Feb. 3, 1998
ASU Plays Host to WSU and UW
ARIZONA STATE (14-8/4-5 IN PAC-10) Thurs., Feb. 5 Washington State (8-12/1-8) 6:30 p.m. MT Tempe, Ariz. No TV/KMVP 860 AM Sat., Feb. 7 Washington Huskies (13-5/6-3) 8:30 p.m. MT Tempe, Ariz. FX/KTAR 620 AMSUN DEVILS AT HOME FOR THREE STRAIGHT:
The Arizona State men's basketball team, picked to finish last in the Pac-10 preseason media poll but 14-8 overall and coming off its biggest win in three seasons, plays host to the Washington State Cougars (Feb. 5) and the Washington Huskies (Feb. 7). ASU (14-8; 4-5 in the Pac-10) is led by Wooden Award candidate Jeremy Veal, who averaged 18.7 ppg. last year en route to earning All-Pac-10 and is averaging 20.3 ppg. this year, tops in the Pac-10. Veal has played every minute in the past three games, averaging 22.7 points and 4.7 assists in that time. ASU, with just seven healthy scholarship players, has already surpassed its 1996-97 win total with 14 after going 10-20 last year (and 11-16 in 1995-96). There will be no TV coverage of the ASU-WSU game while FX will broadcast the Washington game at 8:30 p.m. MT.
ASU's win at fourth-ranked Stanford on Jan. 31 marked the first time since 1980-81 that the Sun Devils have topped a top five opponent on the road. Fifth-ranked ASU topped then unbeaten and top-ranked Oregon State 87-67 on March 7, 1981, which was the final day of the regular season. Prior to the Stanford game, ASU had lost 14 straight games to teams ranked in the Associated Press top 25, with its last win on March 12, 1995, when No. 18 ASU topped No. 12 Arizona 103-98 in Tucson.
ASU will try to sweep Washington State for the first time since 1991-92 and hopes to improve on its 11-2 home record.
THEY KEEP GOING, AND GOING, AND GOING...:
The minutes played statistics for the ASU starting five for this year is staggering...in the overtime win at Stanford, all five ASU starters either matched or set career-highs in minutes...Bobby Lazor played 43 minutes, Mike Batiste notched 42, Eddie House took a breather and logged 39, while Jeremy Veal and Ahlon Lewis both played the full 45...ASU's starters played all but 11 minutes and all but three minutes in the second half and overtime...the Stanford bench (seven players) notched 81 minutes, 28 points and 15 rebounds...ASU's "depth" of Urit Kelly played 11 minutes and had six points and four boards...Kelly has been bothered by shin splints all season long and is forced to play reduced minutes...ASU's starting five is averaging just under 178 minutes (out of 200) in the nine Pac-10 games...Head Coach Don Newman has used the same starting lineup in all 22 games...ASU has only one reserve (Urit Kelly) who is averaging more than 14 minutes per game...Ahlon Lewis, with the 45 minute outing at Stanford, is averaging 40 minutes in Pac-10 play and has played 40 minutes in seven of the nine league tilts...against Cal, all five ASU starters notched double-digit points...ASU did not show any signs of fatigue against Stanford, as evidenced by its 29-of-33 (.879) performance at the free throw line...the 29 free throws made was the most since March 12, 1994, when ASU was 32-of-45 (.711) in a win over seventh-ranked Arizona, a span of 113 games.
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Senior guard Jeremy Veal has posted 12 20-point games on the year...has played every minute in the past three games and is averaging 39 minutes in the nine Pac-10 games...has led ASU in scoring in seven of the past nine games and in 12 games on the year...averaging 22.7 points and 4.7 assists in the past three games and 24 points and 6.5 assists in the past two games...has yet to miss a game in his 112-game career and is the only current Sun Devil to play at ASU for more than one year...has posted 38 20-point games in his career...matched a season-high with eight assists at Cal on Jan. 29...shooting 78.5 percent from the FT line in his career...posted 32 points against Cal State Northridge, 26 at Washington State, 25 at Cincinnati, 26 at Arizona and 27 at Stanford...needs 70 points to become ASU's career leader...second on the ASU career scoring list (1,765 points)...has been (or shared) ASU's leading rebounder in five games...is the only player in the Pac-10 returning this year who finished in the league's top 10 in both 3-point shooting percentage and FT percentage...finished third in 3-point percentage (.443/58-of-131) and 10th in FT percentage (.774/106-of-137).
