| THE 2011-2012 SUN DEVILS | |||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Pts. | Rbs. | Hometown | Last School |
| 0 | Carrick Felix # | G | 6-6 | 196 | Jr. | -- | -- | Goodyear, Ariz. | College of Southern Idaho |
| 1 | Jahii Carson & | G | 5-10 | 160 | Fr. | -- | -- | Mesa, Ariz. | Mesa H.S. |
| 2 | Chris Colvin | G | 6-2 | 200 | Jr. | -- | -- | Chicago, Ill. | Palm Beach C.C. |
| 4 | Bo Barnes & | G | 6-4 | 190 | So. | -- | -- | Scottsdale, Ariz. | Hawaii |
| 5 | Kyle Cain # | F | 6-7 | 210 | So. | -- | -- | Chicago, Ill. | New Hampton School |
| 10 | Evan Gordon & | G | 6-3 | 200 | Jr. | -- | -- | Indianapolis, Ind. | Liberty Flames |
| 12 | Max Heller @ | G | 5-9 | 150 | Fr. | -- | -- | San Diego, Calif. | Torrey Pines H.S. |
| 13 | Jordan Bachynski # | C | 7-2 | 243 | So. | -- | -- | Calgary, Alberta | Centennial H.S. |
| 15 | Chanse Creekmur # | G-F | 6-5 | 216 | So. | -- | -- | Marshalltown, Iowa | Marshalltown H.S. |
| 22 | Pierre Newton @ | G | 6-4 | 185 | Fr. | -- | -- | Laveen, Ariz. | Fairfax H.S. |
| 23 | Ruslan Pateev ## | C | 7-0 | 249 | Jr. | -- | -- | Moscow, Russia | Montverde Academy (Fla.) |
| 24 | Trent Lockett ## | G | 6-4 | 210 | Jr. | -- | -- | Golden Valley, Minn. | Hopkins H.S. |
| 31 | Jonathan Gilling | F | 6-7 | 200 | Fr. | -- | -- | Rungsted Kyst, Denmark | Horsholm 79ers |
| 33 | Dave Whitmore | F | 6-6 | 215 | So. | -- | -- | Tempe, Ariz. | Corona Del Sol H.S. |
# -letters earned
&-will not play in 2011-12 but eligible in 2012-13
@-walkon in 2011-12
HEAD COACH: Herb Sendek (Carnegie-Mellon, 1985)
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Dedrique Taylor (UC Davis, 1997)
ASSISTANT COACH/RECRUITING COORDINATOR: Scott Pera (Penn State, 1989)
ASSISTANT COACH: Lamont Smith (San Diego, 1999)
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Robert Spence (Guilford College, 2004)
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jarrod Spanjer (Cal State Northridge, 1999)
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH SPORT PERFORMANCE: Rich Wenner (Arizona State, 1986)
COORDINATOR OF BASKETBALL TECHNOLOGY: Brice Long (Arizona State, 2009)
BASKETBALL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Kyle Schwan (Northern State, 2008)
SUN DEVIL QUICK FACTS
Location: Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505
Founded: 1885
Enrollment: 68,064
Nickname: Sun Devils
Colors: Maroon and Gold
Arena (Capacity): Wells Fargo Arena (10,194)
Conference: Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10)
President: Michael Crow
Vice President of Athletics: Lisa Love
Faculty Representative: Dr. Gary Grossman
2010-11 Record: 12-19
Conference Record: 4-14 (10th)
Starters R/L: 2 returning/3 gone
Lettermen R/L: 7 returning/6 gone
Head Coach: Herb Sendek
Alma Mater: Carnegie-Mellon (1985)
Record at School: 88-75/.539 (Five Seasons)
Career Record: 342-233/.595 (18 Seasons)
SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ASU BASKETBALL
*ASU loses 47 percent of its scoring from this past season as it heads towards 2011-2012. After the 2008-09 season the team lost 49 percent of it scoring and then went out and won 22 games the next season and finished second in the Pac-10 at 12-6.
*In 2009-10, ASU was winners of 20 games (22-10) in three straight seasons for the first time since JFK was President, made its third straight postseason appearance for the first time since the mid-1990s and finished second in the Pac-10 (12-6) for the first time since 1980-81. ASU was picked for seventh in the 2009-10 preseason media poll and tenth by Sporting News.
*ASU has three 20-win seasons under Herb Sendek in five years. How much has he changed the mindset in Tempe? It had three 20 win-seasons in the previous 25 seasons. The 2009-2010 season also was the first since 1994-95 (previous 15 seasons) that ASU did not have a three-game losing streak.
