UCLA Concludes Regular Season at Arizona State
The Bruins lead the series with Arizona State 57-16 (.781) and are 23-9 (.719) all-time in games at ASU.
from the Official UCLA Men's Basketball website
March 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES -
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
DATE: Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010
SITE: Wells Fargo Arena (13,947)
TIP-OFF: 2:05 p.m. (MT)/1:05 p.m. (PT)
TELEVISION: CBS
TALENT: Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Bob Wenzel (analyst)
RADIO: AM 570 KLAC
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO: Channel 122
SIRIUS XM SATELLITE RADIO: Channel 143
TALENT: Chris Roberts (play-by-play) and Don MacLean (analyst)
BRUIN INJURY REPORT
Senior James Keefe injured his left shoulder in practice on Feb. 12, 2010. He had season-ending surgery on March 3, 2010. Freshman Reeves Nelson hit his head on the floor when he lost his balance after a dunk at Washington State (Feb. 18). He received 15 stitches and started two days later at Washington. He had laser retinopexy to repair a slight tear in his retina in his left eye on Feb. 22. He has missed the last three games and will not play in the Arizona State contest (Mar. 6).
SERIES VERSUS ARIZONA STATE
This is the 74th meeting between UCLA and Arizona State with the Bruins leading the series 57-16 (.781). UCLA is 23-9 (.719) all-time in games at Arizona State. UCLA won this year's earlier matchup in Pauley Pavilion 72-70 on Dec. 31, 2009. Jerime Anderson blocked Jerren Shipp's potential game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to seal the victory for UCLA. Nikola Dragovic led five Bruins in double figures with a career-high 23 points. Rihards Kuksiks led ASU with 15 points. ASU won last year's meeting in Tempe, Ariz., 74-67 on Feb. 12, 2009. James Harden led ASU with 15 points and 11 assists. Josh Shipp led UCLA with a game-high 16 points. Head Coach Ben Howland is 11-6 all-time against Arizona State while Herb Sendek is 2-5 against UCLA.
ROLL FOR THREE
Senior guard Michael Roll leads the Pacific-10 Conference in league play in three-point field goal percentage at 44.4 percent (44-for-99) and ranks fourth in three-pointers made per game (2.6). In overall games on the season, he ranks second in percentage (.435, 73-for-168) and third in treys per game (2.5). On the UCLA career charts, Roll sits at No. 3 in three-pointers made (202) and needs eight more to pass Arron Afflalo for second. He also ranks fifth in three-pointers attempted (481) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.420).
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from the Official Arizona State Sundevils Men's Basketball website
Men's Hoops Takes On UCLA On Senior Day
Trio has combined for wins at eight Pac-10 arenas and 75 total victories
March 5, 2010
67-32 (.677) PAST THREE SEASONS
The Arizona State's men's hoops team, in its fourth season under 329-game winner Herb Sendek and winners of 20 games in three straight seasons for the first time since JFK was President, play a CBS tilt against UCLA at 2 p.m. MT on Saturday. ASU (21-9 and 11-6 in the Pac-10) enters the week alone in second, a game ahead of Washington, and still clinging for a chance to tie California for a co-conference championship tag. The Sun Devils, 5-1 in past six games, 7-2 in their past nine games and 11-4 since opening the season 0-2 on the Los Angeles road trip, has held 15 of 30 opponents to under 40 percent field goal shooting. ASU is now 31-22 (.585) in Pac-10 games the past three seasons, tied for the second-best mark in that time with Washington. UCLA is 37-16 (.698) to lead the way.
PAC-10 LEAGUE RECORDS (2007-10/PAST THREE SEASONS)
1. UCLA, 37-16/.698
2. Arizona State, 31-22/.585
2. Washington, 31-22/.585
4. California, 29-24/.547
5. USC, 28-25/.528
6. Stanford, 26-27/.491
6. Arizona, 26-27/.491
TEAMS THAT HAD 2009 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS--ONE YEAR LATER
Arizona State, James Harden (21-9 this year; 25-10 last year)
Davidson, Stephen Curry (16-14 this year; 26-7 last year)
North Carolina, Tyler Hansbrough (16-14 this year; 28-4 last year)
Oklahoma, Blake Griffin (13-16 this year; 27-5 last year)
Pitt, DeJuan Blair (23-7 this year; 31-5 last year)
PERSPECTIVE
With its Feb. 25 win at Stanford, ASU clinched its third straight 20-win season for the first time since 1961-63. This manufactured note says it all...ASU posted its 20th win for the third straight season (en route to 26) on Feb. 16, 1963, a 104-87 win at BYU. Six days later on Feb. 22, Herb Sendek was born.