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: ASU is outrebounding its opponents in the past three games by 8.6 per game (43.3 to 34.7)...Jeremy Veal is the only current Sun Devil who has played at ASU for more than one year...Urit Kelly, the only ASU reserve averaging more than 14 minutes, is averaging 16.9 minutes, 5.8 points and 4.8 boards in his past eight games off the bench...Eddie House has posted 178 assists in his 52-game career and has just 73 turnovers, a ratio of 2.44-to-1. House has played 20 games without a turnover...Jeremy Veal's 27 points at Stanford on Jan. 31 was the most since he posted 29 vs. second-ranked Kansas on Nov. 26 at Madison Square Garden...ASU has had six players post at least one 20-point game, as all five starters have notched 20 points along with swingman Jason Patton...Lewis has played all but five minutes in the nine Pac-10 games. His 21 points at Washington State is a career best...ASU played the final 19:23 of the game at Washington State on Jan. 11 without commiting a turnover...the 200 assists by Lewis already is third on the ASU single-season list, and if he averages eight assists per game in the remaining nine games he would break the Pac-10 single-season assist record (272 by Jason Kidd in 1994)...ASU's win at WSU broke a 13-game Pac-10 road losing streak, dating back to Feb. 15, 1996, when ASU topped USC 69-66...a quick look at the Feb. 2 Associated Press poll reveals that ASU has played No. 3 Kansas, No. 4 Arizona, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 UConn, No. 10 Stanford, and No. 20 Cincinnati...ASU has outrebounded six opponents (Wagner, La Salle, Eastern Michigan, UCLA, Oregon and Cal) on the year.
1,700/350 GROUP: ASU senior guard Jeremy Veal already has accumulated 1,765 points and 392 assists in his 112-game career. A look at the only other seven players in Pac-10 history who have notched 1,700 points AND 350 assists:
Player School Years Points Assists Jeremy Veal ASU 1994-present 1,765 392 Brevin Knight Stanford 1993-97 1,714 780 Damon Stoudamire Arizona 1991-95 1,849 663 Khalid Reeves Arizona 1990-94 1,925 396 Eldridge Recasner UW 1987-90 1,700 376 Gary Payton OSU 1987-90 2,172 938 Sean Elliott Arizona 1986-89 2,555 451 Ron Lee Oregon 1972-76 2,085 572
Note: WSU, UCLA, USC have not had a player notch 1,700 points AND 350 assists in a career.
TALK ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS: Much talk recently has centered around ASU Coach Don Newman and the job he has done since being named to the position on Sept. 22, 10 days after Bill Frieder resigned. A look at some of the statistics regarding the 1997-98 Sun Devils:
97-98 96-97
Games at 50% Shooting 12 of 20 5 of 30
ASU has shot 50 pct. in 12 of 20 games...ASU had shot 50 percent just eight times in the past two years...ASU's 61.3 pct. (38-of-62) vs. NAU (Dec. 3) is the best since ASU shot 62 pct. at Cal on Jan. 14, 1995...ASU has shot above 55 percent four times.
Team FT shooting 75.1% 66.5%
ASU is at 75.1 percent from the FT line, its best mark since the 1954-55 squad shot 75.4 percent, the second-best mark in ASU history...ASU leads the league in FT percentage...all five starters shoot above 68 percent from the line, while four starters are above 75 percent.
