The Pac-12 Conference has released the weekly matchups and sites for the 2017-18 men's basketball season, as the Sun Devils will open the season in Tucson and finish hosting the Bay Area schools.
The announcement reflects the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the Pac-12 regular season. Specific dates and times for each game within a week will be announced later this summer after selections by the league's television partners are finalized. All Conference games will be televised by either ESPN, FOX, CBS or Pac-12 Network.
Tip-off of the league's regular season will begin no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, with ASU opening the season at Arizona between Dec. 27-31.
Regular-season play will conclude on Saturday, March 3, 2017, ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament's at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 7-10. ASU will not host the Washington schools and doesn't make the Los Angeles trip, after missing the Colorado/Utah trip last year and not hosting the Oregon schools.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS 2017-18 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 10: Idaho State
Tuesday, Nov. 14: San Diego State
Friday, Nov. 17: Northern Arizona (Continental Tire Invitational in Tempe)
Sunday, Nov. 19: UC Irvine (Continental Tire Invitational in Tempe)
Thursday, Nov. 23: Kansas State/Xavier/George Washington (Continental Tire Invitational in Las Vegas)
Friday, Nov. 24: Kansas State/Xavier/George Washington (Continental Tire Invitational in Las Vegas)
Saturday, Dec. 2: San Francisco
Friday, Dec. 8: St. John's (HoopHall Classic at Staples Center)
Sunday, Dec. 10: at Kansas
Sunday, Dec. 17: Vanderbilt
Tuesday, Dec. 19: Longwood
Friday, Dec. 22: Pacific
2017-18 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 PAIRINGS
Dec. 27-31: at Arizona
Jan. 3-7: at Colorado/Utah
Jan. 10-14: Hosting Oregon/Oregon State
Jan. 17-21: at California/Stanford
Jan. 24-28: Hosting Colorado/Utah
Jan. 31-Feb. 4: at Washington/Washington State
Feb. 7-11: Hosting UCLA/USC
Feb. 14-18: Hosting Arizona
Feb. 21-25: at Oregon/Oregon State
Feb. 28-Mar. 3: Hosting California/Stanford
NOTES ON THE SCHEDULE...
DEC. 27-31: Somewhere in these five days, the Sun Devils head to Tucson. It marks the third time in four years ASU has opened the Pac-12 season against Arizona, as ASU hosted Arizona in the 2015-16 Pac-12 opener and played at Tucson in 2014-15. ASU and Arizona have opened the Pac-12 seasons nine times (1984-85, 1985-86, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16).
JAN. 3-7: ASU hits the road to face Utah and Colorado, a trip it did not make in 2016-17, the first time ASU didn't make the Mountain road trip since the league expanded to 12 teams in 2011-12.
JAN. 10-14: ASU hosts Oregon and Oregon State for the first time in two seasons in its first Pac-12 home series. Classes begin Jan. 8, so see you there 942 Crew! ASU has an eight-game win streak over Oregon State in Tempe. ASU is 10-6 vs. Oregon in Tempe since 2001 and has won five of the past eight in Tempe in the series.
FEB. 7-11: USC and UCLA come to Tempe in late-February. ASU sent the eventual Pac-12 champions Bruins home with a 78-60 loss on Jan. 26, 2013, and then ASU topped the Bruins on James Harden night (Feb. 18, 2014). ASU is 9-1 vs. USC in Tempe in the past 10 meetings including a 74-67 win over #23 USC on Feb. 12, 2016 and has won five straight vs. USC in Tempe. Last year ASU outscored USC 12-1 in the final three minutes for an incredible comeback win.
