I enjoy following ASU Mens/Womens golf teams, so will try to post updates a couple of times per month moving forward

It is hard finding updated info on the team rankings, but the one poll I am able to find that has current rankings has Men listed @ #7 currently.......most of the events were in the fall, which is more or less considered like FB or Basketball "non conference" games...the spring is pretty much considered regular season, so moving forward with the spring events there will be much more updated rankings that are more realistic
* https://scoreboard.clippd.com/ranki...Type=Team&gender=Men&division=NCAA+Division+I

The men have a Freshman - Wenyi Ding - who joined the team in DEC I believe, and just won an event in Hawaii with a NCAA Mens record 189 score over 3 rounds.......he broke the ncaa record of 192 score over 3 rounds in his 2nd event with ASU, and DEvils finished #2 to N Carolina who won the 2023 NCAA's and are pretty much the team to beat for 2024.....here is brief story
https://thesundevils.com/story.aspx...-needed-for-this-headline&file_date=2/10/2024

Next big Mens event is Feb 25-27 @ Vegas

Will get to the Womens 2024 spring updates tomorrow........but since we are ranked in top 10 after finishing #2 in 2023 should be fun to follow this spring

Today, May 23, they have ASU in and as a No. 3 seed in the Baton Rouge bracket, which also includes host LSU, Louisville, and Kent State.

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ASU's most challenging non-conference contest will be a return game on the road to Mississippi State. The Bulldogs were winless in SEC play last year, but can they reverse their fortunes? Maroon and White Daily Publisher Paul Jones discusses one of ASU's upcoming opponents in 2025

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“At ASU, you can have the best of both worlds with a great education, a great football school, and still have fun outside of football.” LB Mason Marden (@Mason_Marden) discusses his Sun Devil pledge

This morning, in the first game to open the Big 12 tournament, the Sun Devils continued their skid, losing 2-0 to a Cougar team they thoroughly dominated in the regular season and now have placed their NCAA Tournament fate in the hands of others

4 years ago Tracy Smith was fired after going 1-2 in the Austin, TX regional. He had the youngest lineup in America, lost 4 pitchers to tommy john surgery, and still made a regional for a 3rd straight season. Upon being eliminated, it was decided that a regional loss was too "mediocre" for ASU and Smith was fired.

At the press conference a hand was raised and a question asked. "Former Oregon State coach Pat Casey was looking to get back into coaching, is he someone you will call". The question was asked by Kendall Rodgers who owns D1Baseball. A site many believe is the premier college baseball site in the nation. It caught Ray Anderson off guard and he mumbled some type of "we will check all avenues" boiler plate response.

There would be no call to Pat Casey. There would be no coaching search. After a brief discussion with Andy Stankewicz that was more formality than anything else ASU only made 1 phone call.

Graham Rossini went with a fellow Pat Murphy alumnus and a former co-worker with the Diamondbacks. ASU Baseball's favorite son, Willie Bloomquist.

While publicly Bloomquist had supported Smith, behind the scenes he made it known that he wanted to be hired and believed that he was capable of taking ASU out of regionals and back to Omaha. Social media had been asking for a Bloomquist hire for years and message boards had pushed his name. Bloomquist was hired and a flood of optimism reentered the ASU program.

Former ASU Baseball players have made close to $500m in MLB salaries and fans believed that because Willie was "one of them" he could crack the code and open the wallets. After all, ASU Baseball is not Pitt Football. It was not some shadow of its former self. It wasn't long ago that Barry Bonds and Dustin Pedroia were earning MVPs, Andre Ethier was playing in all-star games, Kole Calhoun had won a gold glove, Fernando Vina was on Baseball Tonight, Pat Murphy and Don Wakamatsu were MLB managers, and Tork was a #1 overall pick. Sun Devils were at every level of baseball and Willie was the man to bring all of it back together.

Unfortunately to date, the only part of that plan that has been true is Willie has taken us out of regionals. Meaning he hasn't qualified.