Games of at least 80 points 15 8
ASU has scored at least 80 points in 15 games. Last year, ASU scored 80 points eight times, two of those games against non-Division I teams...ASU scored in triple-digits in back-to-back games for the first time since 1992-93 and has notched triple-digits four times...ASU's 86 points per game is second in the league.
Wins 14 10
ASU was just 10-20 last year and lost its last 11 games. The Sun Devils finished last in the Pac-10, going 2-16...ASU is 11-2 at home after going 9-9 in the UAC last year...ASU was just 17-17 at home in the past two seasons prior to this year...the win at Cincinnati ended a 12-game road loss streak for ASU, with its last road win on Feb. 15, 1996 (69-66 at USC), while the win at WSU ended a 13-game Pac-10 road loss streak dating back to that same USC game.
TURNAROUND: Point guard Ahlon Lewis, who arguably could be the nation's most improved player, has posted 200 assists after posting just 77 last year...set the school record on Dec. 3 vs. Northern Arizona with 16...the 16 assists also is tied for the fourth-best mark by any Pac-10 player and is the most assists by a Pac-10 player since Jason Kidd posted 18 for Cal on Jan. 20, 1994...posted his best overall game of the year on Jan. 11 at WSU, notching 21 points and seven assists...had five steals vs. Oregon on Jan. 24...has played 85 straight minutes...has played all but five minutes in the nine Pac-10 games...a look at the improvement of Lewis:
97-98 96-97
Games Started All 22 10 of 29
Minutes Per Game 35.8 16.4
Free Throw Percentage 84.5 57.1
Rebounds Per Game 3.7 1.7
Assists Per Game 9.09 2.7
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 1.83-to-1 1.2-to-1
Steals Per Game 1.68 0.7
Points Per Game 7.1 2.7
Double-Digit Assist Games 9 0
Double-Digit Point Games 5 0
ON A ROLL: Junior Bobby Lazor has posted eight "double-doubles" in the past 13 games...52-of-64 (.813) from the FT line in his past 14 games...averaging 16.3 points and 12 boards in the past three games...has nine double-figure rebounding games...named Tribune Classic MVP after averaging 24.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in the two games...a strong candidate for Academic All-American as a business major with a 3.61 grade point average...had a career-high 16 boards vs. USC on Jan. 3...posted 11 points and 10 boards vs. Oregon on Jan. 24...had seven offensive boards (12 total) and 16 points at Cal on Jan. 29...had 22 points and 14 boards at No. 4 Stanford on Jan. 31.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NOTES: Eddie House has a team-leading 52 steals (2.36 per game) and 63 (3.18) assists through 22 games this year and has just 34 turnovers...had 22 points vs. No. 2 Kansas on Nov. 26...has 178 assists and 73 turnovers through 52 games in his career, a 2.44-to-1 ratio...Mike Bibby and House were the only Pac-10 players to notch at least 50 three-pointers, 50 steals and 100 assists in 1996-97...posted 59 steals (ASU frosh record) and hit 57 three-pointers and dished out 108 assists, the second-best amount for a freshman in ASU history...has played 20 turnover-free games in his 52-game career, averaging 30.7 minutes per game...had 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting in Eastern Michigan win on Dec. 28...hit the game-winning three-pointer vs. Washington State on Jan. 11...played 39 minutes at Stanford and vs. USC on Jan. 3, a career high...5-of-7 (.714) from the 3-point stripe in his past two games...has posted at least one steal in the past 30 games.
UW-WSU SERIES INFORMATION: ASU will try to sweep Washington State for the first time since 1991-92...ASU and WSU each have topped each other 21 times...ASU holds a 25-17 lead in the UW series that began in 1978...UW has won four straight...prior to the current four-game streak, ASU had won the previous 14...UW topped ASU 92-70 in Seattle at the beginning of the year, the biggest Husky win margin in the series...ASU leads the series in Tempe 14-6 and has won nine of the past 10 meetings in the UAC.