*Herb Sendek in 2009-10 became just the second Sun Devil to earn Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors in ASU's 32 years of Pac-10 play (Ned Wulk in 1979-80).
*After going 8-22 in Coach Sendek's first year (2006-2007), ASU is 80-53 (.602) since.
80 WINS IN FOUR SEASONS
The Arizona State 2010-11 men's hoops team (12-19; 4-14 in the Pac-10) saw the careers of seniors Ty Abbott, Rihards Kuksiks and Jamelle McMillan come to a close in 2010-11 as the trio produced 80 wins, the most by any seniors in ASU history. The Sun Devils were 21-13 (2007-08), 25-10 (2008-09), and 22-11 (2009-10) in their first three seasons. Prior to their arrival, ASU won 37 games in the previous four seasons.
ABOUT THE ALL-PAC-10 SECOND-TEAM HONORS
Trent Lockett earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors from the league's coaches. It marked the second Pac-10 honor for the Hopkins High School product, as he earned All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honors in 2009-10. The league selects a 10-man first team and a five-man second team. Lockett became the fourth Sun Devil to earn All-Pac-10 honors under Coach Sendek in his first five seasons, joining Abbott (first-team in 2009-10), James Harden (first-team in 2007-08 and 2008-09) and Jeff Pendergraph (2007-08 third-team and 2008-09 first-team). Lockett also is the first player from Minnesota to earn All-Pac-10 honors. He earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors and was the only first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree to earn All-Pac-10 honors.
NICE MOVEMENT UPWARD
Trent's 6.7 points per game increase was fifth-best in the Pac-10 last season and second-best by a Pac-10 sophomore from his freshman season this past year.
BIGGEST PAC-10 SCORING IMPROVEMENTS
Joevan Catron, Sr. (Oregon), +10.4 (5.5 to 15.9)
Jorge Gutierrez, Jr. (Cal), +9.1 (5.5 to 14.6)
Jared Cunningham, So. (OSU) +8.0 (6.2 to 14.2)
Markhuri Sanders-Frison, Sr. (Cal), +7.6 (3.3 to 10.9)
Trent Lockett, So. (ASU), +6.7 (6.7 to 13.4)
Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Sr. (UW) +6.5 (8.8 to 15.3)
Nikola Vucevic, Jr. (USC) +6.4 (10.7 to 17.1)
BEST THING ABOUT FRESHMAN IS THEY BECOME SOPHOMORES
Trent Lockett averaged 13.4 points in 2010-11 after averaging 6.7 in his freshman season. A look at ASU's records shows that the +6.7 increase is the best from first year to second year by a Sun Devil since Jeremy Veal went from 7.4 in 1994-95 to 18.9 in 1995-96 (+11.5).
BIGGEST SUN DEVIL SCORING IMPROVEMENTS (FIRST SEASON TO SECOND SEASON)
Jeremy Veal, +11.5 (7.4 in 1994-95 to 18.9 in 1995-96)
Dennis Hamilton, +11.1 (6.2 in 1963-64 to 17.3 in 1964-65)
Art Becker, +10.1 (9.0 in 1961-62 to 19.1 in 1962-63)
Arthur Thomas, +9.4 (4.3 in 1984-85 to 13.7 in 1985-86)
Kurt Nimphius, +7.0 (1.5 in 1976-77 to 8.5 in 1977-78)
Trent Lockett, +6.7 (6.7 in 2009-10 to 13.4 in 2010-11)
Joe Caldwell, +6.4 (13.3 in 1961-62 to 19.7 in 1962-63)
Fat Lever, +5.6 (3.6 in 1978-79 to 9.2 in 1979-80)
LINEUP
With its injuries and illnesses ASU used 11 starting lineups and 11 players made a start in 2010-11...only player to see action in all 31 games was freshman Kyle Cain...11 lineups was most by the Sun Devils since 2003-04 team started 13 and tied for third-most in 18 seasons...1996-97 (11 lineups) and 1995-96 (12) teams under Bill Frieder also tried different options...each of ASU's top four scorers missed at least two games due to injury including leading scorer Trent Lockett missing the Oregon road trip where ASU fell at Oregon State but beat Oregon...ASU had its full compliment of players in just 10 of 18 Pac-10 tilts in 2010-11.
