitely includes the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats, both of who ... 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 >>

Life After Harden

Will ASU b-ball break down?

ASU Men's B-Ball in Freefall as Season Winds Down

The less said about the ASU men's basketball team's effort against an average Stanford team in last night's loss at Wells Fargo Arena, the better. Hard to believe it's been just a month since the Sun Devils humilated the Cardinal by 30 points up in Palo Alto, California. This tim ... More >>

ASU Sun Devils Try to Finish Regular Season on a High Note

Coming off two spirit-crushing overtime losses last weekend in Washington, the Arizona State Sun Devils try to regroup tonight against Stanford in a 6:30 game in Tempe. ASU's Pac-10 championship hopes went out the window with the back-to-back defeats, and now the team is playing for a decent ... More >>

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 >>

Basketbrawl

ASU, UofA get smashmouth at Wells Fargo Arena

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 >>

Soph Ball

Harden, Devils tune up for Pac-10 against East Coast imps

East Valley Tribune Finds New Ways to Spell Hypocrisy

At the ASU-Idaho State men's basketball game at the Wells Fargo Arena that just finished a few minutes ago (Sun Devils won 90-55), we couldn't help but notice a well-lit advertisement at courtside directly across from the official scorer's table. "East Valley Tribune--Where Local News Is First, ... More >>

Tour de farce: the corporate-sponsored tours we don’t want to buy tickets to

Net Results

Lady Devils spike out

Pat City

Tempe hosts run to honor Tillman

Happy Trails

Hike! For the love of dogs

Lick Them Beavers!

Notre Dame looks for payback in the Insight Bowl

Gridiron Grudge

Caliente seeks redemption against Aftershock

Drag Show

Jets take on Funny Cars at Firebird

Turf War

Fiesta Bowl touches down in Tempe

Winning Season

Devils go dancing for the first time in years

Past-Her-Prime Minister

Take Me to the River