BATISTE NOTES: Last season, junior college transfer Mike Batiste joined the Sun Devils as a 6-8 December transfer and played in 22 games (his first on Dec. 22, 1996) despite having left knee surgery the previous March...shooting 53-of-91 (.582) from the floor in the past eight games...matched a career high with 38 minutes at Cal and then posted 42 at Stanford...has led ASU in rebounding in three of the past four games, averaging 11.5 boards in that span...averaging 16 points and 12.3 boards in the past three games...posted 12 rebounds against Oregon on Jan. 24, the most in his career in a Pac-10 game...shooting 56.0 percent from the floor on the year...posted 12 points, six boards and four blocks in win at UC...had career highs with 36 points and 20 rebounds vs. Wagner on Nov. 19...posted six blocks in opener vs. Northridge...made the Pac-10 All-Newcomer team last year...posted three 20-point games in 1996-97 and has five in 20 games this year...turned 20 years old on Nov. 21...has 42 blocks on the year after posting just 17 last season...has four games of double-digit rebounds...has three "double-doubles" and four other games of double-digit points and nine rebounds...made the Tribune Classic All-Tournament team, averaging 16 points and 10 boards in the the two games...has hit 21-of-29 (.724) free throws in the past six games...is 5-of-9 (.556) from the three-point stripe in Pac-10 play...a look at the improvement of Batiste through the first 22 games this year, compared to the 22 games last year after joining the team in December:
97-98 96-97
Games Played 22 22
Games Started All 22 21
Minutes Per Game 31.5 28.2
Rebounds Per Game 7.7 6.7
Blocks Per Game 1.91 0.8
Points Per Game 16.1 12.0
Double-Digit Rebounding Games 4 4
Double-Doubles 4 2
Pac-10 Scoring Avg. 16.0 10.9
Pac-10 Rebounding Avg. 8.0 6.3
Pac-10 FG% 58.0 37.7
MORE QUICK NOTES: The 123 points vs. Delaware State on Dec. 1 is the fourth-most points in ASU history, and the most since ASU topped DePauw 124-73 on Jan. 2, 1971...ASU's 39 assists vs. Delaware State was the most by any Sun Devil team in the 1990s...the last two times ASU has started the season 3-0, it has advanced to the NCAA Tournament (1990-91 and 1994-95), ASU's only NCAA appearances since 1980-81...this year also marked just the third time in the past 10 seasons ASU has started 3-0. The last time was in 1994-95, when ASU won the Maui Invitational and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen and ended the season 24-9. ASU also was 3-0 in 1990-91, when it ended 20-10 overall, and lost to Arkansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In 1987-88, ASU started 3-0 but ended the season 13-16...the last ASU opponent to score 100 points in the UAC was Arizona on Feb. 27, 1988, when it topped ASU 101-73. The current streak of an ASU opponent not scoring 100 points in the UAC stands at 166 games...ASU has not beaten a team ranked higher than it at the UAC since Jan. 15, 1995, when No. 15 ASU topped No. 9 Arizona 53-52 in the Pac-10 opener...the last time ASU did not make a three-pointer in a game was Jan. 10, 1987 vs. USC in Tempe in a 66-62 Trojan win, the 12th game of the 1986-87 season. ASU has made a three-pointer in 334 straight games since then...ASU is 5-3 in games decided by six points or less...ASU posted one of its best defensive outputs in the past three years, as it topped Oregon 67-51 on Jan. 24...the 51 points was the fewest by an ASU opponent since the Sun Devils topped Oregon State 82-44 on Feb. 25, 1995, a span of 83 games...ASU held the Ducks to 1-of-17 (.059) from the three-point stripe and outrebounded UO 48-32...this year marks the first time that ASU has topped both Stanford and Washington on the road since 1980-81.
SWEET 16: Since the NCAA Tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, five Pac-10 teams have reached the Sweet Sixteen. Arizona (1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997), UCLA (1990, 1992, 1995, 1997), California (1993, 1997), Stanford (1997) and Arizona State (1995).
