April 7, 2011
80 WINS IN FOUR SEASONS
The Arizona State 2010-11 men's hoops team (12-19; 4-14 in the Pac-10) saw the careers of seniors Ty Abbott, Rihards Kuksiks and Jamelle McMillan come to a close in 2010-11 as the trio produced 80 wins, the most by any seniors in ASU history. The Sun Devils were 21-13 (2007-08), 25-10 (2008-09), and 22-11 (2009-10) in their first three seasons. Prior to their arrival, ASU won 37 games in the previous four seasons. ASU's best four-year span of total wins was 88 from 1959-60 to 1962-63 and also from 1960-61 to 1963-64, but that was before freshman were eligible. The 80 wins by each of the seniors is the best by any four-year player, as Gary Jackson (1973-76) was with the program for 79 wins.
ASU TOP FOUR-YEAR WIN TOTALS
1. 1961-1964: 88
1. 1960-1963: 88
3. 2008-2011: 78 (Ty Abbott, Rihards Kuksiks, Jamelle McMillan)
3. 1972-1975: 80
5. 1973-1976: 79 (Gary Jackson)
5. 1959-1962: 79
ABOUT THE ALL-PAC-10 SECOND-TEAM HONORS
Trent earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors from the league's coaches. It marked the second Pac-10 honor for the Hopkins High School product, as he earned All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honors in 2009-10. The league selects a 10-man first team and a five-man second team. Lockett became the fourth Sun Devil to earn All-Pac-10 honors under Coach Sendek in his first five seasons, joining Abbott (first-team in 2009-10), James Harden (first-team in 2007-08 and 2008-09) and Jeff Pendergraph (2007-08 third-team and 2008-09 first-team). Lockett also is the first player from Minnesota to earn All-Pac-10 honors. He earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors and was the only first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree to earn All-Pac-10 honors.
NICE MOVEMENT UPWARD
Trent's 6.7 points per game increase was fifth-best in the Pac-10 this season and second-best by a Pac-10 sophomore from his freshman season this past year.
BIGGEST PAC-10 SCORING IMPROVEMENTS
Joevan Catron, Sr. (Oregon), +10.4 (5.5 to 15.9)
Jorge Gutierrez, Jr. (Cal), +9.1 (5.5 to 14.6)
Jared Cunningham, So. (OSU) +8.0 (6.2 to 14.2)
Markhuri Sanders-Frison, Sr. (Cal), +7.6 (3.3 to 10.9)
Trent Lockett, So. (ASU), +6.7 (6.7 to 13.4)
Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Sr. (UW) +6.5 (8.8 to 15.3)
Nikola Vucevic, Jr. (USC) +6.4 (10.7 to 17.1)
BEST THING ABOUT FRESHMAN IS THEY BECOME SOPHOMORES
Trent Lockett averaged 13.4 points in 2010-11 after averaging 6.7 in his freshman season. A look at ASU's records shows that the +6.7 increase is the best from first year to second year by a Sun Devil since Jeremy Veal went from 7.4 in 1994-95 to 18.9 in 1995-96 (+11.5).
BIGGEST SUN DEVIL SCORING IMPROVEMENTS (FIRST SEASON TO SECOND SEASON)
Jeremy Veal, +11.5 (7.4 in 1994-95 to 18.9 in 1995-96)
Dennis Hamilton, +11.1 (6.2 in 1963-64 to 17.3 in 1964-65)
Art Becker, +10.1 (9.0 in 1961-62 to 19.1 in 1962-63)
Arthur Thomas, +9.4 (4.3 in 1984-85 to 13.7 in 1985-86)
Kurt Nimphius, +7.0 (1.5 in 1976-77 to 8.5 in 1977-78)
Trent Lockett, +6.7 (6.7 in 2009-10 to 13.4 in 2010-11)
Joe Caldwell, +6.4 (13.3 in 1961-62 to 19.7 in 1962-63)
Fat Lever, +5.6 (3.6 in 1978-79 to 9.2 in 1979-80)
LINEUP
With its injuries and illnesses ASU used 11 starting lineups and 11 players made a start in 2010-11...only player to see action in all 31 games was freshman Kyle Cain...11 lineups is most by the Sun Devils since 2003-04 team started 13 and tied for third-most in 18 seasons...1996-97 (11 lineups) and 1995-96 (12) teams under Bill Frieder also tried different options...each of ASU's top four scorers missed at least two games due to injury including leading scorer Trent Lockett missing the Oregon road trip where ASU fell at Oregon State but beat Oregon...ASU had its full compliment of players in just 10 of 18 Pac-10 tilts in 2010-11.
ALL-PAC-10 SECOND-TEAM
Sophomore Trent Lockett (Golden Valley, Minn.) earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors from the league's coaches. It marked the second Pac-10 honor for the Hopkins High School product, as he earned All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honors in 2009-10. The league selects a 10-man first team and a five-man second team. Senior Ty Abbott earned honorable mention honors this season as well. Lockett became the fourth Sun Devil to earn All-Pac-10 honors under Coach Sendek in his five seasons, joining Abbott (first-team in 2009-10), James Harden (first-team in 2007-08 and 2008-09) and Jeff Pendergraph (2007-08 third-team and 2008-09 first-team). Lockett also is the first player from Minnesota to earn All-Pac-10 honors. He also earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors and was the only first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree to earn All-Pac-10 honors.
