Media Day for #Pac12Hoops is Thursday, Oct. 15...here is all kinds of information to know about the day.
The Men’s Basketball Media Day podium session will stream live for FREE at Pac-12.com/mediadaylive.
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2015 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day | Pac-12 Thursday @GeBlakes and @BobbyHurley11 are at @Pac12Networks http://t.co/lNx6vfGPuf
? Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) October 14, 2015Follow @pac12 on Twitter for school-by-school tweets as each coach and player are about to appear in the stream.
The schedule is listed at Pac-12.com/mens-basketball/media-day.
Some things they might be talking about...
#ESPNUCBB @ESPNAndyKatz & @SethOnHoops: Impact of pro days 4 CBB, @TheSunDevils' @BobbyHurley11 & @KUHoops' @PElliz! http://t.co/BXJFxIUwqv
? ESPNRadio (@ESPNRadio) October 14, 2015--Bobby Hurley is one of just two current DI head coaches who was a Final Four Most Outstanding Player. The other is.......you will have to find it at the bottom.
--Arizona State is 47-8 in the past three seasons at home, and the 47 wins is tied for 10th-most in the nation in that time.
--ASU is the only team in the league to beat the past three Pac-12 champions in their title season. ASU beat UCLA in 2012-13 and then beat Arizona in Tempe in both 2013-14 and 2014-15.
--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.
--Gerry Blake is our player in attendance today, and he is easy to cheer for.?
ASU guard Gerry Blakes playing in memory of his mother, sister (by Doug Haller, azcentral.com/Oct. 8, 2015)
--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.
--Remember that Arizona State and Phoenix host the 2017 Final Four, the first Final Four held west of Texas since Seattle in 1995. It will be held at University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals. The 2017 Final Four will also mark the 25th anniversary of Bobby Hurley earning 1992 Most Outstanding Player honors.
--Gerry Blakes scored 17 points in a 5:23 minute span last year on the road.
--ASU is 31-4 in its past 35 home games.
--Bobby Hurley's Buffalo squad last year led at the half at Wisconsin (Dec. 28) and at Kentucky (Nov. 16).
--In 22 seasons prior to Bobby Hurley, Buffalo averaged 12.9 wins. He had 42 in his two seasons.
--Trivia answer: Danny Manning at Kansas is the other D-I coach who was a Final Four MOP.
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