PAC-10 MEDIA POLL: ASU was picked to finish tenth by the Pac-10 Media in a preseason poll, announced on Nov. 6. The results, with first-place votes in parentheses:
1. Arizona (22) 2. UCLA (5) 3. Stanford 4. Washington 5. California 6. USC 7. Oregon State 8. Oregon 9. Washington State 10. Arizona State
BAD LUCK: Since 1990, 23 of 24 Pac-10 teams who have won 11 conference games have been selected to the NCAA Tourney. The exception? ASU in 1992-93, when it was 11-7 and tied for third. Also, 27 of 28 teams since 1990 who have posted 18 overall wins and 10 Pac-10 wins have qualified for the NCAA. Again, the odd team out was ASU in 1992-93.
GETTING TO KNOW DON NEWMAN: Named ASU's 11th head coach on Sept. 22, 1997...turned 40 on Nov. 22...born in New Orleans...played at LSU and Idaho...has coached at Cal-State Sacramento, Washington State, Moscow High School and Lewiston High School, both of them in Idaho...played for numerous professional teams, including: Seattle Seahawks, Boston Celtics, Montana Golden Nuggets, New York Jets, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos and Hamilton Tiger Cats...coached at Montana by George Karl...went 20-114 at Cal State Sacramento while taking team from Division II to Division I...CSS traveled to almost half the country (22 states) in five-year career.
VEAL IN GOOD COMPANY: Jeremy Veal finished in the league's top five in both scoring (4th/18.7 ppg) and assists (T5th/4.7), becoming only the fourth Pac-10 player to accomplish the feat since 1983. The others are all NBA stars: Damon Stoudamire (1993-94 and 1994-95), Terrell Brandon (1990-91) and Gary Payton (1988-89 and 1989-90).
HOUSE ON ALL-FROSH SQUAD: Eddie House made the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team, becoming the seventh Sun Devil to accomplish the feat. Others are: Steve Beck (1983-84), Chris Sandle (1984-85), Jamal Faulkner (1990-91 and also Pac-10 Freshman of the Year), Dwayne Fontana (1990-91), Mario Bennett (1991-92) and Ron Riley (1992-93).
ALL-LEAGUE HONORS: Jeremy Veal earned All-Pac-10 honors, the 13th Sun Devil to earn the honor. The last Sun Devil to accomplish the feat was Mario Bennett in 1995. Veal will have a chance to earn the honor twice in his career, something accomplished by just three other Sun Devils: Mario Bennett (1993-94 and 1994-95), Lafayette "Fat" Lever (1980-81 and 1981-82) and Stevin Smith (1992-93 and 1993-94).
MEDIA COVERAGE: KMVP 860 AM is the radio home of Sun Devil basketball. Tom Dillon, Arizona's Sportscaster of the Year 15 years running and the voice of Sun Devil athletics as well as the Arizona Cardinals handles the play-by-play duties. All games are on KMVP 860 AM, except those that conflict with other KMVP programming. Sun Devil games are then moved to KTAR 620 AM. Tim Healey and Gil Tyree handle the play-by-play and color commentary for KTVK-3. KTVK-3 will broadcast 14 ASU games this yearWALKON INFORMATION: ASU has three walkons on its roster in 1997-98, two of them newcomers...Ron DuBois, a 5-10 guard, was on the squad last year and earned a scholarship for 1997-98...Derek Smith, a 6-5 forward from Grand Junction, Colo., and D'Angelo Jones, a 5-10 freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz., joined the team in the fall..