PAST 10 ASU VS. USC GAMES IN TEMPE (ASU LEADS 9-1)
ASU 83, USC 82/Feb. 26, 2017
ASU 74, #23 USC 67/Feb. 12, 2016
ASU 64, USC 59/Feb. 22, 2015
ASU 98, USC 83 (OT)/Jan. 24, 2013
ASU 56, USC 52/Feb. 25, 2012
USC 63, ASU 61/Jan. 27, 2011
ASU 59, USC 54/Mar. 4, 2010
ASU 65, USC 53/Feb. 15, 2009
ASU 80, USC 66/Mar. 1, 2008
ASU 68, #22 USC 58/Feb. 18, 2007
@SUNDEVILHOOPS WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS PAST FOUR SEASONS
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 81, #6 Arizona 78 (Feb. 7, 2015)
ASU 69, #2 Arizona 66 (Feb. 14, 2014)
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)
FEB. 14-18: The Territorial Cup tilt in Tempe takes place this week. ASU has topped the Wildcats in three of the past six in Tempe and is 9-12 vs. Arizona in the past decade. The 69-66 double-overtime Sun Devil win over No. 2 Arizona (23-1) on Feb. 14, 2014, marks the the highest ranked team the Sun Devils have topped at home.
FEB. 21-25: ASU makes the trip to the Oregon schools after missing this trip in 2015-16 and getting a split in 2016-17, winning at Corvallis after losing a very close game in Eugene.
FEB. 28-MARCH 3: ASU hosts the Bay Area schools to close the season as it has topped Stanford in each of the past three seasons at home. Last year it took a pretty wild finish to get it done (12-2 to be exact).
The announcement reflects the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the Pac-12 regular season. Specific dates and times for each game within a week will be announced later this summer after selections by the league's television partners are finalized. All Conference games will be televised by either ESPN, FOX, CBS or Pac-12 Network.
TOP SCORERS COMING BACK: ASU has two of the top five scorers in the Pac-12 returning next year, as Tra Holder (16.2 ppg) and Shannon Evans II (15.0) averaged more than 31 points per game. Only Reid Travis (Stanford), Allonzo Trier (Arizona) and Stephan Thompson (Oregon State) averaged more than Tra and Shannon last year in overall games.
PAC-12 TOP RETURNING SCORERS IN 2017-18
17.4-Reid Travis, Stanford
17.2-Allonzo Trier, Arizona
16.3-Stephen Thompson, Oregon State
16.2-Tra Holder, Arizona State
15.0-Shannon Evans II, Arizona State
Tip-off of the league's regular season will begin no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, with ASU opening the season at Arizona between Dec. 27-31.
Regular-season play will conclude on Saturday, March 3, 2017, ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament's at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 7-10. ASU will not host the Washington schools and doesn't make the Los Angeles trip, after missing the Colorado/Utah trip last year and not hosting the Oregon schools.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS 2017-18 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 10: Idaho State
Tuesday, Nov. 14: San Diego State
Friday, Nov. 17: Northern Arizona (Continental Tire Invitational in Tempe)
Sunday, Nov. 19: UC Irvine (Continental Tire Invitational in Tempe)
Thursday, Nov. 23: Kansas State/Xavier/George Washington (Continental Tire Invitational in Las Vegas)
Friday, Nov. 24: Kansas State/Xavier/George Washington (Continental Tire Invitational in Las Vegas)
Saturday, Dec. 2: San Francisco
Friday, Dec. 8: St. John's (HoopHall Classic at Staples Center)
Sunday, Dec. 10: at Kansas
Sunday, Dec. 17: Vanderbilt
Tuesday, Dec. 19: Longwood
Friday, Dec. 22: Pacific
2017-18 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 PAIRINGS
Dec. 27-31: at Arizona
Jan. 3-7: at Colorado/Utah
Jan. 10-14: Hosting Oregon/Oregon State
Jan. 17-21: at California/Stanford
Jan. 24-28: Hosting Colorado/Utah
Jan. 31-Feb. 4: at Washington/Washington State
Feb. 7-11: Hosting UCLA/USC
Feb. 14-18: Hosting Arizona
Feb. 21-25: at Oregon/Oregon State
Feb. 28-Mar. 3: Hosting California/Stanford
NOTES ON THE SCHEDULE...
DEC. 27-31: Somewhere in these five days, the Sun Devils head to Tucson. It marks the third time in four years ASU has opened the Pac-12 season against Arizona, as ASU hosted Arizona in the 2015-16 Pac-12 opener and played at Tucson in 2014-15. ASU and Arizona have opened the Pac-12 seasons nine times (1984-85, 1985-86, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16).
JAN. 3-7: ASU hits the road to face Utah and Colorado, a trip it did not make in 2016-17, the first time ASU didn't make the Mountain road trip since the league expanded to 12 teams in 2011-12.