BEST SINCE
ASU enters the game Saturday with a chance to earn to Pac-10 co-champion with Cal Saturday, but with a win will clinch second place outright in the Pac-10 for the first time since 1980-81. ASU was picked seventh in the preseason poll.
MOST PAC-10 WINS IN PAC-10 HISTORY
1980-81, 16-2/2nd/Ned Wulk
1979-80, 15-3/2nd/Ned Wulk
1994-95, 12-6/3rd/Bill Frieder
1982-83, 12-6/T-3rd/Bob Weinhauer
2009-10, 11-6/TBD/Herb Sendek
2008-09, 11-7/T-3rd/Herb Sendek
2002-03, 11-7/4th/Rob Evans
1992-93, 11-7/T-3rd/Bill Frieder
WOW
ASU was picked to finish seventh in the Pac-10 preseason media poll and some had them tagged for last, as ASU was one of just seven schools to have two draft picks in the top 35 last year (James Harden was third and Jeff Pendergraph 31st), joining North Carolina (three), USC, Louisville, Wake Forest and UCLA. This year marks the first time ASU has posted three straight winning seasons since Bill Frieder led ASU to five straight from 1990-91 to 1994-95 (and also the last time ASU had posted back-to-back winning seasons before last year). ASU has produced 67 wins in the past two-plus seasons, just the second-time in school history a three-year period has produced 67 wins. ASU has notched 20 wins for the third straight season after reaching 20 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1979-80 and 1980-81. ASU had not had three straight 20-win seasons since the 1960-61 (23-6), 1961-62 (23-4) and 1962-63 (26-3) teams racked up 73 wins. Entering this season UCLA, Stanford, USC and ASU were the only Pac-10 schools to notch 20 wins in each of the past two seasons.
MOST WINS OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD IN ASU HISTORY
1960-61 TO 1962-63 (73-13/.849)
2007-08 TO 2009-10 (67-32/.677)
EVEN BETTER SECOND TIME AROUND
Herb Sendek's Sun Devils will post at least the same Pac-10 record in the second half as it did in the first half, as it was 5-4 through first nine games and is 6-2 now and for the third straight year it will improve its record in the second half...ASU will be trying for its first 7-2 "half" record in a Pac-10 season since the 1982-83 team went 7-2 in the back half of Pac-10 play en route to a 12-6 league mark...in the past three seasons ASU is 14-13 in the first half of Pac-10 play (.519) but 17-9 (.654) in the second half...overall ASU is now 14-22 (.389) in the first half of Pac-10 play under Coach Sendek but 19-16 (.543) in the second half.
MOST IMPROVED
The Pac-10 last season started a Most Improved Player Award and the inaugural honor went to Washington's Justin Dentmon. This year's leader might/could/should be Sun Devil junior Ty Abbott...he is averaging 16.1 points and 6.2 boards in the past 15 games and is 48-of-16 (.414) from the three-point stripe in that time...in league games, he is eighth in scoring (15.1 ppg.), 11th in rebounding (5.9), fifth in defensive rebounds per game (5.2), tied for first in three-pointers made per game (3.0) and fifth in percentage (.415)...had monster road tilt with 28 points on 11-of-17 shooting, including 5-of-8 three-pointers, in season-high 39 minutes in 73-69 win at Tucson on Feb. 21...posted a season-high 29 points vs. Stanford, including seven three-pointers, and also added a career-best 12 rebounds, all on the defensive end...why the most improved tag? Abbott is 86-of-202 (.426) from the floor, 51-of-123 (.415) from the three-point stripe and is averaging 15.1 points and 5.9 boards per game in Pac-10 play. Last year he shot 19-of-86 (.221) from the floor, 8-of-59 (.136) from the three-point stripe and averaged 2.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in Pac-10 play...has played in 98 games in his three-year career and started in 87...quietly is closing in on 1,000 career points as he has 938 (9.6 points per game)...when Abbott scores in double digits, ASU is 37-10 (.787) and 25-6 (.806) the past two seasons.
A GAMER
Derek Glasser has set the ASU record for most games played in a career, as he has played in 128. Jeff Pendergraph played in 126 to set the mark last year, and Jerren Shipp is tied second on the list as he has played in 126 games...averaging 10.2 points and is shooting 88.2 percent from the free throw line (105-of-119) this year...is the ASU career assist record holder with 539, topping the mark held by the late Bobby Thompson, who had 454 from 1983-87, and his 287-of-340 (.844) shooting from the free throw line currently is the best in school history...posted a career-high 24 points in the Nov. 27 win over LSU...has played 20 turnover free games in his 128-game career...has five 20-point games in his career....the first Sun Devil with 1,000 points (1,002) and 500 assists (539).