PAC-10 CAREER POINTSRk. Points Name Years 20. 1,815 Ed O'Bannon, UCLA 1992-95 21. 1,798 Trevor Wilson, UCLA 1987-90 22. 1,792 Tracy Murray, UCLA 1989-92 23. 1,784 Charles O'Bannon, UCLA 1993-97 24. 1,774 Bob Houbregs, UW 1950-53 25. 1,767 Bill Walton, UCLA 1971-74 26. 1,765 Jeremy Veal, ASU 1994-presentPAC-10 CAREER THREE-POINTERS
Rk. 3PT Name Years 8. 214 Ryan Drew, Cal 1988-91 9. 208 Isaac Fontaine, WSU 1993-97 10. 201 Jeremy Veal, ASU 1994-presentASU CAREER POINTS
Rk. Points Name Years 1. 1,834 Ron Riley 1992-96 2. 1,765 Jeremy Veal 1994-presentFIELD GOALS MADE
Rk. FGs Name Years 1. 651 Ron Riley 1992-96 2. 646 Byron Scott 1979-83 3. 637 Seabern Hill 1967-70 4. 632 Jeremy Veal 1994-presentCAREER ASSISTS
Rk. ASSTS Name Years 1. 454 Bobby Thompson 1984-87 4. 416 Stevin Smith 1990-94 5. 392 Jeremy Veal 1994-presentCAREER STEALS
Rk. FGs Name Years 1. 246 Stevin Smith 1990-94 4, 150 Byron Scott 1979-83 5. 141 Marcell Capers 1992-95 6. 141 Jeremy Veal 1994-presentSEASON ASSISTS
Rk. ASSTS Name Years
1. 233 Marcell Capers 1994-95
2. 200 Marcell Capers 1992-93
200 Ahlon Lewis 1997-98
SEASON BLOCKS
Rk. BKS Name Years
1. 115 Mario Bennett 1994-95
7. 47 Rodger Farrington 1995-96
8. 44 Kurt Nimphius 1978-79
9. 42 Jon Taylor 1984-85
42 Mike Batiste 1997-98
Top 1997-98 numbers: Here's a look at ASU's top players, with Pac-10 rankings noted:
Scoring Pac-10 Jeremy Veal 1st 20.3 Bobby Lazor 12th 16.9 Mike Batiste 14th 16.1 Rebounding Bobby Lazor 5th 7.8 Mike Batiste 7th 7.7 FG Pct. Bobby Lazor 3rd 56.7 Mike Batiste 4th 56.6 Assists Ahlon Lewis 1st 9.09 Jeremy Veal 7th 4.23 Steals Eddie House 3rd 2.36 Ahlon Lewis 10th 1.68 Blocks Mike Batiste 1st 1.91 Bobby Lazor 3rd 1.59 3-PT Percentage Eddie House 5th 42.9 FT Percentage Ahlon Lewis 3rd 84.5 Bobby Lazor 10th 78.8
1997-98 Team statistics
Free Throw Pct. 1st 75.1 Assists Average 1st 20.82 Scoring Offense 2nd 86.0 Steals Per Game 2nd 9.55 Blocks 2nd 4.27 Assist/TO Ratio 3rd 1.22 Field Goal Pct. 4th 48.8 Turnover Margin 4th +1.73 Scoring Margin 5th +3.4 3-PT FG Pct. 6th 35.9 3-PT FG Pct. Def. 6th 33.8 FG Pct. Defense 7th 45.1 Rebound Margin 10th -3.8 Scoring Defense 10th 82.6QUICK NOTES
*The last time ASU was picked to finish tenth in the Pac-10 media poll (1992-93), ASU finished tied for third with an 18-8 overall and 11-7 Pac-10 mark.
