Good evening Huddle,

Joson Sanon is still out, but BJ Freeman who Hurley said earlier this morning was questionable after his injury on Saturday versus Cincinnati will play tonight


Login to view embedded media

Fresh off a historic Big 12 championship, head coach Kenny Dillingham and his staff did not have much time to relish in that achievement as they quickly rolled back their sleeves, seeking additions from the transfer portal. Let's go ahead and take a look at what the needs are position by position, the effect of the player departures to date, and examine the overall approach to the transfer portal and what we can expect in terms of the strategy the Sun Devils will employ.

interesting story from yesterday on Indiana staff cuts primarily to upcoming REV sharing

He states the problem quite well but I have no sympathy for anybody from USC and UCLA. Everyone knew this would happen. What I don't hope happens basketball has a separate conference from football which I think we will start hearing more of. I blame the California schools for blowing up the Pac12 even though ASU might be a better place right now. The bottom line is college athletics should always be a regional sport. Login to view embedded media

I know many ASU fans wish both teams could lose tonight

Ohio State's defense reminded me a little of ASU. Took that first punch, i.e. TD on the opening drive, and settled down in a hurry.

Gotta love the offensive balance Ohio State is showing, and much like Sam Leaviit, Will Howard shows how the respect a running QB demands opens up teh passing game that much, as evident in that last TD.

With Ohio State receiving the second-half kickoff, the score could blow up in a hurry.

A ranked West Virginia team that is dominant on its home court as well as on the defensive end of the floor and is fresh off upsetting the then-No. 2 team in the country awaits the Sun Devils in Morgantown

SI has ASU at No. 8 https://www.si.com/fannation/colleg...l-rankings-prediction-ap-top-25-poll-for-2024

NCAA.com No. 14 https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/...llege-football-top-25-rankings-2025-26-season

Don't know if we'll see ASU higher than No. 10 by AP voters, but would be shocked if the Sun Devils are not Top 15 (and I was wrong)

As much as I like ASU Basketball and Wrestling, no sprot grabs my heart like ASU Football and Baseball.

And as level headed as I try to be, I can't help but think "if football can beat the odds, why can't baseball?".

Our non conference schedule is definitely built to pile up the wins. A lot of home games against non tournament teams. I'm hungry for a Super Regional this year.

We don't know what will happen as there are lots of games left to be played. We do know that he only has one year left on his contract, which means that Rossini will have to make a decision by March. So this isn't to argue whether he will be retained or not, or whether he should be or not. This is us assuming a change will be made and to look at possible candidates.

I would love Will Wade, but I don't think ASU has a realistic shot even if Rossini and Crow were on board with him given that he is a Clemson grad and has always coached in the southeast. Clemson's coach has been there 14 seasons and he just took them to an Elite-8 last year, so he's not going anywhere. I do think there will be a lot of programs coming after Wade starting in April as his show-cause expires. I would think that Miami would be a great fit for him.

Chris Mack is very intriguing to me. Born in Ohio, played at Xavier. Killed it at Xavier when he took over, after being Miller's assistant, when Miller left for u4. He actually did better at Xavier than Miller had. He took over Louisville 2 season after Pitino departed. Struggled there somewhat (Covid being part of his tenure there) and then was dismissed for something to do with an assistant trying to blackmail him and him recording the conversation. Weird for sure. Now at the College of Charleston after their former coach left for Louisville. He's currently at 15-4 and doing well.

Who do you all like?

the boys moved up to #11 nationally this wk.........W Michigan up to #3, Colorado College (who swept us in Dec @ their place) who we play this coming weekend #19..........UND #16.........Denver #5

We were ranked #9 for a short spell in 2020, and were ranked #11 for a short spell L yr.....so 2nd highest ranking of all time

This game is an opportunity to stop the losing streak, but this ASU team has played poorly on the road

Login to view embedded media

On Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati, ASU led for just 5:32 minutes, playing from behind against one of the nation’s most formidable defenses. Despite a late-game surge, the Sun Devils couldn’t overcome a balanced effort from the Bearcats, who capitalized on home-court advantage.

ASU takes full advantage of a five-minute major penalty to score four goals in the third period and complete the road sweep over St. Cloud State to maintain the outright lead in the NCHC conference

“I always wanted to be a Sun Devil. It's always been one of my dreams." 6-9 210-pound Kash Polk and Argyle, Tex. High School standout talks about what led him to be ASU's second 2025 class pledge

Mornin Mates...

Today's Topic = Disjointed

That's the way one of the announcers described the Sun Devil basketball effort yesterday against Cincy in another lost game in the Big-12 under Bobby...