College athletics run on emotion. Athletes and boosters alike want passion. Go and pull any Bloomquist interview from Hod's Youtube channel and listen to the coach. On a scale of 1 to Kenny Dillingham I don't think Willie is a 3 even at his best. He sucks the energy out of the room.

He complains about ASU's lack of NIL but his NIL pitch to the fan base is "NIL is ruining the game, will you write a check". To his credit he is fine with the AD paying players, but he does not want to compete in the NIL space. Because of him, ASU hasn't. He complains about the pitch clock about the transfer portal, and any other new change the game may have.

His pitching philosophy is aimed at high pitch count strike outs instead of efficiency leading to pitchers being gassed by the 4th inning. His hitting approach is to swing early never allowing opposing pitchers to shoot themselves in the foot. All 4 of ASUs non conference weekend series were against Q4 opponents at home which is an RPI nightmare.

The man who was hired because of how well he understood ASU has fundamentally misunderstood college baseball.

His apologists blame the lack of LSU level money while much lesser programs with newer coaches out perform us. Programs like Kansas, Cinci, and West Virginia. Not to mention the team down south that has not 1 advantage over ASU. When I ask what he has done to earn more time the only answer I get is Rossini writing more checks.

ASU's investment into scholarships and stadium upgrades isn't a reason to stick with a coach who is trying to figure it out. It is a reason to bring in a coach that has a Super Regional on his resume.

And here's the irony of it all. For all of his warts. For all of his missteps and shortcomings, Bloomquist has the chance to add a super regional to his resume and be that coach. He's got a roster stacked with upper classmen who will be drafted. He has experience on the mound and the pick of several guys who can throw 96 MPH+ from both the left and right side. He has speed and power, lefties and righties, a solid defense, a stacked offense, and one of the deepest bullpens ASU has ever had. Just go win.

Following a surprising and disappointing regular season-closing series, ASU will look to turn the page in the opening game of the Big 12 Tournament, facing a BYU squad that they have swept and outscored 36-13 in a series sweep

When: Wednesday - Saturday
Where: Globe Life Field (Texas Rangers)
Who: Big 12 #1 through #12
Format: Single elimination


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Might as well get the thread going!

The ASU women’s softball team won their first game in the Big 12 women’s softball tournament today. It was a quarterfinal game, because they had an opening round bye. They beat 23rd ranked Oklahoma State, 2-1. Kenzie Brown won her 19th game pitching for the Devils today. They now play the winner of the Texas Tech/Baylor game. That game should again be televised on ESPN + tomorrow. Let’s go Lady Devils!

The worst kept secret in Tempe is finally out of the open with his dad's announcement. The fact that his son is just exploring entering the portal may leave some hope that he still could stay. I believe that him being cleared for contact approximately 7 months after ACL surgery is kind of ambitious but I guess we'll see.

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Arizona State's Matt King and Oklahoma State's Harrison Bodendorf shared Co-Newcomer of the Year.

King led the Sun Devils with 27 multi-hit games in the regular season as he posted the second-best batting average in the Big 12 (.401). In Conference play, he was the league's leading hitter with a .424 batting average and was the only player to break the 50-hit mark in league play with 53 hits in 30 games.

ASU players in bold


Of the Year
Player - Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati
Pitcher - Antoine Jean, Houston
Co-Newcomers - Matt King, Arizona State & Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma St.
Freshman - Sawyer Strosnider, TCU
Scholar-Athlete - Tony Pluta, Arizona
Coach - Dan Fitzgerald, Kansas


All-Big 12 First Team
C: Logan Sauve, West Virginia
IF: Matt King, Arizona State
IF: Tyriq Kemp, Baylor
IF: Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati*
IF: Brady Ballinger, Kansas
IF: Core Jackson, Utah
OF: Isaiah Jackson, Arizona State
OF: Sawyer Strosnider, TCU
OF: Damian Bravo, Texas Tech
OF: Logan Hughes, Texas Tech
DH: Noah Franco, TCU
UT: Landon Hairston, Arizona State
SP: Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State
SP: Tommy LaPour, TCU
SP: Colter McAnelly, Utah
SP: Griffin Kirn, West Virginia
RP: Cole Carlon, Arizona State
RP: Gabe Craig, Baylor
RP: Antoine Jean, Houston
*- unanimous selection