ALL-PAC-10 SECOND-TEAM
Sophomore Trent Lockett (Golden Valley, Minn.) earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors from the league's coaches. It marked the second Pac-10 honor for the Hopkins High School product, as he earned All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honors in 2009-10. The league selects a 10-man first team and a five-man second team. Senior Ty Abbott earned honorable mention honors this season as well. Lockett became the fourth Sun Devil to earn All-Pac-10 honors under Coach Sendek in his five seasons, joining Abbott (first-team in 2009-10), James Harden (first-team in 2007-08 and 2008-09) and Jeff Pendergraph (2007-08 third-team and 2008-09 first-team). Lockett also is the first player from Minnesota to earn All-Pac-10 honors. He also earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors and was the only first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree to earn All-Pac-10 honors.
ARIZONA STATE PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS (12)
2010-11: Trent Lockett (first)
2008-09: Derek Glasser (first), Rihards Kuksiks (second)
2005-06: Chad Goldstein (second)
2004-05: Wilfried Fameni (second)
2003-04: Justin Allen (second)
2002-03: Justin Allen, Shawn Redhage
2001-02: Shawn Redhage
1998-99: Bobby Lazor
1997-98: Bobby Lazor
1990-91: Matt Anderson
Note: Prior to 2003-04, only a five-man team was selected.
HE IS THAT YOUNG AND BEEN COACHING THAT LONG
Coach Sendek earned the Miami of Ohio job in the spring of 1993 at age 30. Three years later he took over the NC State program at age 33. Some 18 years later he ranks near the top of the youngest coaches with at least 300 career Division I wins, as he turned 48 on Feb. 22, 2011. After coaching in more than 500 career games at three schools and in seven NCAA tournaments and having eight former assistants serving as head coaches at the D-I level, he also remains the third-youngest coach in the Pac-10 even with seven hires in the past three seasons.
YOUNGEST COACHES WITH 300 DIVISION I WINS
Billy Donovan, Florida, 395 (May 30, 1965)
Greg McDermott, Creighton, 303 (Nov. 25, 1964)
Steve Alford, New Mexico, 327 (Nov. 23, 1964)
Herb Sendek, Arizona State, 342 (Feb. 22, 1963)
Bill Self, Kansas, 441 (Dec. 27, 1962)
Mark Few, Gonzaga, 316 (Dec. 27, 1962)
Jay Wright, Villanova, 346 (Dec. 24, 1961)
Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt, 359 (Oct. 1, 1960)
Jeff Jones, American, 327 (June 29, 1960)
DEFENSE
ASU had given up less than 62 points per game in each of Coach Sendek's first four seasons and gave up just 66.9 in 2010-11, tenth best in ASU history. In his 10 seasons in Raleigh, NC State led the ACC in scoring defense four times and held opponents to just 54.7 points per game in 1996-97, an ACC record. ASU's 58.7 points per game allowed in 2009-10 was the lowest by ASU since the 1948-49 team gave up 47.6.
ASU LOWEST DEFENSIVE PPG.
1. 46.5 - 1948
2. 47.6 - 1949
3. 58.7 - 2010
4. 59.8 - 1950
5. 60.5 - 2009
6. 61.8 - 2007
7. 61.9 - 2008
8. 64.2 - 1982
9. 65.2 - 1984
10. 66.9 - 2011
BOARDS
Freshman Kyle Cain finished the season averaging 5.4 rebounds per game, the sixth-best mark by a freshman in ASU history and third-best by Sun Devil freshman in the past 19 seasons. He had 17 rebounds vs. Houston Baptist on Nov. 25, the most by a Sun Devil since Jeff Pendergraph had 19 at Oregon on Feb. 8, 2007. The 17 boards is tied for second-most by a freshman in ASU history with Mario Bennett, who had 17 vs. Oregon on Feb. 1, 1992. Ike Diogu has the ASU freshman record with 18 vs. Oregon on March 13, 2003, in the Pac-10 Tournament. Cain then posted 16 boards vs. Long Beach State in 26 minutes on Dec. 21 and had 14 boards (but zero points) in just 23 minutes vs. North Carolina A&T on Dec. 23. He also shot .545 from the field (78-of-143), fifth-best by a freshman in ASU history. Kyle also led the Sun Devils in rebounding 11 times on the season.