2010-11: Trent Lockett (first)
2008-09: Derek Glasser (first), Rihards Kuksiks (second)
2005-06: Chad Goldstein (second)
2004-05: Wilfried Fameni (second)
2003-04: Justin Allen (second)
2002-03: Justin Allen, Shawn Redhage
2001-02: Shawn Redhage
1998-99: Bobby Lazor
1997-98: Bobby Lazor
1990-91: Matt Anderson
Note: Prior to 2003-04, only a five-man team was selected.
HE IS THAT YOUNG AND BEEN COACHING THAT LONG
Coach Sendek earned the Miami of Ohio job in the spring of 1993 at age 30. Three years later he took over the NC State program at age 33. Some 18 years later he ranks near the top of the youngest coaches with at least 300 career Division I wins, as he turned 48 on Feb. 22, 2011. After coaching in more than 500 career games at three schools and in seven NCAA tournaments and having eight former assistants serving as head coaches at the D-I level, he also remains the third-youngest coach in the Pac-10 even with seven hires in the past three seasons.
YOUNGEST COACHES WITH 300 DIVISION I WINS
Billy Donovan, Florida, 395 (May 30, 1965)
Greg McDermott, Creighton, 303 (Nov. 25, 1964)
Steve Alford, New Mexico, 327 (Nov. 23, 1964)
Herb Sendek, Arizona State, 342 (Feb. 22, 1963)
Bill Self, Kansas, 441 (Dec. 27, 1962)
Mark Few, Gonzaga, 316 (Dec. 27, 1962)
Jay Wright, Villanova, 346 (Dec. 24, 1961)
Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt, 359 (Oct. 1, 1960)
Jeff Jones, American, 327 (June 29, 1960)
SOLID DEFENSE
ASU held Oregon to just .296 shooting (16-of-54) on March 3, the fifth-best effort by the Sun Devils in a Pac-10 game in the past 24 seasons (432 games) and second-best under Herb Sendek in his 90 Pac-10 games. Four of the best seven games in that time frame (1987-88 through 2010-11) have come under Coach Sendek.
ASU'S BEST DEFENSIVE FG% IN PAC-10 GAME 1987-88 TO 2010-11 (PAST 24 SEASONS)
.246/14-57 by Oregon State (Feb. 11, 2010)/Herb Sendek
.265/13-49 vs. Washington State (Feb. 7, 2002)/Rob Evans
.286/20-70 at Oregon (Jan. 22, 2005)/Rob Evans
.286/14-49 by California (Mar. 7, 1996)/Bill Frieder
.296/16-54 by Oregon (Mar. 3, 2011)/Herb Sendek
.298/17-57 by Washington State (Jan. 10, 2010)/Herb Sendek
.298/14-47 at Arizona (Jan. 21, 2009)/Herb Sendek
HEY, THAT WAS A GOOD WIN
ASU's Nov. 20 win over RPI #31 UAB was the fifth-best non-conference win by a Pac-10 team in 2010-11, topped only by UCLA over #5 BYU and #25 St. John's, USC over #11 Texas and Cal over #30 Temple. ASU had four top-100 RPI wins on the year as in addition to UAB it beat #81 Tulsa, #82 Washington State and #90 Long Beach State, who won the Big West regular season title. The final RPI's for ASU's non-conference opponents were: St. John's (25), UAB (31), Richmond (41), New Mexico (66), Tulsa (81), Long Beach (90), Baylor (94), Weber State (150), Nevada (193), North Carolina A&T (231), Gardner Webb (263) and Houston Baptist (345).
THREE BOMBS
ASU hit 16 three-pointers against Oregon on March 3, then followed that up with 17 vs. Oregon State on March 5. The 17 vs. Oregon State was just one shy of the school record 18 against USF on Nov. 20, 2009. Six times an ASU team has made at least 16 three-pointers in a game, five of those time have occurred under Coach Sendek's watch. The 17 three-pointers made also matched the most in Pac-10 game this year, as Washington had 17 vs. California on Feb. 10. ASU's 40 attempts vs. Oregon State on March 5 and its attempts vs. Oregon on March 3 were highs in a Pac-10 game this year. The 40 attempts vs. Oregon State also is the second-most in school history, topped only by Bill Frieder's squad jacking up 51 at BYU in the season opener on Dec. 1, 1992.
ASU'S MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE/SUN DEVIL COACH
18 vs. USF, Nov. 20, 2009/Herb Sendek
17 vs. Oregon State, Mar. 5, 2011/Herb Sendek
17 vs. Idaho State, Dec. 23, 2008/Herb Sendek
16 vs. Oregon, Mar. 3, 2011/Herb Sendek
16 vs. California, Feb. 16, 2008/Herb Sendek
16 at Brigham Young, Dec. 1, 1992/Bill Frieder
ASU MOST THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS/SUN DEVIL COACH
51 at Brigham Young, Dec. 1, 1992/Bill Frieder
40 vs. Oregon State, Mar. 5, 2011/Herb Sendek
40 vs. California, Feb. 16, 2008/Herb Sendek
40 vs. San Diego St., Dec. 8, 1992/Bill Frieder
36 vs. Oregon, Mar. 3, 2011/Herb Sendek
36 vs. UCSB, Dec. 21, 2009/Herb Sendek
36 vs. Northern Arizona, Nov. 13, 2006/Herb Sendek
36 vs. Northern Arizona, Dec. 21, 1992/Bill Frieder
THREES MADE
ASU made 240 threes in 2010-11 and attempted 684, both fifth-most in ASU history. Herb Sendek's teams have four of the top five ASU three-point shooting teams when talking about threes made. Individually, Ty Abbott hit 273 career three-pointers (third in ASU history) while Rihards Kuksiks hit 280 (second). Abbott attemped 757 (third in ASU history) while Kuksiks finished with 696 attempts (fourth in ASU history). Kuksiks finished as the fourth-best three-point shooter in ASU history with a .402 mark, while Jamelle McMillan finished tenth at .373.
