Thank you Sun Devil nation for your incredible support all season long. pic.twitter.com/QRDXdXxgLb
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) March 3, 2018
The Pac-12 Conference has released the weekly matchups and site designations for the league's 2018-19 men's basketball season, as the Sun Devils will open the season hosting Colorado and Utah and finish with three on the road at the Oregon schools and then Tucson on the final weekend. 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 108 Conference games will be televised by either Pac-12 Network, ESPN/2/U, FOX/FS1 or CBS.Back on that summer grind ?? pic.twitter.com/TbR6v56yOg
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) July 11, 2018
ASU will open the Pac-12 season at home for just the fourth time in past 11 seasons.
RECENT PAC-12 OPENERS (HOME GAMES BOLD)
@#17 Arizona 84, #3 ASU 78 (Dec. 30, 2017)
ASU 98, @Stanford 93 (Dec. 30, 2016)
#4 Arizona 94, ASU 82 (Jan. 3, 2016)
@#8 Arizona 73, ASU 49 (Jan. 4, 2015)
Washington 76, ASU 65 (Jan. 2, 2014)
ASU 55, Utah 54 OT (Jan. 2, 2013)
@Arizona 68, ASU 51 (Dec. 31, 2011)
@Oregon State 80, ASU 58 (Dec. 30, 2010)
@UCLA 72, ASU 70 (Dec. 31, 2009)
ASU 90, @Stanford 60 (Jan. 2, 2009)
Flick of The Wrist pic.twitter.com/JRLFXibHwj
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) July 16, 2018
2018-19 @SUNDEVILHOOPS PAC-12 PAIRINGS
Jan. 2-6: Colorado/Utah
Jan. 9-13: at California/Stanford
Jan. 16-20: Oregon/Oregon State
Jan. 23-27: at UCLA/USC
Jan. 30-Feb. 3: Arizona
Feb. 6-10: Washington State/Washington
Feb. 13-17: at Utah/Colorado
Feb. 20-24: Stanford/California
Feb. 27-Mar. 3: at Oregon State/Oregon
Mar. 6-9: at Arizona
You know who I'm riding with. Stay the course! @stancehoops pic.twitter.com/WvTCBhKEIl
— James Harden (@JHarden13) March 13, 2018
Tipoff of the league's regular season will begin no earlier than Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Arizona State will finish regular-season play no later than Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Tucson.
ASU will not travel to Seattle and Pullman and won't host USC and UCLA (a home series it swept last year), after missing the Los Angeles trip last year and not hosting the Washington schools.
The Pac-12 Tournament will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, taking place March 13-16, 2019. Attendance at the four-day, 11-game event has eclipsed 80,000 in each of the first two years at T-Mobile Arena, including a record-setting 86,910 fans in its 2017 debut.Sun Devils.
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) July 14, 2018
Here to Create. pic.twitter.com/3XzTHgWpmh
The weekly matchups and site designations for the 2018-19 regular season have been determined based on the league's current annual 18-game rotation model. The Conference will continue to study and explore alternative league scheduling models for potential future implementation.
Hopefully soon. Waiting on a couple of final contracts and signatures. Making sure you saw @Jack_A_Harris story on how it all comes together (and a list of games already set at end ) https://t.co/YGjWD8Em5T https://t.co/ctuiK4aIOi
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) July 5, 2018
NOTES ON THE SCHEDULE...
JAN. 2-6: ASU will host Utah and Colorado to begin Pac-12 play at "The Bank" with its 14,100 seats and the wall down (Wells Fargo Arena for those that haven't heard about the new nickman). ASU is 5-1 vs. Colorado in Tempe (including a current five-game win streak) and 3-3 vs. the Utes. In 2017 Tra Holder was big-time clutch in the Colorado win, hitting two free throws to win the game. Last year ASU turned a 32-32 halftime game into an 80-66 win in front of 13,943 fans. It marks just the second time in five years ASU hasn't opened the Pac-12 season against Arizona.
ASU VS. CU IN TEMPE PAC-12 ERA (5-1)
ASU 80, CU 66/Jan. 27, 2018
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, 2013
CU 63, ASU 49/Feb. 11, 2012
JAN 9-13: The Sun Devils will travel to the Bay Area the second week of Pac-12 play, as it has won three of the past five at Haas Pavilion and won at Stanford for the first time since 2009-10 in 2016-17. ASU's 35-point 79-44 win Jan. 22, 2015, at Cal is its biggest Pac-12 win 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. ASU swept Cal for the eleventh time in 2017-18. ASU is 7-4 vs. California in its past 11..
