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Herb Sendek Archive
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It’s official…Lockett leaving ASU basketball for Marquette
Reality just set in for Herb Sendek and his Arizona State basketball program. Trent Lockett announced to the world via twitter that he will be transferring to Marquette for his final year of eligibility. Arizona State confirmed his decision in an official statement Saturday. There was no ‘shock and awe’ involved, even though Lockett was [...] -
Did ASU’s Sendek pull fast one in hoops recruiting wars?
Indiana’s head basketball coach, Tom Crean, has been in the news the last couple of days after he reportedly offered a basketball scholarship to an eighth grader. And now it turns out that other major college programs such as Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Xavier, and Wisconsin have also started to recruit the wonder kid. [...] -
March Madness had a new meaning for AZ fans this year
And then there were none. The Arizona State women’s basketball loss Friday in the opening round of the WNIT means there are no Arizona Division I college teams playing in the post-season. Anywhere. And the 77-62 loss to University of Pacific brings to an end perhaps the strangest season ever for Arizona college hoops. Actually, [...] -
ASU hoops win could pop UA’s bubble…and NCAA hopes
The Arizona State men’s basketball team has had just nine wins all season and two in the entire month of February, is just three rungs up from the bottom of the Pac-12 standings, and has no hope for post-season play. So what kind of motivation can they summon going into the final game of a [...] -
New low for ASU men’s basketball… eight points in a half
Can it get any worse than this for the ASU men’s basketball team…eight points in a half? Eight points. In 20 minutes of play. In an NCAA Division I game. Washington State waltzed to a 36-8 halftime lead and then cruised to a 72-50 rout of Arizona State. The eight points were the fewest allowed [...] -
Lockett returns to help ASU basketball squeak past Utah
It would have been a shame if Arizona State failed to beat Utah last night. The Utes were one of only two teams ranked lower than the Sun Devils in the Pac-12. And, even though Utah had beaten ASU by 21 points in their last encounter in January, it was still a game against a [...] -
Keala King dismissal is latest hit to ASU basketball hopes
Right now, the Arizona State basketball team is like a rowboat struggling to get to the other side of the lake while springing one leak after another. But Herb Sendek‘s ‘boat’ isn’t taking in water. Just the opposite. It’s being drained of something… scoring. The dismissal of Keala King, the sophomore guard who had taken [...] -
ASU out to avenge basketball loss to NAU five years ago
For Arizona State’s Herb Sendek, this afternoon’s basketball game with Northern Arizona must seem like deja vu. But not the good kind. The Lumberjacks were the first opponent for the ASU head coach when he took over the Sun Devil program for the 2006-07 season. NAU won that game, 75-71. (*Update: As we suspected, this [...] -
Sendek gets new hoops contract…but loses Jahii Carson
Poor Herb Sendek. Even when the ASU basketball coach catches a break off the court, it gets offset with a loss on the court. Sendek, whose team is struggling to overcome a 4-5 start to the season, just got a contract extension despite the team’s slow start. But on the heels of the two-year extension [...] -
ASU basketball struggling without solid play at the point
How long can the Arizona State basketball team wait for Jahii Carson? Unfortunately, the Sun Devils have to cool their heels until the NCAA at some point rules on the eligibility of the four-star recruit from Mesa High School. So perhaps the more relevant question should be: “How deep in the hole will ASU be [...]
