1994–95 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

1994–95 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
1994–95 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
Maui Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 16
Record	24–9 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Frieder (5th season);
Home arena	ASU Activity Center
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 1994–95 NCAA men's basketball season as member of the Pac-10 Conference. The Sun Devils played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena and were coached by Bill Frieder in his fifth year at Arizona State. The Sun Devils finished with a record for 24–9, 12–6 to finish in third place in Pac-10 play. ASU received a bid to the NCAA tournament as a #5 seed. There, they defeated Ball State^[2] and Manhattan to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.^[3] In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to the #1 seed Kentucky, 97–73.

1994–95 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UCLA	17	–	1	.944	32	–	1	.970
No. 15 Arizona	14	–	4	.778	24	–	7	.774
No. 16 Arizona State	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
Oregon	11	–	7	.611	19	–	9	.679
Stanford	10	–	8	.556	20	–	9	.690
Washington State	10	–	8	.556	18	–	12	.600
Washington	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	18	.333
USC	4	–	14	.222	9	–	19	.321
California¹	0	–	18	.000	0	–	27	.000

As of November 23, 2011^[1] Rankings from AP Poll ¹California forfeited all wins due to infractions.

Roster edit

1994–95 Arizona State men's basketball team
#	Name	Class	Position	Height	Summary
00	James Bacon	SR	C	6-9	5.2 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
5	Courtney Hargrays	SO	G	6-6	1.0 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
10	Marcell Capers	SR	G	6-2	5.8 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 7.1 Ast
11	Eli Lopez	SR	G	5-11	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
21	Jeremy Veal	FR	G	6-3	7.4 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
22	Ryan Cuff	SO	G	6-5	3.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.3 Ast
24	Isaac Burton	SR	G	6-5	14.2 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.5 Ast
25	Jimmy Kolyszko	JR	F	6-7	4.1 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
32	Ron Riley	JR	G	6-5	16.0 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
34	Quincy Brewer	SO	F	6-5	6.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
40	Joe Zaletel	JR	F	6-7	1.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 As
42	Mario Bennett	JR	F	6-6	18.7 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 2.4 Ast
50	J.R. Cunningham	FR	F	6-8	0.1 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Source^[4]^[5]

Schedule and results edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 1994*		vs. Texas A&M Maui Invitational	W 103–73	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 22, 1994*		vs. No. 13 Michigan Maui Invitational	W 79–62	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 23, 1994*		vs. No. 7 Maryland Maui Invitational	W 97–90	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 1, 1994*	No. 12	Northern Arizona	W 74–50	4–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 3, 1994*	No. 12	at New Mexico	L 71–87	4–1	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dec 17, 1994*	No. 13	UC Irvine	W 87–58	5–1	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 18, 1994*	No. 13	Texas-San Antonio	L 85–87 ^OT	5–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 20, 1994*	No. 15	Cal Poly	W 98–43	6–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 22, 1994*	No. 15	Oklahoma State	W 72–69	7–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 28, 1994*	No. 16	Pacific	W 65–50	8–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Dec 29, 1994*	No. 16	Vanderbilt	W 67–61	9–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 5, 1995	No. 15	No. 9 Arizona	W 53–52	10–2 (1–0)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 7, 1995*	No. 15	Old Dominion	W 71–52	11–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 12, 1995	No. 12	at Stanford	L 75–91	11–3 (1–1)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 14, 1995	No. 12	at No. 20 California	W 73–68	12–3 (2–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 19, 1995	No. 13	USC	W 81–71	13–3 (3–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 21, 1995	No. 13	No. 4 UCLA	L 72–85	13–4 (3–2)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 26, 1995	No. 13	at Oregon State	L 70–83	13–5 (3–3)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Jan 28, 1995	No. 13	at No. 18 Oregon	W 79–76	14–5 (4–3)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 2, 1995	No. 16	Washington	W 78–73 ^OT	15–5 (5–3)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb 5, 1995	No. 16	Washington State	W 87–60	16–5 (6–3)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb 9, 1995	No. 14	California	W 100–81	17–5 (7–3)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb 11, 1995	No. 14	No. 15 Stanford	W 79–70	18–5 (8–3)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb 16, 1995	No. 13	at No. 6 UCLA	L 77–82 ^OT	18–6 (8–4)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Feb 18, 1995	No. 13	at USC	W 74–70	19–6 (9–4)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Feb 23, 1995	No. 15	Oregon	L 72–73	19–7 (9–5)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb 25, 1995	No. 15	Oregon State	W 82–44	20–7 (10–5)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Mar 2, 1995	No. 15	at Washington	W 72–71	21–7 (11–5)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
Mar 4, 1995	No. 15	at Washington State	L 71–84	21–8 (11–6)	Friel Court Pullman, Washington
Mar 11, 1995	No. 18	at No. 12 Arizona	W 103–98 ^2OT	22–8 (12–6)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1995*	(5 SE) No. 16	vs. (12 SE) Ball State First round	W 81–66^[2]	23–8	Memphis Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 18, 1995*	(5 SE) No. 16	vs. (13 SE) Manhattan Second Round	W 64–54^[3]	24–8	Memphis Pyramid (19,120) Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 23, 1995*	(5 SE) No. 16	vs. (1 SE) No. 2 Kentucky Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 73–97	24–9	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (17,458) Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

Rankings edit

NBA draft edit

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	27	Mario Bennett	Phoenix Suns

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References edit

^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pacific-10 Conference. p. 68. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Arizona State Takes Heed, Avoids Letdown". The Los Angeles Times. March 17, 1995. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Jaspers' Joy Ride Comes to an End". The New York Times. March 19, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ "1994-95 Arizona State Sun Devils Roster and Stats".
^ Maryland Basketball 1994–95, University of Maryland, 1994, p. 130.
^ "1995 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

[1] "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pacific-10 Conference. p. 68. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[ballstate-2] "Arizona State Takes Heed, Avoids Letdown". The Los Angeles Times. March 17, 1995. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

[manhattan-3] "Jaspers' Joy Ride Comes to an End". The New York Times. March 19, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[4] "1994-95 Arizona State Sun Devils Roster and Stats".

[5] Maryland Basketball 1994–95, University of Maryland, 1994, p. 130.

[6] "1995 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

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