The Pac-12 has announced the full 2015-16 Sun Devil Hoops schedule. The Sun Devils open the season Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m. against Sacramento State.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS 2015-16 SCHEDULE
Sat., Nov. 7 vs. Western New Mexico, time TBD (EXHIBITION GAME)
Fri., Nov. 13 vs. Sacramento State, 5:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Mon., Nov. 16 vs. Belmont (Legends Classic in Tempe), 8 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Wed., Nov. 18 vs. Kennesaw State (Legends Classic in Tempe), 6:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Mon., Nov. 23 vs. North Carolina State in LEGENDS CLASSIC @BARCLAYS CENTER/9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MT/ESPN3
Tues., Nov. 24 vs. LSU/Marquette in LEGENDS CLASSIC @BARCLAYS CENTER
Sun., Nov. 29 vs. UCSB, 3 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Wed., Dec. 2 at Creighton, 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT/CBS Sports Network
Sat., Dec. 5 vs. Texas A&M, 8:30 p.m./ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 12 at Kentucky, 3:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. MT/ESPN
Wed., Dec. 16 at UNLV, 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT/CBS Sports Network
Sat., Dec. 19 vs. Houston Baptist, 12:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Tues., Dec. 22 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 1 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Mon., Dec. 28 vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 7 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Sun., Jan. 3 vs. Arizona, Noon/FOX Sports 1
Thurs., Jan. 7 at USC, 7:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Network
Sat., Jan. 9 at UCLA, 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Network
Thurs., Jan. 14 vs. Washington State, 6 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Sat., Jan. 16 vs. Washington, 5 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Thurs., Jan. 21 at California, 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT/FOX Sports 1
Sat., Jan. 23 at Stanford, 8 p.m. PT/9 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Network
Thurs., Jan. 28 vs. Oregon State, 6:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Sun., Jan. 31 vs. Oregon, 5:30 p.m./ESPNU
Wed., Feb. 3 at Washington, 8 p.m. PT/9 p.m. MT/ESPNU
Sat., Feb. 6 at Washington State, 3:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Network
Fri., Feb. 12 vs. USC, 6 p.m./Pac-12 Network
Sun., Feb. 14 vs. UCLA, 6:30 p.m./ESPNU
Wed., Feb. 17 at Arizona, 6 p.m./ESPN2
Thurs., Feb. 25 at Utah, 6 p.m./Pac-12
Sun., Feb. 28 at Colorado, 1:30 p.m./Pac-12
Thurs., Mar. 3 vs. Stanford, 9 p.m./FOX Sports 1
Sat., Mar. 6 vs. California, 6 p.m./ESPN2
THE SCHEDULE BY THE NUMBERS...
1: As in first Pac-12 game, as the Sun Devils will open the Pac-12 season on Sunday, Jan. 3 in Tempe, against Arizona at noon on FOX Sports 1. ASU has won three of the past four against the Wildcats in Tempe and is 9-8 vs. Arizona in the past eight seasons.
1: As in the first, as the Sun Devils will tip the Bobby Hurley era off at 5:30 p.m. against Sacramento State on Friday, Nov. 13 during ASU Homecoming Weekend in a Pac-12 Network broadcast.
2: Kentucky (23,572 average attendance) trailed only Syracuse (23,854) in average home attendance last year, while Creighton (17,048) was sixth behind only Louisville, North Carolina and Wisconsin. In addition, Kentucky was ranked No. 1 in the RPI last year.
3: FOX Sports 1 has the Sun Devils three times, including the Pac-12 opener in Tempe vs. Arizona on Sunday, Jan. 3 at noon. ASU at California (Jan. 21) and vs. Stanford (Mar. 3) also will be on FOX Sports 1.
4: ASU plays four Pac-12 teams only once. ASU will miss the Oregon road trip this year and won't host Utah and Colorado.
7: ASU will play seven non-conference games at home, but only two between Nov. 19 and Dec. 18. After hosting the first three games ending with Kennesaw Sate on Nov. 18, ASU only has home games against UCSB (Nov. 29) and Texas A&M (Dec. 5) in the next 30 days. ASU will play two games in Brooklyn (Nov. 23 and 24) and play road games at Creighton (Dec. 2), Kentucky (Dec. 12) and UNLV (Dec. 16) in that those 30 days.
9: ASU is scheduled to make nine appearances on an ESPN Network and three games will be on ESPN2. Texas A&M (Dec. 5), at Arizona (Feb. 17) and the Sun Devil Senior Day vs. California on Mar. 6 all will be on ESPN2. ASU's trip to Lexington on Dec. 12 will be on ESPN. ASU will have three ESPNU games, one ESPN3 game and the second game of the Legends Classic on Nov. 24 vs. LSU or Marquette also will be on an ESPN network.
10: ASU will have at least 10 non-conference games against teams in the top 150 of last year's RPI with Kentucky (1), Stephen F. Austin (35), NC State (40), LSU (54) or Marquette (142), Texas A&M (68), UCSB (88), Belmont (105), UNLV (104), Creighton (146) and Sacramento State (148). Kentucky, Stephen F. Austin, LSU, NC State, and Belmont made the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The Sun Devils will travel to Creighton (Dec. 2), Kentucky (Dec. 12/ESPN/1:15 p.m. ET) and UNLV (Dec. 16/CBS Sports Network/7 p.m. PT) in a two-week span, and host Texas A&M (Dec. 5/ESPN2/8:30 p.m.), who is in the ESPN Way-To-Early Preseason Top-25.