SUN DEVIL MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE IN A SEASON
1. 288, 2009 (Herb Sendek)
2. 271, 2010 (Herb Sendek)
3. 263, 1993 (Bill Frieder)
4. 244, 2008 (Herb Sendek)
5. 240, 2011 (Herb Sendek)
SUN DEVIL MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED IN A SEASON
1. 778, 2009 (Herb Sendek)
2. 772, 1993 (Bill Frieder)
3. 735, 2010 (Herb Sendek)
4. 688, 2008 (Herb Sendek)
5. 684, 2011 (Herb Sendek)
SUN DEVIL CAREER THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE
1. .435 (94-of-216), Matt Anderson, 1988-91
2. .413 (156-of-378), Tarence Wheeler, 1987-91
3. .409 (45-of-110), Steve Beck, 1984-87
4. .402 (280-of-696), Rihards Kuksiks, 2007-11
10. .373 (123-of-330), Jamelle McMillan, 2007-11
SOLID NOTE FROM ACC DAYS
From the 2001-2002 season through 2005-2006 (Herb Sendek's final five seasons) NC State won 53 total ACC games (regular season and ACC tournament). Only Duke was better (76) in that time frame. Maryland also had 53.
DEFENSE
ASU had given up less than 62 points per game in each of Coach Sendek's first four seasons and gave up just 66.9 in 2010-11, tenth best in ASU history. In his 10 seasons in Raleigh, NC State led the ACC in scoring defense four times and held opponents to just 54.7 points per game in 1996-97, an ACC record. ASU's 58.7 points per game allowed in 2009-10 was the lowest by ASU since the 1948-49 team gave up 47.6.
ASU LOWEST DEFENSIVE PPG.
1. 46.5 - 1948
2. 47.6 - 1949
3. 58.7 - 2010
4. 59.8 - 1950
5. 60.5 - 2009
6. 61.8 - 2007
7. 61.9 - 2008
8. 64.2 - 1982
9. 65.2 - 1984
10. 66.9 - 2011
PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ty Abbott scored 22 points in each contest as ASU swept its final home games of the year over Oregon (73-53 on March 3) and Oregon State (80-66 on March 5), and that earned him March 7 Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for the third time in his career. He joined Eddie House (five times), Ike Diogu (four), Mario Bennett (three) and James Harden (three) as Sun Devils to win the award on multiple occasions. Abbott also earned the honor on Jan. 10, 2010, and on Dec. 17, 2007.
BOARDS
Freshman Kyle Cain finished the season averaging 5.4 rebounds per game, the sixth-best mark by a freshman in ASU history and third-best by Sun Devil freshman in the past 19 seasons. He had 17 rebounds vs. Houston Baptist on Nov. 25, the most by a Sun Devil since Jeff Pendergraph had 19 at Oregon on Feb. 8, 2007. The 17 boards is tied for second-most by a freshman in ASU history with Mario Bennett, who had 17 vs. Oregon on Feb. 1, 1992. Ike Diogu has the ASU freshman record with 18 vs. Oregon on March 13, 2003, in the Pac-10 Tournament. Cain then posted 16 boards vs. Long Beach State in 26 minutes on Dec. 21 and had 14 boards (but zero points) in just 23 minutes vs. North Carolina A&T on Dec. 23. He also shot .545 from the field (78-of-143), fifth-best by a freshman in ASU history. Kyle also led the Sun Devils in rebounding 11 times on the season.
MOST REBOUNDS BY ASU FRESHMAN
18 by Ike Diogu vs. Oregon @Pac-10 Tournament (March 13, 2003)
17 by Kyle Cain vs. Houston Baptist @Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 25, 2010)
17 by Mario Bennett vs. Oregon (Feb. 1, 1992)
16 by Kyle Cain vs. Long Beach State (Dec. 21, 2010)
BEST SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. .608, Ike Diogu, 2002-03 (209-of-344)
2. .574, Mario Bennett, 1991-92 (159-of-277)
3. .570, Dwayne Fontana, 1990-91 (102-of-179)
4. .568, Eric Holloway, 1983-84 (79-of-139)
5. .545, Kyle Cain, 2010-11 (78-of-143)
ACTIVE WITH BLOCKS
ASU had six players notch a total of nine blocks vs. Arizona on Feb. 13, second-best in the Herb Sendek-era. ASU had 11 blocks vs. Southern Illinois on March 20, 2008 in a NIT contest. ASU also had eight blocks vs. USC on Jan. 27 this season. ASU blocked 115 shots on the year, ninth-most in ASU history. Sophomore Ruslan Pateev blocked 24 shots while freshman Jordan Bachynski had 20 swats, seventh-most by a freshman in ASU history.
