Coach Hurley, Remy Martin and Rob Edwards went to Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day at the Pac-12 Network studios on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Here are some notes, tweets and facts to know on the Sun Devils for 2019-20.
Click here for Coach Hurley quotes from his podium visit.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: A reminder that the past two seasons have resulted in the top two average attendance marks in Sun Devil history.
TOP AVERAGE SEASON ATTENDANCE MARKS
2017-18: 10,603
2018-19: 10,538
1995-96: 9,514
2008-09: 9,354
1994-95: 9,333
SOME QUICK HITTERS ON THE PROGRAM:
--ASU finished 23-11 and 12-6 in the Pac-12 in 2018-19, good enough for second in the league after being picked sixth in the preseason media poll.
--It defeated No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 22, the first win over No. 1 at home in program history and the second all-time (also won at Oregon State in March of 1981).
--Notched its first NCAA Tournament win since 2009 with a 74-65 victory over St. John's on March 20 in Dayton and posted 23 wins for just the eighth time in school history.
--Prior to its past two NCAA appearances under Bobby Hurley, ASU had made the NCAA Tournament three times in the previous 22 seasons (1996-2017) and had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017).
SUN DEVILS IN PRESEASON PAC-12 PREDICTION/WHERE THEY FINISHED
2019-20: 6th/TBD
2018-19: 6th/2nd
2017-18: 6th/8th
2016-17: 11th/8th
2015-16: 8th/11th
2014-15: 9th/T-5th
2013-14: 7th/T-3rd
2012-13: 11th/T-6th
2011-12: 9th/10th
BY THE NUMBERS
1: ASU has averaged 80.04 points per game the past two seasons, the top mark in the Pac-12.
3: Three Sun Devils – Remy Martin (a first-team preaseason Pac-12 first-team selection), Romello White, and Kimani Lawrence – played in the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons. ASU had not made March Madness in back-to-back years since 1980-81, but four years after hiring Bobby Hurley, ASU is the only Pac-12 school to make the NCAAs the last two seasons
5: Prior to Bobby Hurley arriving at ASU in the spring of 2015, ASU was 8-22 (.267) in its previous 30 non-conference road games. It is 5-2 under Coach Hurley that includes wins at No. 2 Kansas, an 18-point comeback at Georgia and at fired up and big crowds at San Diego State, UNLV and Creighton. ASU will play at San Francisco and Princeton this year.
ASU NON-CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON ROAD GAMES UNDER BOBBY HURLEY (5-2)
Vanderbilt 81, #18 ASU 65 (Dec. 17, 2019)
#20 ASU 76, Georgia 74 (Dec. 15, 2019)
#16 ASU 95, #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
ASU 74, San Diego State 63 (Dec. 10, 2016)
ASU 66, UNLV 56 (Dec. 16, 2015)
#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 79, Creighton 77 (Dec. 2, 2015) .
12: Not many have been better early than the Sun Devils in the past two seasons, as they are 20-5 in November under Coach Hurley in his four years including 12-0 the past two seasons. The 12 straight November wins is fourth-best in college basketball, behind only Virginia (25), Kansas (17) and Nevada (15).
ASU 12-GAME NOVEMBER WIN STREAK
ASU 89, Omaha 71 (Nov. 28, 2018)
ASU 87, Utah State 82 at Las Vegas (Nov. 21, 2018)
ASU 72, #16 Mississippi State 67 at Las Vegas (Nov. 19, 2018)
ASU 90, Long Beach State 58 (Nov. 12, 2018)
ASU 80, McNeese State 52 (Nov. 9, 2018)
ASU 102, Cal State Fullerton 94, 2 OT (Nov. 6, 2018)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 at Las Vegas (Nov. 24, 2017)
ASU 92, Kansas State 90 at Las Vegas (Nov. 23, 2017)
ASU 99, UC Irvine 78 (Nov. 19, 2017)
ASU 97, NAU 62 (Nov. 17, 2017)
ASU 90, San Diego State 68 (Nov. 14, 2017)
ASU 94, Idaho State 74 (Nov. 10, 2017)
ABOUT THOSE HALFTIME COMEBACKS: ASU has 21 halftime comeback wins under Bobby Hurley in his four years, after posting 12 in the previous five seasons. That is tied for sixth-most among major conference teams (Kansas leads with 27) and is best in the Pac-12 (Washington has 19). It has 10 of those wins on the road, the best among all major conference teams (Providence has nine) and leads the Pac-12 (Oregon has six).
GOT SOME GAMES IN THEM: ASU's top five returners from last year have played in 303 college games (189 starts) and logged 7,745 minutes. Rob Edwards has played in 91 games (started in 80) along with Kimani Lawrence (53 with 15 starts), Remy Martin (64 games/28 starts), Romello White (65/63) and Taeshon Cherry (30/3).
Here are some notes, tweets and facts to know on the Sun Devils for 2019-20.
Click here for Coach Hurley quotes from his podium visit.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: A reminder that the past two seasons have resulted in the top two average attendance marks in Sun Devil history.