MOST REBOUNDS BY ASU FRESHMAN
18 by Ike Diogu vs. Oregon @Pac-10 Tournament (March 13, 2003)
17 by Kyle Cain vs. Houston Baptist @Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 25, 2010)
17 by Mario Bennett vs. Oregon (Feb. 1, 1992)
16 by Kyle Cain vs. Long Beach State (Dec. 21, 2010)
BEST SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. .608, Ike Diogu, 2002-03 (209-of-344)
2. .574, Mario Bennett, 1991-92 (159-of-277)
3. .570, Dwayne Fontana, 1990-91 (102-of-179)
4. .568, Eric Holloway, 1983-84 (79-of-139)
5. .545, Kyle Cain, 2010-11 (78-of-143)
TRENT
Sophomore Trent Lockett had a then career-high 22 points in the season opener at New Mexico (Nov. 16) where two of his dunks placed him No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top-10...earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors...finished the year with 22 points in the Pac-10 Tournament as he made his first 10 shots vs. Oregon on March 9...had a career-high 24 points vs. Weber State on Nov. 26 in Alaska...also had 20 points at Washington on Jan. 22 and then had 20 in 71-69 Washington State win on Feb. 19...native of Golden Valley, Minn., and a student in Barrett, the Honors College...comes from one of the top high school programs in the country (Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn.)...earned a spot on the five-man Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2009-10...has 30 double-figure scoring games...posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 boards vs. Richmond on Dec. 5...missed both games of the Oregon road trip on Dec. 30-Jan. 1 with a sprained big left toe...finished season 8-of-18 (.444) from the three-point stripe after starting season 2-of-13...led team in scoring in each of the first four games averaging 20.8 points in those games and in 12 games on the season and in 13 times in his career...led team in rebounding a team-best 13 times in 2010-11 and 16 times in his career...also shared team lead or has led team in assists in eight games...also earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors.
TRENT'S TOP SCORING GAMES
24 vs. Weber State (Nov. 26, 2010)
22 vs. Oregon @Pac-10 Tournament (Mar. 9, 2011)
22 at New Mexico (Nov. 16, 2010)
20 vs. Washington State (Feb. 19, 2011)
20 at #20 Washington (Jan. 22, 2011)
19 vs. UAB (Nov. 20, 2010)
19 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
18 at Cal (Feb. 3, 2011)
18 vs. Houston Baptist (Nov. 25, 2010)
BEST TREE IN THE LAND
Herb Sendek had eight former assistants who were D-I coaches in 2010-11, the best mark of any coach in the nation this past season. Twelve-year sidekick Mark Phelps earned the Drake spot in the spring of 2008 after serving for 10 years on the staff at NC State and for two years at ASU. Former NC State sidekick John Groce also earned the Ohio University position in the spring of 2008. The others are Jim Christian at TCU (Miami assistant in 1995-96), Charlie Coles at Miami of Ohio (Miami assistant from 1994-96), Larry Hunter at Western Carolina (NC State assistant from 2001-05), Ron Hunter of IUPUI (Miami assistant from 1993-94), Ohio State's Thad Matta (Miami assistant in 1994-95) and Arizona's Sean Miller (assistant at both Miami from 1993-95 and at NC State from 1996-2000). Dayton's Archie Miller (assistant at both NC State and at Arizona State) became the ninth this spring.
HEAD COACH
Herb Sendek, 88-75 (.539) at ASU, finished his 18th season as a head coach in 2010-2011 and has averaged 19 wins per season. He led the NC State Wolfpack to five straight NCAA appearances from 2002-06 and is now 342-233 (.594) and was 191-132 (.591) at NC State. The 48-year-old (born Feb. 22, 1963) Pittsburgh, Pa., native remains the third-youngest coach in the Pac-10. Only Duke posted more ACC wins (regular season and ACC Tournament) than NC State's 53 from 2002-2006. An overlooked note is his 10-year stay at NC State. To compare it to the Pac-10, since the league expanded to 10 teams in 1978-79, only five coaches have coached at their schools for at least 10 years: Lute Olson (24/Arizona), Ralph Miller (19/Oregon State), Mike Montgomery (18/Stanford), Ernie Kent (13/Oregon) and Ben Braun (12/California).
CURRENT LONGEVITY AMONG PAC-10 COACHES (YEARS COMPLETED AT SCHOOL)
Lorenzo Romar, Washington-9th
Ben Howland, UCLA-7th
Herb Sendek, ASU-5th
Johnny Dawkins, Stanford; Mike Montgomery, Cal; Craig Robinson, OSU-3rd
Ken Bone, Washington State; Kevin O'Neill, USC; Sean Miller, UA-2nd
Dana Altman, Oregon-First Year
PAC-10 COACH OF YEAR NOTE
The Pac-10 has five current coaches who have earned Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Herb Sendek earned the honor in 2009-10, while Sean Miller (2010-11), Lorenzo Romar (2008-09 and 2004-05) and Ben Howland (2005-06) earned kudos at their school. Mike Montgomery earned it four times at Stanford (2003-04, 2002-03, 1999-2000 and 1998-99).