JAN. 10-14: ASU hosts Oregon and Oregon State for the first time in two seasons in its first Pac-12 home series. Classes begin Jan. 8, so see you there 942 Crew! ASU has an eight-game win streak over Oregon State in Tempe. ASU is 10-6 vs. Oregon in Tempe since 2001 and has won five of the past eight in Tempe in the series.
ASU EIGHT-GAME WIN STREAK IN TEMPE OVER OSU
ASU 86, Oregon State 68/Jan. 28, 2016
ASU 73, Oregon State 55/Jan. 28, 2015
ASU 86, Oregon State 82 (OT)/Feb. 6, 2014
ASU 76, Oregon State 66/Jan. 14, 2012
ASU 80, Oregon State 66/Mar. 5, 2011
ASU 56, Oregon State 46/Feb. 11, 2010
ASU 69, Oregon State 38/Jan. 8, 2009
ASU 72, Oregon State 53/Jan. 5, 2008
JAN 17-21: The Sun Devils will travel to the Bay Area, as it has won two of the past four at Haas Pavilion an last year won at Stanford for the first time since 2009-10. ASU's 35-point 79-44 win Jan. 22, 2015, at Cal is its biggest Pac-12 win since since it beat Washington State by 41 (96-55) on Jan. 11, 2003, and the second-largest Pac-12 road win in school history, as it dealt the Golden Bears their second-largest home loss.
JAN. 24-28: ASU will host Utah and Colorado. ASU is 4-1 vs. Colorado in Tempe (including a current four-game win streak) and 3-2 vs. the Utes. Last year Tra Holder was big-time clutch in the Colorado win, hitting two free throws to win the game.
ASU VS. COLORADO IN PAC-12 ERA IN TEMPE
ASU 78, CU 77/Jan. 5, 2017
ASU 78, CU 72/Jan. 17, 2015
ASU 72, CU 51/Jan. 25, 2014
ASU 65, CU 56/Jan. 6, 2012
CU 63, ASU 49/Feb. 11, 2012
FEB. 7-11: USC and UCLA come to Tempe in late-February. ASU sent the eventual Pac-12 champions Bruins home with a 78-60 loss on Jan. 26, 2013, and then ASU topped the Bruins on James Harden night (Feb. 18, 2014). ASU is 9-1 vs. USC in Tempe in the past 10 meetings including a 74-67 win over #23 USC on Feb. 12, 2016 and has won five straight vs. USC in Tempe. Last year ASU outscored USC 12-1 in the final three minutes for an incredible comeback win.
PAST 10 ASU VS. USC GAMES IN TEMPE (ASU LEADS 9-1)
ASU 83, USC 82/Feb. 26, 2017
ASU 74, #23 USC 67/Feb. 12, 2016
ASU 64, USC 59/Feb. 22, 2015
ASU 98, USC 83 (OT)/Jan. 24, 2013
ASU 56, USC 52/Feb. 25, 2012
USC 63, ASU 61/Jan. 27, 2011
ASU 59, USC 54/Mar. 4, 2010
ASU 65, USC 53/Feb. 15, 2009
ASU 80, USC 66/Mar. 1, 2008
ASU 68, #22 USC 58/Feb. 18, 2007
@SUNDEVILHOOPS WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS PAST FOUR SEASONS
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 81, #6 Arizona 78 (Feb. 7, 2015)
ASU 69, #2 Arizona 66 (Feb. 14, 2014)
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)
FEB. 14-18: The Territorial Cup tilt in Tempe takes place this week. ASU has topped the Wildcats in three of the past six in Tempe and is 9-12 vs. Arizona in the past decade. The 69-66 double-overtime Sun Devil win over No. 2 Arizona (23-1) on Feb. 14, 2014, marks the the highest ranked team the Sun Devils have topped at home.
FEB. 21-25: ASU makes the trip to the Oregon schools after missing this trip in 2015-16 and getting a split in 2016-17, winning at Corvallis after losing a very close game in Eugene.
FEB. 28-MARCH 3: ASU hosts the Bay Area schools to close the season as it has topped Stanford in each of the past three seasons at home. Last year it took a pretty wild finish to get it done (12-2 to be exact).