OREGON REGULAR SEASON SWEEP
ASU has now swept the regular season series with Oregon in each of the past three seasons and had won six straight in the series before the Oregon win in the Pac-10 Tournament...ASU has swept the Ducks 12 times in its 33 Pac-10 seasons in the regular season: 1979-80, '80-81, '82-83, '88-89, '90-91, '91-92, '92-93, '00-01, '04-05, '08-09, '09-10 and '10-11...ASU is 22-11 (.667) against the Ducks in Pac-10 play in Tempe, its best home record against any league foe...ASU is 7-4 against UO under Coach Sendek, including 3-2 in Eugene, 4-1 in Tempe and 0-1 in the Pac-10 Tournament...ASU is 41-32 against the Ducks all-time.
HANDLE IT
ASU finished second in the Pac-10 in fewest turnovers per game at 12.2 (USC was best at 11.4) and averaged 11.6 turnovers in final 15 games. Jamelle McMillan led the Pac-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.68 (110 assists and 41 turnovers). He led the Pac-10 in the 18 regular season games in that category as well at 2.35 per game (54 assists/23 turnovers).
HIGH STEALS NOTE VS. OREGON STATE
ASU's 24 assists vs. Oregon State on March 5 was the second-highest in a Pac-10 game this season, topped only by Washington's 30 vs. Cal on Feb. 10. The 24 assists is the most by ASU in the Herb Sendek-era and the most in a Pac-10 game since it also had 24 vs. California on Feb. 5, 2005.
HIGH ASSISTS NOTE VS. OREGON STATE
ASU's 14 steals vs. the Beavers was topped in a Pac-10 game by only Oregon State's 15 vs. UCLA on Jan. 31. It matches the most in the Herb Sendek-era against a Pac-10 opponent as ASU also had 14 vs. USC in the 2008 Pac-10 Tournament on March 13. It is the most in a Pac-10 game by the Sun Devils since ASU had 15 vs. UCLA on March 4, 1999. FROSH
Two freshmen took advantage of some playing time late in the season. Keala King is averaging 13.8 minutes and 6.8 points in the final six games and was 14-of-17 (.824) from the free throw stripe in those tilts. He started the year 16-of-38 (.421) from the charity stripe...Chanse Creekmur led ASU to its 73-72 Feb. 19 win over Washington State with 18 points, including five three-pointers, just the second Sun Devil freshman to hit five three-pointers in a game in the past four seasons (Ty Abbott was the other). Creekmur averaged 17.8 minutes and 5.3 points in the final nine games and made 13-of-33 (.394) three-pointers in the final eight games.
TRENT
Sophomore Trent Lockett had a then career-high 22 points in the season opener at New Mexico (Nov. 16) where two of his dunks placed him No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top-10...earned 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 honors...finished the year with 22 points in the Pac-10 Tournament as he made his first 10 shots vs. Oregon on March 9...had a career-high 24 points vs. Weber State on Nov. 26 in Alaska...also had 20 points at Washington on Jan. 22 and then had 20 in 71-69 Washington State win on Feb. 19...native of Golden Valley, Minn., and a student in Barrett, the Honors College...comes from one of the top high school programs in the country (Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn.)...earned a spot on the five-man Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2009-10...has 30 double-figure scoring games...posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 boards vs. Richmond on Dec. 5...missed both games of the Oregon road trip on Dec. 30-Jan. 1 with a sprained big left toe...finished season 8-of-18 (.444) from the three-point stripe after starting season 2-of-13...led team in scoring in each of the first four games averaging 20.8 points in those games and in 12 games on the season and in 13 times in his career...led team in rebounding a team-best 13 times in 2010-11 and 16 times in his career...also shared team lead or has led team in assists in eight games...also earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors.
TRENT'S TOP SCORING GAMES
24 vs. Weber State (Nov. 26, 2010)
22 vs. Oregon @Pac-10 Tournament (Mar. 9, 2011)
22 at New Mexico (Nov. 16, 2010)
20 vs. Washington State (Feb. 19, 2011)
20 at #20 Washington (Jan. 22, 2011)
19 vs. UAB (Nov. 20, 2010)
19 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
18 at Cal (Feb. 3, 2011)
18 vs. Houston Baptist (Nov. 25, 2010)
JMAC
Senior Jamelle McMillan played through a nagging groin injury since December that caused him to miss three games but is averaged 11.0 points in the final 11 games and was 23-of-50 (.460) from three in those tilts...posted three of the top scoring games in his career in the final 11 contests with a career-high 17 at Stanford (Feb. 5), 14 at Cal (Feb. 3) and 13 vs. UCLA (Jan. 29)... ASU was 73-48 (.603) with Jamelle and 6-5 (.545) without in his career...321 career assists and 153 turnovers...six steals vs. Long Beach on Dec. 21, most by a Sun Devil since James Harden had seven vs. USC on March 13, 2008, in the Pac-10 Tournament...led the Pac-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio and finished 14th nationally at 2.68 (110 assists and 41 turnovers)...led the Pac-10 in the 18 regular season games in that category as well at 2.35 per game...led team in scoring twice in 2010-11 and four times in his career...shared lead or led ASU in assists 17 times in 2010-11 and 33 times in career.
