Lu Dort wins the 2025 NBA Championship

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All-PAC-12: Luguentz Dort earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, second-team All-Pac-12 and All-Defense team, Zylan Cheatham earned first-team and All-Defense, and Remy Martin earned second-team All-Pac-12 in a vote of the league's coaches. Dort joins Jahii Carson (Co-Freshman of the Year in 2012-13), Ike Diogu (2002-03), Jamal Faulkner (1990-91) and Byron Scott (1979-80) as Sun Devils to win FOY. Cheatham and Dort become just the third and fourth Sun Devils to earn a spot on the All-Defense team since it was created in 2007-08, as Jordan Bachynski (2013-14 Defensive Player of the Year, along with 2012-13 selection) did it twice, along with Carrick Felix in 2012-13.

The NCAA win: ASU never trailed in the NCAA Tournament win over St. John's and had the lead for the final 37:45, as Luguentz Dort had 21 points and Zylan Cheatham had 14 points and 10 rebounds. ASU held SJU to .319 shooting (22-of-69) and led by as many as 18 in the first half. Dort's 21 points gave ASU its first NCAA Tournament win since 2009.

Dort: Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Luguentz Dort's 53 points in first two games (28 vs. CSF and 25 vs. McNeese State) were the third-most by a Pac-12 freshman in his first two career games since 1996-97. Only Markelle Fulz (65 in 2016-17) and Tajuan Porter (55 in 2006-07) had more in the past 23 seasons.

FWIW Luguentz Dort 
HT: 6-4
WT: 215
Wingspan: 6-8.75
Born: April 1999 
Standing vertical: 34" (tied for best on team with De'Quon Lake)
Approach vertical: 39" (third on team behind Zylan at 41.5 and Remy at 40)
 
20-point games for Luguentz Dort (9)
33 vs. Utah State @Las Vegas, Nov. 21, 2018
28 vs. Cal State Fullerton, Nov. 6, 2018
25 vs. McNeese State, Nov. 9, 2018
24 vs. #6 Nevada, Dec. 7, 2018
22 vs. California, Feb. 24, 2019
22 vs. Washington State, Feb. 7, 2019
21 vs. St. John's (NCAA Tournament), 3/20/19
21 at Colorado, Feb. 13, 2019
20 at Oregon State, Mar. 3, 2019

Links and features while at ASU

• ASU freshman star Dort to enter NBA Draft (by Sports360AZ.com) 
• Dort goes ‘all in’ for draft (by arizonasports.com)
• Dort officially declares (ASU State Press)
• Dort Earns Pac-12 Player of the Week and NCAA National Player of the Week (Nov. 26, 2018)
• Luguentz Dort learning the point, adjusting to college level (by Jeff Griffith, ASUDevils.com/Oct. 10, 2018)
• Dort, other freshmen impressing in early ASU practices (by Jack Harris, SunDevilSource.com/Sept.25, 2018)
• FROM KTKV-3 (NOVEMBER OF 2017): Oh Canada: ASU recruit Dort puts skills on display in Phoenix
• Who is 5-star guard Luguentz Dort and why did he choose ASU? (by Doug Haller, azcentral.com/Nov. 7, 2017)

Notes

• Big and strong guard who can play the point and the wings.
   
• Pops up on some, but not all, recruiting rankings because he played high school ball in Canada, but everyone who has watched him says the same: top-50 player.
   
• Played for Team Canada in the adidas National Tournament and helped lead his team to the 2016 championship game. Also competed at the 2017 NBA Basketball without Borders (first-team selection) and played in Adidas EuroCamp in Treviso. Was the Canada BioSteel All-Star Game MVP and participated in the Nike Hoop Summit.
   
• The nation’s No. 25 overall prospect and No. 3 shooting guard by 247Sports and just the third top-50 Sun Devil according to the site, joining James Harden (No. 23 in 2007) and JahiiCarson (No. 34 in 2011).
   
• As a junior, he played at The Conrad School in Orlando, Florida, but announced in the summer that he would attend Athlete Institute Prep in Ontario.