ARIZONA STATE Sun Devils (14-8/4-5 in 1997-98)
Pos # Name Yr Ht. PPG RPG Notes
G 11 Ahlon Lewis Sr. 6-0 7.1 9.1* Has 200 assists on year (Pac-10 record is 272 by Jason Kidd/1993-94)
G 21 Jeremy Veal Sr. 6-3 20.3 4.4 1,765 career points/averaging 37.1 minutes per game
G 5 Eddie House So. 6-1 11.8 3.2* Averaging 2.4 steals per game (52 on year)/24 points vs. Eastern Michigan
F 4 Bobby Lazor Jr. 6-9 16.9 7.8 8 double-doubles in past 13 games/16.3 pts. and 12 rebs. in past 3 games
F 24 Mike Batiste Jr. 6-8 16.1 7.7 145-256 (56.6 %) from floor/42 bks on year/70% career FTs
G 3 D'Angelo Jones Fr. 5-10 0.4 0.4 Walkon from Scottsdale, Ariz./speaks Japanese fluently
G 13 Ron DuBois Jr. 5-10 1.7 0.3 Walkon who has earned scholarship/13 games in 2-year career
G-F 22 Jason Patton So. 6-4 5.6 2.6 21 pts. vs. Del. St./11.3 minutes per game/10 pts. vs. E. Michigan
F-C 25 Okeme Oziwo So. 6-8 -- -- Will miss season (car accident injuries in late August)
F 32 Derek Smith Fr. 6-5 0.8 0.9 Walkon from Grand Junction, Colo./8 games played
F 40 Urit Kelly Sr. 6-6 5.5 3.5 9 pts. and 5 boards at WSU/8 rebs. vs. UCLA/11 pts. and 8 rebs. at UA
* -- denotes assists per game.
Asu vs. WSU: 21-21
Since 1989-90: WSU leads 10-7
Since 1989-90 @ASU: Series tied 4-4
Since 1989-90 @WSU: WSU leads 6-3
Series Streak: ASU, one
WSU has won 8 of the past 10
Year W/L Site Score
1989-90 W ASU 75-64
W WSU 68-57
1990-91 L WSU 86-95
L ASU 72-74
1991-92 W WSU 95-86
W ASU 71-70
1992-93 W ASU 81-77
L WSU 67-97
1993-94 L WSU 70-73
L ASU 71-80
1994-95 W ASU 87-60
L WSU 71-84
1995-96 L ASU 58-72
L WSU 78-103
1996-97 L WSU 55-74
L ASU 70-74
1997-98 W WSU 86-85
1997-98 PAC-10 STANDINGS
(as of Feb. 2)
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
UA (#4) 9 0 19 3
STAN (#10) 7 2 18 2
UCLA (#6) 7 2 17 3
UW 6 3 13 5
ASU 4 5 14 8
CAL 4 5 8 9
ORE 3 6 8 10
USC 3 6 7 12
OSU 1 8 11 10
WSU 1 8 8 12
PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
*Lonnie White, Basketball Weekly...picked the Sun Devils to finish ninth in the league, in front of only Washington State.
*Pac-10 Media...picked ASU 10th in preseason media poll.
*Matt Paulson, ASU State Press...picked the Sun Devils 10th in the league.
Asu vs. UW: 25-17
Since 1989-90: ASU leads 14-4
Since 1989-90 @ASU: ASU leads 8-1
Since 1989-90: ASU @UW: ASU leads 6-3
Series Streak: UW, 4
ASU has won 15 of past 20
Year W/L Site Score
1989-90 W ASU 63-48
W UW 58-56
W ASU 57-51!
1990-91 W UW 68-60
W ASU 53-41
1991-92 W UW 68-62
W ASU 55-47
1992-93 W ASU 94-85
W UW 79-74
1993-94 W UW 59-53
W ASU 73-55
1994-95 W ASU 78-73*
W UW 72-71
1995-96 W ASU 88-79
L UW 64-75
1996-97 L UW 61-72
L ASU 69-72
1997-98 L UW 70-92
!-Pac-10 Tournament at Tempe
*-overtime
PAC-10 PICKS: A look at ASU's finishes compared to the Pac-10 preseason media picks in the 1990s:
Media Pac-10
Picks Finish
1997-98 10th ???
1996-97 9th 10th
1995-96 6th 8th
1994-95 4th 3rd
1993-94 5th T-4th
1992-93 10th T-3rd
1991-92 3rd 5th
1990-91 6th 3rd
1989-90 6th T-7th