It seems that is a good way for me to describe Bobby's tenure at ASU, too...

Whereby, the only real consistency of his program is its inconsistency...

He's had four winning seasons, with some NCAA tournament appearances, but also had five losing seasons and is, maybe, headed for a sixth losing season in this inaugural season in the tough Big-12 conference...

Oftentimes, his teams appear unorganized, sloppy, and inept more often or as often, than they look like a well organized and cohesive unit that wins in a well played way...

And, to make things worse, the Big-12 is a much more difficult and physical conference than the good, old PAC, where you better have several JQ type of players on your team, if you hope to compete and beat a majority of teams in the Big-12...

JQ is the real deal but isn't good enough to carry the team on his shoulders all by himself, especially on a Hurley coached team that lacks focus and discipline a lot of times during games, etc...

So, my question for all of you today is this...has Bobby had a fair chance over ten years at ASU to make a case for an extension of his contract..??

Is there anyone out there that thinks that he hasn't had a fair chance with which to succeed at ASU..??

For instance, the basketball arena isn't a Taj Mahal type facility and there does not appear to be an obsessive fan base that supports the Devils like what happens in some other programs around the country...

I bring the fan base issue up as we look at what has happened with our football program under Dilly, where his program has certainly connected with the football fan base, as evidenced by the growth in season football tickets and donations to the Sun Angel Collective, etc, etc, etc...

He's made a terrific impact on the fan base that he has surprised the heck out of since being picked last in the Big-12, to not only succeed in his quest to improve the Devils football fortunes but to win the Big-12 championship, etc...

It might seem unfair to compare what Dilly has already done at ASU in two years to what BH hasn't done at the school in ten years but it is what it is, right..??

The ASU football fan base has a lot of PRIDE these days, which is in stark contrast to what is happening with our BB program under Bobby or am I wrong about that..??

So, again, that's the question for the day...has Bobby had a fair chance at ASU with which to succeed and, relatedly, is there anything he can do in the remainder of our season that might change any fans minds about what needs to happen next, which is making a coaching change at the end of the season, IMHO...

G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!

After trailing 1-3 in the 2nd, ASU scores 5 unanswered to win 6-3!!

Login to view embedded media

Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media

This will throw a wrench in things.

A winnable game became that much less winnable due to this status update

Login to view embedded media

This was announced last week, but I'm just now seeing it. This is great for the state and ASU.

I understand this idea will be initially uncomfortable, but, I HIGHLY suggest that college basketball programs should
1) Open schedule the entire regular season
2) Seed Conference tournaments using BPI/RPI
3) Leave March Madness unchanged

This week
ASU: @ Cincy @WVU
UCLA: Iowa, Wisconsin
Stanford: @ Wake Forest, @ UNC
There will never be rivalries there. It is bad for attendance. It's bad for players. None of those games make any sense for a regular season. At all.

Football needs a conference schedule to determine post season. Basketball could have open schedules and seed their conference and national tournament based on BPI/RPI.

I'd rather ASU play UNLV and SDSU this week than Cincy and WVU.

Sun Devils seek their first Big 12 road win of the season against a Bearcat squad that has also endured a rough conference start. Here's a closer look at ASU's Saturday opponent

Scholi Hometown Heroes added to the roster since Dilly arrived (24 so far):

Still on the roster (no position starters, starting punter):
My'Keil Gardner
Plas Johnson
Ramar Wiliams (no other offers)
James Giggey (no other offers)
Parker Lewis
Kanyon Floyd
Zac Swanson
Makua Pule (walk-on but assuming he gets a scholi)
Tate Romney
Bram Walden
Krew Jackson
Michael Tollefson (kinda Cali/kinda Hometown Hero....that only moved to AZ for final semester because he was not going to start in Cali)
Uriah Neloms (1 other P4 offer from u4)
Tristan Bacon (no other offers)

Already Gone (no position starters, 2 starting long snappers and punter):
Cole Martin
Sirri Kandiyelli (no other P4 offers)
Lennox Lawson (no other P4 offers)
Sam Benjamin
Tristan Monday
DeCarlos Brooks
Jake Smith
Jacob Conover
Slater Zellers
Josh Carlson
Cole Marszalek--not ascholi player but a flawlwss long snapper that departed between the Big 12 ship and the Peach Bowl and would have surely been 1 of the 105 in 2025

"Committed" but later decommitted:
Ryalnd Dillard-Allen
Dajon Hinton
Toby Mealer
Dylan Tapley