The Arizona State men's basketball team will host UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., in an exhibition game that will be will be free.
The NCAA allows men's basketball teams to play two preseason games, and it can be a combination of closed scrimmages against NCAA Division I teams and/or exhibitions against non D-I teams.
UC Santa Cruz is coached by Sun Devil almuni Ronnie DuBois, a former walkon who earned a scholarship, was Sun Devil team captain his senior year and earned all-academic Pac-10 honors in 1998-99. DuBois majored in Education and received his B.A. in 1999 and M.A. in 2001.
The Sun Devils, 58-14 (.806) at home the past four seasons, will have their first five home games broadcast by Pac-12 Networks before it hosts an ESPN2 broadcast at 7 p.m. against Creighton. The 2016-17 Sun Devil men's basketball regular season will begin on Veteran's Day (Friday, Nov. 11) with a 7 p.m. MT tip against Portland State and conclude with a visit from CBS on Saturday, March 4, for a 2 p.m. Territorial Cup Series matchup.
ASU is 58-14 (.805) at home in the past four years and has five wins over ranked teams in Wells Fargo Arena in the past three seasons. The best home win in its history came on February 14, 2014, when the Devils upset No. 2 Arizona in the Territorial Cup in overtime, 69-66, as ASU has won three of the past five at home against Arizona. ASU also upset eventual SEC champion Texas A&M and No. 23 USC at home in 2015-16.
@SunDevilHoops WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS PAST THREE SEASONS
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 81, #6 Arizona 78 (Feb. 7, 2015)
ASU 69, #2 Arizona 66 (Feb. 14, 2014)
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)
2016-17 @SunDevilHoops HOME SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 3 vs. UC Santa Cruz (EXH/7 p.m.)
Friday, Nov. 11 vs. Portland State (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Sunday, Nov. 13 vs. Cal Poly (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Nov. 23 vs. Citadel (2 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Dec. 3 vs. UNLV (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Dec. 17 vs. New Mexico State (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Tuesday, Dec. 20 vs. Creighton (7 p.m./ESPN2)
Thursday, Dec. 22 vs. Central Arkansas (1 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Thursday, Jan. 5 vs. Colorado (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Jan. 7 vs. Utah (3 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Jan. 25 vs. Washington (9 p.m./ESPNU)
Sunday, Jan. 29 vs. Washington State (Noon/Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Feb. 8 vs. California (9 p.m./ESPNU)
Sat., Feb. 11 vs. Stanford (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Thursday, Feb. 23 vs. UCLA (7 p.m./ESPN2)
Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. USC (4:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Mar. 4 vs. Arizona (2 p.m./CBS)
The NCAA allows men's basketball teams to play two preseason games, and it can be a combination of closed scrimmages against NCAA Division I teams and/or exhibitions against non D-I teams.
UC Santa Cruz is coached by Sun Devil almuni Ronnie DuBois, a former walkon who earned a scholarship, was Sun Devil team captain his senior year and earned all-academic Pac-10 honors in 1998-99. DuBois majored in Education and received his B.A. in 1999 and M.A. in 2001.
The Sun Devils, 58-14 (.806) at home the past four seasons, will have their first five home games broadcast by Pac-12 Networks before it hosts an ESPN2 broadcast at 7 p.m. against Creighton. The 2016-17 Sun Devil men's basketball regular season will begin on Veteran's Day (Friday, Nov. 11) with a 7 p.m. MT tip against Portland State and conclude with a visit from CBS on Saturday, March 4, for a 2 p.m. Territorial Cup Series matchup.
ASU is 58-14 (.805) at home in the past four years and has five wins over ranked teams in Wells Fargo Arena in the past three seasons. The best home win in its history came on February 14, 2014, when the Devils upset No. 2 Arizona in the Territorial Cup in overtime, 69-66, as ASU has won three of the past five at home against Arizona. ASU also upset eventual SEC champion Texas A&M and No. 23 USC at home in 2015-16.
@SunDevilHoops WINS OVER RANKED TEAMS PAST THREE SEASONS
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
ASU 81, #6 Arizona 78 (Feb. 7, 2015)
ASU 69, #2 Arizona 66 (Feb. 14, 2014)
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)
2016-17 @SunDevilHoops HOME SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 3 vs. UC Santa Cruz (EXH/7 p.m.)
Friday, Nov. 11 vs. Portland State (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Sunday, Nov. 13 vs. Cal Poly (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Nov. 23 vs. Citadel (2 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Dec. 3 vs. UNLV (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Dec. 17 vs. New Mexico State (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Tuesday, Dec. 20 vs. Creighton (7 p.m./ESPN2)
Thursday, Dec. 22 vs. Central Arkansas (1 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Thursday, Jan. 5 vs. Colorado (7 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Jan. 7 vs. Utah (3 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Jan. 25 vs. Washington (9 p.m./ESPNU)
Sunday, Jan. 29 vs. Washington State (Noon/Pac-12 Network)
Wednesday, Feb. 8 vs. California (9 p.m./ESPNU)
Sat., Feb. 11 vs. Stanford (6 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Thursday, Feb. 23 vs. UCLA (7 p.m./ESPN2)
Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. USC (4:30 p.m./Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, Mar. 4 vs. Arizona (2 p.m./CBS)