All-Big 12 Second Team
C: Jack Natili, Cincinnati
C: Nolan Traeger, TCU
IF: Mason White, Arizona
IF: Kyle Walker, Arizona State
IF: Antonio Jimenez, UCF
IF: Maximus Martin, Kansas State
IF: Robin Villeneuve, Texas Tech
OF: Jackson Hauge, Kansas
OF: Keegan O'Connor, Kansas State
OF: Chase Brunson, TCU
OF: Kyle West, West Virginia
DH: Dariel Osoria, Kansas
UT: Karson Bowen, TCU
SP: Ben Jacobs, Arizona State
SP: Cooper Moore, Kansas
SP: Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State
SP: Jack Kartsonas, West Virginia
RP: Tony Pluta, Arizona
RP: Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State
RP: Jack Cebert, Texas Tech

Ties resulted in two catchers on the second team.

All- Freshman Team

Smith Bailey, Arizona
Landon Hairston, Arizona State
Pearson Riebock, Baylor
Quinton Coats, Cincinnati
Aj Evasco, Kansas St.
Mason Brassfield, TCU
Kade Eudy, TCU
Noah Franco, TCU
Sawyer Strosnider, TCU
Nolan Traeger, TCU
Austen Roellig, Utah
Gavin Kelly, West Virginia


Honorable Mention:

Arizona: Adonys Guzman, Owen Kramkowski, Brendan Summerhill, Aaron Walton
Arizona State: Brandon Compton, Josiah Cromwick, Lucas Kelly, Jack Martinez, Jacob Tobias, Kien Vu
Baylor: Pearson Riebock, Travis Sanders
BYU: Parker Goff, Ryder Robinson, Cooper Vest
UCF: Edian Espinal, Dylan King, DeAmez Ross, Andrew Williamson
Cincinnati: Kellen O'Connor, Nathan Taylor, Landyn Vidourek
Kansas: Brady Counsell (INF/UT)
Kansas State: Seth Dardar (INF/DH), Jacob Frost, James Guyette
Oklahoma State: Colin Brueggemann, Ian Daugherty, Mario Pesca, Nolan Schubart, Brayden Smith,
TCU: Mason Brassfield, Kade Eudy, Anthony Silva
Utah: Austen Roellig
West Virginia: Reese Bassinger, Chase Meyer, Jace Rinehart, Sam White

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The Ohio four-star took his official visit to Arizona State last weekend. The trip ended with ASU in a better position than when the weekend started.

"They took care of my family and I," Miree said. "They are climbing back in the race. The plan and football part hasn’t changed since day one. They are very high on the list."

Miree says that Coach Mohns being upfront and honest is the biggest driver in the team surging with him. Coach has communicated to Miree that he will either land him at TE this cycle or skip the position altogether. That has really carried weight with the playmaking tight end.

One other thing of note from talking to him. He said that his family really enjoyed Tempe and that if he were to pick the school, his family would relocate out there. Miree still has still has Florida State, Washington, UNC, Auburn, and Cincinnati official visits scheduled.

I don't think one is wrapping up soon but the team has made a move.

"(Cornerbacks) Coach Bryan Carrington is recruiting me, and he's a great person to be around. He likes my length and my energy. They play a lot of man (defense), which I like." 2026 DB DaQuwan Dunn discusses his decision to pledge to the Sun Devils

"He makes sure that he has that relationship. Almost every week, the offensive line goes out with each other and Coach Tuitele, and that’s why he can coach them that hard." Four-star OL Bryce Gilmore raves about his Tempe trip last weekend

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We discuss the rewarding grind of coaching, the impact of the program’s culture, a detailed breakdown of the players in the room, the value of a second year in the scheme, and much more.

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