ASU PAST SEVEN VS. CALIFORNIA (7-4)
California 68, ASU 65/March 5, 2016
@California 75, ASU 70/Jan. 21, 2016
ASU 74, California 70/March 7, 2015
ASU 79, @California 44/Jan. 22, 2015
ASU 78, California 60/March 1, 2014
ASU 89, @California 78(OT)/January 29, 2014
ASU 66, California 62/February 7, 2013
JAN. 16-20: ASU hosts Oregon and Oregon State the third weekend. ASU has a nine-game win streak over Oregon State in Tempe. ASU is 10-7 vs. Oregon in Tempe since 2001 and has won five of the past nine in Tempe in the series. Last year ASU came back from a 13-point deficit with 11 minutes left to go for a 77-75 victory over Oregon State in Tempe.
ASU NINE-GAME WIN STREAK IN TEMPE OVER OSU
ASU 77, Oregon State 75/Jan. 13, 2018
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
Coach @BobbyHurley11 has a very special bond with his son, Bobby. #FathersDay pic.twitter.com/O7tp2mfm3V
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) June 17, 2018
JAN. 23-27: ASU heads to USC and UCLA and will hope to do what it did at home last year…sweep the Trojans and Bruins. ASU used a Tra Holder game-winner in a crazy comeback 80-78 win on Feb. 8 and then topped UCLA an 88-79 win on Feb. 10 in front of 14,025 fans. ASU last won at USC 62-53 on Jan. 5, 2012, and last won at UCLA 61-58 in overtime over the ninth-ranked Bruins on Jan. 17, 2009 in a CBS broadcast with Derek Glasser and James Harden leading the way.
JAN. 30-FEB. 3: The Territorial Cup in Tempe takes place the same weekend as the Phoenix Open and Super Bowl Sunday. ASU has topped the Wildcats in three of the past seven in Tempe and has nine wins vs. Arizona in the past 11 seasons. The 69-66 double-overtime Sun Devil win over No. 2 Arizona (23-1 entering game) on Feb. 14, 2014, marks the highest-ranked team the Sun Devils have topped at home.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS PAST FIVE SEASONS
ASU 95, @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 Nov. 24, 2017 at Las Vegas)
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)
Friday the 13th we all chat about those that wore 13 and so why of course (photo credit @KlineSportsPics ) ... @BLOCKchynski pic.twitter.com/EHl4it3CXH
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) July 13, 2018
FEB. 6-10: ASU plays host to WSU and Washington for the first time since 2016-17. ASU holds a 42-38 series lead over WSU and has won six of the past nine, 10 of the past 15 overall and six of past seven in Tempe. ASU won the past meeting over the Huskies in Tempe over eventual No. 1 pick Markelle Fulz 86-75 on Jan. 25, 2017.
FEB. 13-17: 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, but did get a split last year with a tough 80-77 win at Salt Lake City.
FEB. 20-24: ASU hosts the Bay Area schools to close the home season for the second straight year as it has topped Stanford in three of the past four seasons in Tempe. ASU has swept Cal in two of the past five seasons (after not sweeping them since 1999-2000) and won by 31 last season on March 1 over the Bears.
BIGGEST VICTORY MARGIN IN PAC-12 GAME BY ASU (2006-07 TO PRESENT)
35 (79-44) at California (Jan. 22, 2015)
31 (84-53) vs. California (Mar. 1, 2018)
31 (69-38) vs. Oregon State (Jan. 8, 2009)
FEB. 27-MAR. 3: ASU makes the trip to the Oregon schools after missing this trip in 2015-16, getting a split in 2016-17 (winning at Corvallis after losing a very close game in Eugene ), and then losing two close tilts last year.
MAR. 6-9: Somewhere in these four days, the Sun Devils head to Tucson to close the regular season, and the game will not take place on Sunday. ASU and Arizona have opened a Pac-12 season 10 times and have closed it nine times (2016-17, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2004-05, 2003-04, 1994-95, 1993-94, 1985-86 and 1984-85) since joining the Pac-10 in 1978-79.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS 2018-19 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Nov. 6: Cal State Fullerton
Friday, Nov. 9: MGM Grand Main Event Game at ASU (opponent TBD)
Monday, Nov. 12: Long Beach State (MGM Grand Main Event Game at ASU)
Friday, Nov. 16: at San Francisco
Monday, Nov. 19: ASU vs. Mississippi State at T-Mobile Arena (MGM Grand Main Event)
Wednesday, Nov. 21: ASU vs. St. Mary's/Utah State at T-Mobile Arena (MGM Grand Main Event)
Wednesday, Nov. 28: Nebraska-Omaha
Saturday, Dec. 1: TBD
Friday, Dec. 7: vs. Nevada at STAPLES Center
Saturday, Dec. 15: at Georgia
Monday, Dec. 17: at Vanderbilt
Saturday, Dec. 22: Kansas
Saturday, Dec. 29: Princeton