TOP AVERAGE SEASON ATTENDANCE MARKS
2017-18: 10,603
2018-19: 10,538
1995-96: 9,514
2008-09: 9,354
1994-95: 9,333
Thank You #SunDevilNation ?? pic.twitter.com/79VdNJlfsM
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) February 27, 2019
SOME QUICK HITTERS ON THE PROGRAM:
--ASU finished 23-11 and 12-6 in the Pac-12 in 2018-19, good enough for second in the league after being picked sixth in the preseason media poll.
--It defeated No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 22, the first win over No. 1 at home in program history and the second all-time (also won at Oregon State in March of 1981).
--Notched its first NCAA Tournament win since 2009 with a 74-65 victory over St. John's on March 20 in Dayton and posted 23 wins for just the eighth time in school history.
--Prior to its past two NCAA appearances under Bobby Hurley, ASU had made the NCAA Tournament three times in the previous 22 seasons (1996-2017) and had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017).
SUN DEVILS IN PRESEASON PAC-12 PREDICTION/WHERE THEY FINISHED
2019-20: 6th/TBD
2018-19: 6th/2nd
2017-18: 6th/8th
2016-17: 11th/8th
2015-16: 8th/11th
2014-15: 9th/T-5th
2013-14: 7th/T-3rd
2012-13: 11th/T-6th
2011-12: 9th/10th
BY THE NUMBERS
1: ASU has averaged 80.04 points per game the past two seasons, the top mark in the Pac-12.
3: Three Sun Devils – Remy Martin (a first-team preaseason Pac-12 first-team selection), Romello White, and Kimani Lawrence – played in the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons. ASU had not made March Madness in back-to-back years since 1980-81, but four years after hiring Bobby Hurley, ASU is the only Pac-12 school to make the NCAAs the last two seasons
5: Prior to Bobby Hurley arriving at ASU in the spring of 2015, ASU was 8-22 (.267) in its previous 30 non-conference road games. It is 5-2 under Coach Hurley that includes wins at No. 2 Kansas, an 18-point comeback at Georgia and at fired up and big crowds at San Diego State, UNLV and Creighton. ASU will play at San Francisco and Princeton this year.
ASU NON-CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON ROAD GAMES UNDER BOBBY HURLEY (5-2)
Vanderbilt 81, #18 ASU 65 (Dec. 17, 2019)
#20 ASU 76, Georgia 74 (Dec. 15, 2019)
#16 ASU 95, #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
ASU 74, San Diego State 63 (Dec. 10, 2016)
ASU 66, UNLV 56 (Dec. 16, 2015)
#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 79, Creighton 77 (Dec. 2, 2015) .
If Remy threw you a no-look pass, would you catch it? ???? pic.twitter.com/zqQdhXQ4ZN
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) September 14, 2019
12: Not many have been better early than the Sun Devils in the past two seasons, as they are 20-5 in November under Coach Hurley in his four years including 12-0 the past two seasons. The 12 straight November wins is fourth-best in college basketball, behind only Virginia (25), Kansas (17) and Nevada (15).
ASU 12-GAME NOVEMBER WIN STREAK
ASU 89, Omaha 71 (Nov. 28, 2018)
ASU 87, Utah State 82 at Las Vegas (Nov. 21, 2018)
ASU 72, #16 Mississippi State 67 at Las Vegas (Nov. 19, 2018)
ASU 90, Long Beach State 58 (Nov. 12, 2018)
ASU 80, McNeese State 52 (Nov. 9, 2018)
ASU 102, Cal State Fullerton 94, 2 OT (Nov. 6, 2018)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 at Las Vegas (Nov. 24, 2017)
ASU 92, Kansas State 90 at Las Vegas (Nov. 23, 2017)
ASU 99, UC Irvine 78 (Nov. 19, 2017)
ASU 97, NAU 62 (Nov. 17, 2017)
ASU 90, San Diego State 68 (Nov. 14, 2017)
ASU 94, Idaho State 74 (Nov. 10, 2017)
We have been really good in November. Like 12-0 good past two years. So let's try that act in Connecticut at the @Hoophall Tip-Off Tournament Nov. 23-24 at @MoheganSun https://t.co/BfVznmLiTs St. John's on Nov. 23 then UMASS or Virginia on Nov. 24! pic.twitter.com/2lhnUwvLaz
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) June 3, 2019
ABOUT THOSE HALFTIME COMEBACKS: ASU has 21 halftime comeback wins under Bobby Hurley in his four years, after posting 12 in the previous five seasons. That is tied for sixth-most among major conference teams (Kansas leads with 27) and is best in the Pac-12 (Washington has 19). It has 10 of those wins on the road, the best among all major conference teams (Providence has nine) and leads the Pac-12 (Oregon has six).
Not many been better being down at the half in past four seasons.
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) September 26, 2019
??21 Ws
?? 9 on road
?? E.G: Kansas (2x), Xavier, at Georgia
ALL THE COMEBACKS HERE - https://t.co/N0P2xvwhRZ
TICKETS - https://t.co/391YZLky49 pic.twitter.com/mJs9u8LWtV
GOT SOME GAMES IN THEM: ASU's top five returners from last year have played in 303 college games (189 starts) and logged 7,745 minutes. Rob Edwards has played in 91 games (started in 80) along with Kimani Lawrence (53 with 15 starts), Remy Martin (64 games/28 starts), Romello White (65/63) and Taeshon Cherry (30/3).