Arizona State: Cats can't lose track of Gilling, Gordon

ASU's Jonathan Gilling faked out Solomon Hill on this play in January, but had just six points as the Sun Devils lost 71-54 to the Wildcats in Tempe.

Arizona State: Cats can't lose track of Gilling, Gordon

TEMPE - Jonathan Gilling won't call last year's three-point explosion against the Arizona Wildcats the best game of his career, but he knows it's close.

Arizona State Notebook: Devils know direction

Arizona State freshman Jahii Carson says Saturday's game against Arizona is "the biggest game, probably, that we've played" this season.

Arizona State Notebook: Devils know direction

TEMPE - His Sun Devils having lost three straight and five of their last seven, Herb Sendek was asked Thursday what Arizona State's route to the NCAA tournament could possibly be.

Pac-12 basketball this week: Prospect of tourney in Vegas exciting

Three days before Christmas, Oregon State played the first-ever basketball game at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena, beating the University of San Diego while operations officials executed a dry run of next week's Pac-12 tournament.

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Arizona basketball: A matter of importance

Guard Mark Lyons and the Wildcats will need to have a high level of intensity in their perimeter defense to take down an ASU team that has three starters who average at least 1.4 made three-pointers a game.

Arizona basketball: A matter of importance

Wells Fargo Arena is sold out today, so that's one piece of evidence.

Arizona basketball: Confident, tireless Carson didn't waste any time making impact for Sun Devils

TEMPE — The remnant of a class project remained stuck to Jahii Carson’s chest earlier this week — “Hello My Name is … Jahii.”

Sun Devil basketball center giving it his best swat

TEMPE - Even as a high school senior, Jordan Bachynski was bruised and battered by opposing big men, who plowed into the center, knocking him backward to try to score.

Arizona Wildcats basketball: Grown-up Bachynski perfecting the art of shot-blocking

TEMPE — Even as a high school senior, Jordan Bachynski was bruised and battered by opposing big men, who plowed into the center, knocking him backward to try to score.

Wildcats' Miller respects Sendek's defense

When Sean Miller worked on Herb Sendek’s staffs at Miami (Ohio) and N.C. State, Sendek wasn’t quite known for the matchup zone he has run in previous years at ASU.

Arizona basketball: Energy provider

Carrick Felix says "emotions are going to be in the air" when ASU meets UA on Saturday. "I can't control myself sometimes during this game."

Felix high on emotion, spreads it around to Sun Devils teammates

Jahii Carson has known Carrick Felix for eight years or so, dating to when they were kids playing in Phoenix. "I haven't seen him in this state," Carson said. That state, in advance of Saturday's rivalry game against the Arizona Wildcats: smothering, focused, intense.

Wildcats' Miller speaks highly of ASU

Sean Miller gave plenty of respect to ASU on the Pac-12 teleconference call today.

OSU pregame notes

Archie Miller has let his older brother know who has the best RPI in the family...and other notes/links before UA hosts OSU.

UA-ASU game could sell out

Josiah Turner's mom "guarantees" her son will be at UA...and Don MacLean says MoMo Jones is not a point guard.

More Pac-10 media days and expansion talk

Herb Sendek is living in the moment...Insight from UCLA...and Oregon State's Bob DeCarolis says a revenue sharing "sunset clause" favoring Los Angeles schools temporarily is likely.