JAMELLE'S TOP SCORING GAMES
17 at Stanford (Feb. 5, 2011)
16 vs. Weber State @Alaska (Nov. 26, 2010)
16 vs. UCSB (Dec. 21, 2009)
15 vs. USC Upstate (Dec. 23, 2009)
14 at California (Feb. 3, 2011)
14 at Oregon State (Feb. 7, 2009)
13 vs. UCLA (Jan. 29, 2011)
INFO TO KNOW
ASU has had some poorly-timed injury/illness items since the opening of the Pac-10, as it lost at Oregon State 80-58 (Dec. 30) and won at Oregon 60-55 (Jan. 1) to close Mac Court, without leading scorer and eventual 2010-11 second-team All-Pac-10 pick Trent Lockett (14.7 ppg. at the time), who missed both games with a sprained left big toe. Then point guard Jamelle McMillan missed both games of the Bay Area home series (Jan. 6-8) and the Jan. 12 Tulsa win due to a groin injury. The Washington trip the scrambling continued as Carrick Felix and Brandon Dunson couldn't travel for the first game as both were ill. The main bummer? Felix was averaging 13.6 points (tied for team lead), 3.6 boards, 31.2 minutes and was 14-of-18 (.778) from the free throw line in the previous five games. Both Rihards Kuksiks and Ty Abbott missed the Feb. 19 Washington State win while Kuksiks missed the Washington game on Feb. 17 and the Los Angeles road trip as well. Each of ASU top four scorers missed at least two games and ASU had its full roster for just 10 of 18 Pac-10 games.
HALFTIME DIGIT
ASU is 9-2 when it leads at the half in 2010-11 and 66-16 under Herb Sendek...ASU has won 17 games under Herb Sendek when it has trailed at the half including the Dec. 23 56-50 win over North Carolina A&T when it trailed 29-23 at intermission. ASU shot just 20-of-57 (.351) in the victory, its second-lowest mark in a win under Coach Sendek. The lowest shooting mark was a 16-of-56 (.286) mark in a 53-47 win at Arizona on Jan. 21, 2009. BEST TREE IN THE LAND: Herb Sendek had eight former assistants who were D-I coaches in 2010-11, the best mark of any coach in the nation this past season. Twelve-year sidekick Mark Phelps earned the Drake spot in the spring of 2008 after serving for 10 years on the staff at NC State and for two years at ASU. Former NC State sidekick John Groce also earned the Ohio University position in the spring of 2008. The others are Jim Christian at TCU (Miami assistant in 1995-96), Charlie Coles at Miami of Ohio (Miami assistant from 1994-96), Larry Hunter at Western Carolina (NC State assistant from 2001-05), Ron Hunter of IUPUI (Miami assistant from 1993-94), Ohio State's Thad Matta (Miami assistant in 1994-95) and Arizona's Sean Miller (assistant at both Miami from 1993-95 and at NC State from 1996-2000). Dayton's Archie Miller (assistant at both NC State and at Arizona State) became the ninth this spring.
OLD SPICE CLASSIC IN NOVEMBER OF 2011
ASU will play in the 2011 Old Spice Classic Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, Nov. 24, 25 & 27, at the HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla. The field for the sixth annual Old Spice Classic includes ASU, Dayton, DePaul, Fairfield, Indiana State, Minnesota, Texas Tech and Wake Forest. Three of the teams have new coaches (Dayton, Texas Tech and Fairfield), as former Herb Sendek assistant Archie Miller has taken over the Dayton program.
TY NOTES
First-team 2009-10 All-Pac-10 and 2010-11 honorable mention All-Pac-10 performer Ty Abbott had some back, knee and shoulder issues all season, as he missed all but four minutes of the game at Stanford on Feb. 5 and all of the Feb. 19 WSU game...earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for the third time in his career for March 7 after posting 22 points in each win over Oregon (March 3) and Oregon State (March 5)...12 20-point games in his career, including five in 2010-11...1,330 career points is 14th on the ASU career list...had 119 starts, second on the ASU career chart and just one shy of Jeff Pendergraph's mark of 120 while his 130 games is second only to Derek Glasser's 131...also finished on the ASU career charts in the top-10 in three-pointers made (273/third), three-point attempts (757/third) and steals (133/tenth)...Abbott also missed the Nov. 25 Houston Baptist game due to a knee bruise...finished second on the Sun Devil career chart for minutes played. Eddie House has the career mark, playing in 124 games from 1996-2000 while notching 4,164 minutes (33.6 per game). Abbott finished with 4,019 minutes, just the second Sun Devil to play 4,000 career minutes...273 career threes is eighth on Pac-10 career chart while 757 career three attempts is fifth...shared team lead or led team in scoring 11 times in 2010-11 and 23 times in his career...shared team lead or led team in rebounding five times in 2010-11 and 15 times in career and did the same in assists nine times in 2010-11 and 16 times in career.
ASU CAREER MINUTES/GAMES/MPG
1. Eddie House (1996-2000)--4,164/124/33.6
2. Ty Abbott (2007-11)--4,019/130/30.9
3. Jeremy Veal (1994-98)--3,980/122/32.5
4. Derek Glasser (2006-10)--3,955/131/30.2
HERB PAC-10 NOTE
Last season's second -place Pac-10 finish matched ASU's best in its 33 seasons of Pac-10 play and its 12 wins were the most since 1994-95. ASU has notched at least 11 Pac-10 wins eight times, Herb Sendek has done it in two of the past three seasons.