ASU CAREER GAMES
1. Derek Glasser, 2006-present, 128
2. Jeff Pendergraph, 2005-09, 126
2. Jerren Shipp, 2006-present, 126
ASU CAREER FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
1. Derek Glasser, 2006-10, 84.4 (287-of-340)
2. Alex Austin, 1986-90, 81.5 (255-of-313)
3. Rick Taylor, 1974-78, 81.4 (253-of-311)
AT HOME
ASU is 42-11 (.792) at home in the past three seasons, including a 15-5 mark in 2007-08 that set the ASU mark for total home wins. ASU is 27-6 (.818) the past two seasons at home, including 15-3 (.824) this season. Ten of ASU's 27 home wins in the two seasons prior to this year (2007-2008 and 2008-2009) were against teams that would play in the NCAA Tournament that same season.
BEST TREE IN THE LAND
Herb Sendek has eight former assistants who are D-I coaches, the best mark of any coach in the nation, ahead of Mike Montgomery and Rick Pitino (seven each). 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). BOAT: Eric Boateng already has his degree in Global Studies, speaks a little bit of Chinese and an African dialect called "Twi" and is taking advantage of the 24-hour access for ASU's new practice facility (Weatherup Center)...averaging 8.4 points and 6.8 boards while shooting 65.8 percent from the field (102-of-155), as he has scored 252 points after scoring 57 last year... 61-of-91 (.670) from the field in Pac-10 play and notched 19 points and 13 boards vs. Cal on Jan. 28...in his past 10 games he is 45-of-65 (.692) from the floor and is averaging 10.5 points and 7.9 boards with 11 blocks...had made 14 straight shots entering the USC game, as he is the only player to make 11-of-11 in D-I this year. Jon Avery of IUPUI was 10-of-10 against Oral Roberts on Jan. 14, 2010 as was Dominic Calegari of UC Davis vs. UC Irvine on the same might).
11-OF-11 FIELD GOAL GAMES IN A PAC-10 GAMES
Eric Boateng (Arizona State) at Stanford (Feb. 25, 2010)
Bryce Taylor (Oregon) vs. USC (March 10,2007/Pac-10 Tournament)
Tommy Smith (Arizona State) vs. Washington (Feb. 10, 2001)
Marques Johnson (UCLA) at California (Feb. 27, 1976)
FROM THREE
ASU has the tough-to-defend combination of leading the league in three-pointers made per game (8.3) and percentage (.377). In the 23 seasons since the three-pointer has been used (1986-87), only five teams have led the league in both three-bombs made and percentage (Oregon in 2007-08, 2003-04, 2002-03 and 2001-02 and Stanford in 1999-2000). Also, it is not just a get-fat-on-non-conference-opponent type of thing...ASU is third in Pac-10 games only by shooting .359 from the arc and making 8.1 per game, best in the league.
ALL OVER STAT SHEET
Junior Jamelle McMillan was all over the stat sheet the eight games prior to his injury in mid-January, as he missed four games, and ASU was 2-2. In the eight games prior to the injury he averaged 32.8 minutes, 9.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and had 12 steals and just 11 turnovers. What is eye-opening are the numbers with him playing and not playing for the Sun Devils. Some notes to ponder...ASU is giving up 56.7 points per game in the 26 games he has played yet gave up 70.5 in his absence...as the point man in the zone, ASU opponents shot .450 from the field and .363 in the games he was missing, yet in the games he played those numbers drop to .392 and .312...and no one is happier than Derek Glasser to have Jamelle in the backcourt...Glasser is shooting .401 from the field and .437 from the three-point stripe in games Jamelle plays, in the four games without him he was 7-of-30 (.233) from the field and 0-of-11 (.000) from the three-point stripe.
IMPRESSIVE
Freshman Trent Lockett, a native of Golden Valley, Minn., comes from one of the top high school programs in the country (Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn.) and has made a solid first impression and is a solid candidate for Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors. His 17 points against Stanford (Jan. 30) matched his second-best scoring night, as he had 19 vs. USF on Nov. 20 and 17 vs. Texas State on Nov. 16. He also added a career-best eight assists (had 15 assists entering the game) vs. Stanford.
A FEATHER IN THE CAP
ASU became just the third Pac-10 team to win three straight in McKale Center in the past 27 seasons (1983-84 to present) when it beat UA 73-69 in Tucson on Feb. 21. Stanford under Mike Montgomery won four straight from 2001-2004 and UCLA under Ben Howland won three straight from 2006-08.
THE HEAD COACH
Herb Sendek, 75-54 (.581) at ASU, is in his 17th season as a head coach in 2009-2010 and has averaged 19.2 wins per season. He led the NC State Wolfpack to five straight NCAA appearances from 2002-06 and is now 329-212 (.608) in 17 seasons and was 191-132 (.591) at NC State. The 47-year-old (born Feb. 22, 1963) Pittsburgh, Pa., native remains the third-youngest coach in the Pac-10.