MOST SUN DEVIL WINS IN PAC-10 PLAY
1980-81, 16-2/2nd/Ned Wulk
1979-80, 15-3/2nd/Ned Wulk
2009-10, 12-6/2nd/Herb Sendek
1994-95, 12-6/3rd/Bill Frieder
1982-83, 12-6/T-3rd/Bob Weinhauer
2008-09, 11-7/T-3rd/Herb Sendek
2002-03, 11-7/4th/Rob Evans
1992-93, 11-7/T-3rd/Bill Frieder
PAC-10 COACH OF YEAR
Herb Sendek became the second Sun Devil to earn Pac-10 Coach of the Year in ASU's first 32 Pac-10 seasons in 2009-10 (Ned Wulk/1978-79). What is even more eye opening is the 30 years between Sun Devil winners. That is nothing new as his 2003-04 ACC honor was NC State's first in 15 seasons (Jim Valvano/1988-89).
THIS IS ABNORMAL
If something hasn't happened in 18 years, it is probably safe to say that it is an an anomaly. Consider a team struggling at the free throw line under Coach Sendek just that (.628). Consider the following when talking about Coach Sendek's teams his 18 seasons as a head coach: NC State led the nation and set an ACC record for free throw shooting (.799) in 2003-04. That mark is tied for the best in the nation in the past 12 seasons with St. Joseph's in 2005-06 (Jameer Nelson and Delonte West) and is tied for seventh-best in NCAA history...has now coached five teams at ASU and two of them rank fifth (.739 in 2007-08) and sixth (.737 in 2008-09) on the ASU charts for best free throw seasons...last year's team shot .713 in Pac-10 games, third-best in the loop. In overall statistics, ASU has been a top-five Pac-10 free throw shooting team in each of the previous three seasons to 2010-11...in his 10 seasons NC State led the ACC in FT percentage four times, including three straight seasons from (2001-02 to 2003-04).
PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
In the past dozen years, ASU has had three Pac-10 Players of the Year, more than any other school. Eddie House won the honor in 1999-2000, Ike Diogu in 2004-05 and James Harden in 2008-09. UCLA and Cal have had two while Arizona, USC, Oregon, Stanford and Washington have had one each.
RIHARDS
Rihards Kuksiks finished career 62-of-147 (.422) from the three-point stripe in his final 21 games after starting the year 8-of-30 in the first four contests...posted 10th 20-point game of his career with 22 points vs. Oregon on Mar. 3, and ASU was 7-3 in those games...finished with 280 career three-pointers made, second spot on the ASU career list and seventh on the Pac-10 list, while 696 attempts is ninth on the Pac-10 career chart and fourth in ASU history...became the 34th member of ASU's 1,000-point club against Long Beach State, as he finished with 1,175 points (23rd on Sun Devil career charts)...finished 29-of-60 (.483) from the three-point stripe in his final 10 games against ranked opponents. He has been clutch in close games his final two season, as ASU has played eight games of two points or less (4-4), and he was 29-of-59 (.491) from three. He matched career-highs in points (27) and rebounds (nine) in the Jan. 8, 2010, win over No. 24 Washington. He had six 20-point games in 2009-10 with ASU going 5-1 in those games...led team in scoring in six times in 2010-11 and in 20 times in career.
20-POINT SCORING GAMES FOR RIHARDS
27 vs. #24 Washington (Jan. 8, 2010)
27 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
25 at Oregon (Jan. 14, 2010)
24 vs. USC (Mar. 4, 2010)
24 vs. UCSB (Dec. 21, 2009)
22 vs. Oregon (Mar. 3, 2011)
22 vs. USC (Jan. 27, 2011)
21 vs. Jacksonville (Mar. 16, 2010/NIT)
20 at Nevada (Dec. 17, 2010)
20 vs. Syracuse (Mar. 22, 2009 @Miami/NCAA)
HEAD COACH
Herb Sendek, 86-75 (.534) at ASU, finished his 18th season as a head coach in 2010-2011 and has averaged 18.9 wins per season. He led the NC State Wolfpack to five straight NCAA appearances from 2002-06 and is now 340-233 (.594) and was 191-132 (.591) at NC State. The 48-year-old (born Feb. 22, 1963) Pittsburgh, Pa., native remains the third-youngest coach in the Pac-10. Only Duke posted more ACC wins (regular season and ACC Tournament) than NC State's 53 from 2002-2006. An overlooked note is his 10-year stay at NC State. To compare it to the Pac-10, since the league expanded to 10 teams in 1978-79, only five coaches have coached at their schools for at least 10 years: Lute Olson (24/Arizona), Ralph Miller (19/Oregon State), Mike Montgomery (18/Stanford), Ernie Kent (13/Oregon) and Ben Braun (12/California).
CURRENT LONGEVITY AMONG PAC-10 COACHES (YEARS COMPLETED AT SCHOOL)
Lorenzo Romar, Washington-9th
Ben Howland, UCLA-7th
Herb Sendek, ASU-5th
Johnny Dawkins, Stanford; Mike Montgomery, Cal; Craig Robinson, OSU-3rd
Ken Bone, Washington State; Kevin O'Neill, USC; Sean Miller, UA-2nd
Dana Altman, Oregon-First Year
NON-CONFERENCE
ASU topped Tulsa 69-59 Jan. 12 behind 25 points from Ty Abbott and 21 from Carrick Felix. Tulsa, which finished 23-12 and had a final RPI of 68 in 2009-10 and had posted four straight 20-win seasons entering 2010-11, is one of seven teams ASU had on its non-conference schedule who won at least 20 games in 2009-10 and one of eight top-100 RPI teams. New Mexico (30-5/RPI of 10), UAB (25-9/45), Weber State (20-11/85), Baylor (28-8/9), Richmond (26-9/25) and Nevada (21-13/73) all won 20, while St. John's had 82 RPI in 2009-10. TRIO STEPPED UP
With leading scorer Trent Lockett out and all three of ASU's seniors in foul trouble at Oregon on Jan. 1, a trio stepped up. First-year players Carrick Felix had then-season highs of 19 points, six boards, four assists and 34 minutes while Brandon Dunson did the same with 14 points and 29 minutes. Sophomore Ruslan Pateev (career highs with 10 points in 28 minutes) also helped the cause as ASU continued its solid work in close games.
WITH TRENT OUT
When Trent Lockett was not in the lineup the opening Pac-10 weekend ASU had to replace a player who in the Pac-10 ranked at the time 11th in scoring (14.7) and rebounding (6.5) and fifth in field goal percentage (.571) and in minutes per game (33.5).
BIG-TIME
ASU inked Mesa, Ariz., point guard Jahii Carson in the November signing period. The 5-11 energizer is a consensus top-50 pick by anyone who follows the recruiting world, and Clark Francis' Hoop Scoop rankings in Basketball Times he is the second-highest Pac-10 recruit at No. 24, behind only Washington's Tony Wroten (No. 22).
HOOP SCOOP CLASS OF 2011 RANKINGS (BASKETBALL TIMES/NOVEMBER 2010)
Pac-10 Conference Top-50 Signings
22. Tony Wroten (Washington)
24. Jahii Carson (Arizona State)
34. Norman Powell (UCLA)
40. Josiah Turner (Arizona)
44. Jabari Brown (Oregon)
47. Nick Johnson (Arizona)
OT
ASU's Jan. 29, 2011, 73-72 loss to UCLA was its first overtime game since it lost back-to-back overtime games on Feb. 26-28, 2009. In that season, ASU went to the Apple State 10-4 and with a chance to win the Pac-10 title but fell 73-70 to Washington and then 51-49 to Washington State on Feb. 28 (on a Taylor Rochestie three-pointer at the buzzer from just inside halfcourt). ASU is now 6-4 in overtime under Coach Sendek, and that includes a 4-0 mark in 2007-08.
HOME GAMES
The first six games the Sun Devils played at home just once (69-66 win over UAB on Nov. 20). Among major conference teams, only ASU and Virginia Tech played just one home game in their first six contests...ASU also was the last major college team to play just one home game, as its second home game wasn't until Dec. 5, a 67-61 loss to Richmond...when ASU played at Oregon on Jan. 1, it was ASU's fifth road game of the year and Oregon's 12th home game.
WHEN WAS LAST TIME ASU PLAYED THREE NON-CONFERENCE ROADIES?
When you toss out neutral site tournaments and talk only true road games, the 2010-11 season is the first time since 1989-90 that ASU played three non-conference road games. That season ASU played at San Francisco, at Northern Arizona and at Kansas. This year marks just the fourth time in ASU's 33 seasons of Pac-10 play it went on the road for three non-conference games. Among Pac-10 teams, Oregon State, ASU and USC are the only teams to play more than two road games in the non-conference slate. Oregon State played four, USC played also three.
SEASONS OF THREE NON-CONFERENCE ROAD GAMES (1978-79 TO PRESENT)
2010-11 (at New Mexico, Baylor and Nevada)
1989-90 (at San Francisco, Northern Arizona and Kansas)
1982-83 (at DePaul, Ohio State and Kansas State)
1981-82 (at Kansas, Utah and Marquette)
ABOUT THOSE NON-CONFERENCE ROAD TILTS
Of the 73 teams in the major conferences, ASU was one of only six to open with a true road game in 2010-11. No Big 12, SEC or ACC teams did it. The six were Georgetown winning at ODU (Nov. 12); Seton Hall losing at Temple (Nov. 12); Northwestern winning at Northern Illinois (Nov. 12); Rutgers losing at Princeton (Nov. 15); St. John's losing at St. Mary's (Nov. 16) and ASU losing at New Mexico (Nov. 16)...ASU took its successful road trip act to Albuquerque, Waco and Reno in non-conference action in 2010-11 against teams that were 47-4 in their home arenas in 2009-10 (Baylor 15-1, Nevada 15-2, New Mexico 17-1).
OPENING ON THE ROAD
ASU opened its season with a road game (Nov. 16 at New Mexico) for the first time since Dec. 1, 1992, when it fell at BYU 108-98. It marked only the sixth time in ASU's 33 years of Pac-10 play it opened its season in a road game. ASU opened its season on Nov. 30, 1989, in a Pac-10 road game at Oregon State and opened the Pac-10 era on Nov. 24, 1978, in at Arizona that was a non-conference affair.