THE SHOOTER
Junior Rihards Kuksiks is the third-best returning three-point shooter in the nation according to official NCAA statistics. Kuksiks was 93-of-210 from the arc, eighth in the nation. He has made 202-of-494 (.409) three-pointers in his career and matched career-highs in points (27) and rebounds (nine) in the Jan. 8 win over No. 24 Washington. He has five 20-point games on the year with 27 vs. USF and #24 Washington, 25 at Oregon and 24 vs. USC and UCSB. He is 34-of-79 (.430) from the three-point stripe in the past 15 games.
WINNING TOUGH ONES
ASU is 26-16 (.619) in the past three seasons in 10 points or less games after going 4-17 in Herb Sendek's first year...in ASU's first season under Herb Sendek, it was 3-12 in two-possession games (six points or less), in the past three seasons it is 15-9 (.625).
ABOUT THE ROAD
Two teams have winning Pac-10 road records in the past two seasons, and you are reading the release of one of them as ASU is 10-8 and UCLA 9-8 in Pac-10 road games the past two seasons...after losing its first eight Pac-10 road games under Herb Sendek, ASU is 15-13 (.536) since...ASU won five Pac-10 road games for just the sixth time in its 32-year history this year. It went 8-1 in 1980-81, 7-2 in 1979-80 and 5-4 in 2009-10, 2008-09, 1994-95 and 1982-83.
A SOLID NOTE FROM HIS 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.
YOUNGEST COACHES IN THE PAC-10
Sean Miller (41 on Nov. 17, 2009)
Johnny Dawkins (46 on Sept. 28, 2009)
Herb Sendek (47 on Feb. 22, 2009)
PAC-10 COACHES MOST D-I WINS
Mike Montgomery, 589
Ben Howland, 333
Herb Sendek, 329
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ASU Sun Devils men's basketball has much at stake against UCLA Bruins
By Doug Haller
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 5, 2010 04:44 PM
Derek Glasser recognizes the importance. It's Senior Day. A moment for the senior guard to reflect on everything he's accomplished at Arizona State.
That's why Glasser plans to give himself five minutes before Saturday's regular-season finale against UCLA. Five minutes to think back on his roller-coaster career, one that will place his name in the school record book.
Then it's time to get serious. There's too much at stake.
"I'm trying as hard as I can not to think about it, just because I know it's going to be an emotional day," Glasser said.
At 21-9 and 11-6 in the Pac-10, ASU still hopes to secure an at-large NCAA Tournament bid, a plan that likely will require a strong showing in next week's Pac-10 Tournament in Los Angeles. That leaves little, if any, margin for error.
With a win Saturday, ASU still can still capture a share of the Pac-10 regular-season crown - the first in program history - but it also needs Stanford to upset California. The Sun Devils aren't wasting time thinking about such a scenario. They would rather squash the struggling Bruins, which would give them sole possession of second-place for the first time since 1981, along with the conference tournament's second seed.
"It's always better to be playing well (entering the postseason)," ASU coach Herb Sendek said. "At this time of the year if you're fighting like we are to improve our position, it's paramount."
An ASU loss and a Washington win at Oregon State would produce a second-place conference tie, but Washington would get the Pac-10 tournament's second seed based on a second-tier tiebreaker. Since ASU and Washington split during the regular season, the Huskies would get the higher seed because they have a win over the Pac-10's highest placed team, California. ASU lost twice to the Golden Bears.
All of this postseason positioning has overshadowed the day's senior festivities, which will honor Glasser, Eric Boateng and Jerren Shipp, members of Sendek's first ASU recruiting class.
"As they came into the Pac-10, all these guys came somewhat as underdogs," Sendek said. "They came without a lot of fanfare. From that standpoint, they've just rolled up their sleeves, gone about their business and worked to get better."
Glasser, ASU's career assists leader, is the first player in school history to amass 1,000 career points and 500 assists, an achievement that likely will land him in the school's athletic Hall of Fame one day.
Shipp and Boateng have spent most of their careers as role players, essential ingredients to any successful program. Shipp has been a consistent force off the bench for the past month. Boateng, a transfer from Duke, is praised as one of ASU's harder workers, and despite inconsistent performances, could set a school record in shooting percentage. Entering Saturday's game, the 6-foot-10 center is shooting 65.8 percent, just shy of the 66-percent mark Jeff Pendergraph set last season.
All three have helped revive a program that struggled for years, when mediocrity was the norm and postseason basketball a rarity.
"When I first got here it was like we were expected to lose," Glasser said. "Now if we lose, guys are disappointed, guys are crying in the locker room. That's the big difference. You come here to win a Pac-10 championship, not just to be in the Pac-10."
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