ASU SEASON OPENERS ON THE ROAD (1978-79 TO PRESENT)
New Mexico 76, ASU 62 (Nov. 16, 2010)
BYU 108, ASU 98 (Dec. 1, 1992)
Oregon State 87, ASU 64 (Nov. 30, 1989)
Kansas 63, ASU 62 (Nov. 30, 1981)
ASU 80, Houston 65 (Dec. 3, 1979)
ASU 84, Arizona 82 (Nov. 24, 1978)
5 FULL DAYS BEFORE GAMEDAY
The Sun Devils are 14-5 (.736) in the past four years when Herb Sendek and his staff have at least five full days in between games, with seven of the wins coming against teams that would make the NCAA Tournament in that same season. Included in the wins in 2009-10 were wins over MWC Tournament champion San Diego State (on a five-game win streak at the time last December), a home win over Pac-10 Tournament champion and then No. 24 Washington and a road win at Arizona. In 2008-09 the five-day layoff wins included ASU's first NCAA Tournament win since 2003 (over Temple), a win over Arizona who entered the game on a seven-game win streak and a neutral site win over a 10-0 BYU team that had a guy named Jimmer as a sophomore. In 2007-08, the wins included ASU's first win in Tucson in 13 seasons, an overtime win at California in which ASU was playing as a ranked team for the first time in 13 seasons and a 22-point win over #17 Xavier in December of 2007 that is the school's largest victory margin over a ranked opponent in ASU history.
30 vs. California (Feb. 18, 2008)
29 vs. Stanford (Jan. 30, 2010)
28 at Arizona (Feb. 21, 2010)
25 vs. Tulsa (Jan. 12, 2011)
25 at California, 2OT (Jan. 17, 2008)
22 vs. Oregon State (Mar. 5, 2011)
22 vs. Oregon (Mar. 3, 2011)
22 vs. St. Johns (Nov. 27, 2010)
21 at Oregon State (Jan. 16, 2010)
20 at #20 Washington (Jan. 22, 2011)
20 vs. California (Jan. 28, 2010)
20 vs. #13 Syracuse, NCAA @Miami (March 22, 2009)
SUN DEVIL CAREER MINUTES/GAMES/MPG (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Eddie House (1996-2000)--4,164/124/33.6
2. Ty Abbott (2007-11)--4,019/130/30.9
3. Jeremy Veal (1994-98)--3,980/122/32.5
4. Derek Glasser (2006-10)--3,955/131/30.2
SUN DEVIL CAREER STARTS (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Jeff Pendergraph, 2005-09, 120
2. Ty Abbott, 2007-11, 119
3. Eddie House, 1996-2000, 114
4. Ron Riley, 1992-96, 109
5. Derek Glasser, 2006-10, 104
PAC-10 CAREER THREES MADE (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Tajuan Porter/UO, 07-10, 345
5. Jason Kapono/UCLA, 99-03, 317
6. Orlando Williams/UO, 92-95, 282
7. Rihards Kuksiks/ASU, 07-11, 280
8. Ty Abbott/ASU, 07-11, 273
PAC-10 CAREER THREES ATTEMPTED (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Tajuan Porter/UO, 07-10, 896
4. Ron Riley/ASU, 93-96, 263
5. Ty Abbott/ASU, 07-11, 757
9. Rihards Kuksiks/ASU, 07-11, 696
SUN DEVIL CAREER THREE-POINTERS (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Stevin Smith, 1990-94, 323
2. Rihards Kuksiks, 2007-11, 280
3. Ty Abbott, 2007-11, 273
4. Ron Riley, 1992-96, 263
5. Eddie House, 1996-2000, 250
SUN DEVIL CAREER POINTS (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
13. Mario Bennett, 1991-95, 1,368
14. Ty Abbott, 2007-11, 1,330
15. Alex Austin, 1985-89, 1,329
16. James Harden, 2007-09, 1,309
17. Al Nealy, 1957-60, 1,304
18. Art Becker, 1961-64, 1,284
19. Tony Zeno, 1975-79, 1,282
20. Arthur Thomas, 1984-88, 1,268
21. Dennis Dairman, 1962-64, 1,220
22. Chad Prewitt, 1998-02, 1,177
23. Rihards Kuksiks, 2007-11, 1,175
SUN DEVIL CAREER GAMES (AS OF END OF 2010-11 SEASON)
1. Derek Glasser, 2006-10, 131
2. Ty Abbott, 2007-11, 130
3. Jerren Shipp, 2006-10, 129
4. Jeff Pendergraph, 2005-09, 126
5. Eddie House, 1996-2000, 124
T10. Jamelle McMillan, 2007-11, 122
100
In his 575-game head coaching career, only three teams have scored 100 points against Herb Sendek. No team has posted triple digits against a Coach Sendek-led squad in the past 301 games. The last team to do it was No. 1 Duke in a 108-71 at Cameron on Feb. 14, 2002.
PAC-10 COACH OF YEAR NOTE
The Pac-10 has five current coaches who have earned Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Herb Sendek earned the honor in 2009-10, while Sean Miller (2010-11), Lorenzo Romar (2008-09 and 2004-05) and Ben Howland (2005-06) earned kudos at their school. Mike Montgomery earned it four times at Stanford (2003-04, 2002-03, 1999-2000 and 1998-99).