2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	14–17 (10–10 Pac–12)
Head coach	Bobby Hurley (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Joel Justus; Jermaine Kimbrough; George Aramide;
Home arena	Desert Financial Arena
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of the Pac–12 Conference.

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Arizona †	18	–	2	.900	33	–	4	.892
No. 11 UCLA	15	–	5	.750	27	–	8	.771
No. 22 USC	14	–	6	.700	26	–	8	.765
Colorado	12	–	8	.600	21	–	12	.636
Oregon	11	–	9	.550	20	–	15	.571
Washington	11	–	9	.550	17	–	15	.531
Washington State	11	–	9	.550	22	–	15	.595
Arizona State	10	–	10	.500	14	–	17	.452
Stanford	8	–	12	.400	16	–	16	.500
California	5	–	15	.250	12	–	20	.375
Utah	4	–	16	.200	11	–	20	.355
Oregon State	1	–	19	.050	3	–	28	.097

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season edit

The Sun Devils finished the season 11–14, 7–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Washington State in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to Oregon.

Off-season edit

Departures edit

Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Holland Woods	0	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduate transferred to Grand Canyon
Remy Martin	1	G	6'0"	175	Senior	Chatsworth, CA	Graduate transferred to Kansas
Caleb Christopher	3	G	6'1"	180	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to Tennessee Tech
Jaelen House	10	G	6'1"	160	Sophomore	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to New Mexico
Alonzo Verge Jr.	11	G	6'2"	170	Senior	Chicago, IL	Graduate transferred to Nebraska
Josh Christopher	13	G	6'5"	215	Freshman	Carson, CA	Declared for 2021 NBA draft
Chris Osten	21	F	6'9"	210	Junior	Crowley, LA	Transferred to Northern Illinois
Kyle Feit	30	G	6'4"	215	RS Sophomore	West Palm Beach, FL	Walk-on; transferred
Taeshon Cherry	35	F	6'8"	220	Junior	El Cajon, CA	Transferred to Grand Canyon
Imran Takhar	41	G	6'3"	195	Senior	Orange, CA	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Pavlo Dziuba	51	F	6'8"	225	Freshman	Kirichkova, Ukraine	Transferred to Maryland

Incoming transfers edit

Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Previous School	Notes
DJ Horne	0	G	6'1"	175	Junior	Raleigh, NC	Transferred from Illinois State.
Marreon Jackson	3	G	6'1"	190	Graduate Student	Cleveland, OH	Transferred from Toledo. Will be eligible to play immediately since Jackson graduated from Toledo.
Jay Heath	5	G	6'3"	195	Junior	Washington, D.C.	Transferred from Boston College.
Alonzo Gaffney	32	F/C	6'9"	200	Junior	Cleveland, OH	Junior college transferred from Northwest Florida State College
Chase Courtney	40	F	6'10	230	Sophomore	Scottsdale, AZ	Transferred from San Jose State

2021 recruiting class edit

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Demari Williams SG	Fulshear, TX	Dream City Christian	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 14, 2020
Demari Williams SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Will Felton PF	Raleigh, NC	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sep 20, 2020
Will Felton PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 75
Justin Rochelin SG	Northridge, CA	Heritage Christian School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 17, 2020
Justin Rochelin SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Jamiya Neal SF	Phoenix, AZ	Hillcrest Prep	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Nov 16, 2020
Jamiya Neal SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Enoch Boakye* C	Mississauga, ON	George Harris Prep	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Mar 25, 2021
Enoch Boakye* C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

*Originally class of 2022, but reclassified to 2021.^[1]

Roster edit

2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	DJ Horne	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Illinois State	Raleigh, North Carolina
G	1	Luther Muhammad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Ohio State	Newark, New Jersey
F	2	Jalen Graham	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Mountain Pointe HS	Phoenix, Arizona
G	3	Marreon Jackson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Toledo	Cleveland, Ohio
F	4	Kimani Lawrence	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	New Hampton School	Providence, Rhode Island
G	5	Jay Heath	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Boston College	Washington, D.C.
G	10	Justin Rochelin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Heritage Christian School	Encino, California
G	11	Bobby Hurley (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Notre Dame Prep	Scottsdale, Arizona
G	12	Micah Burno (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Chaparral HS	Scottsdale, Arizona
C	14	Enoch Boakye	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	George Harris Prep	Brampton, Ontario
F	15	John Olmsted (W)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Morenci HS	Morenci, Arizona
G	20	Cade Ronzone (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Bishop O'Dowd HS	Oakland, California
G/F	21	Demari Williams	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Dream City Christian School	Fulshear, Texas
G	22	Austin Ronzone (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	So	Bishop O'Dowd HS	Oakland, California
F	23	Marcus Bagley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Sheldon HS	Phoenix, Arizona
G	24	Jeff Grace (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	York HS	Elmhurst, Illinois
G	25	Jordan Williams (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	AZ Compass Prep	Los Angeles, California
F/C	32	Alonzo Gaffney	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Northwest Florida State College	Cleveland, Ohio
F	34	Will Felton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Millbrook HS	Raleigh, North Carolina
F	40	Chase Courtney	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	San Jose State	Scottsdale, Arizona
G/F	55	Jamiya Neal	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Phoenix Hillcrest Prep	Toledo, Ohio

Head coach

Bobby Hurley (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Joel Justus (UNC Wilmington)
Jermaine Kimbrough (Virginia Tech)
George Aramide (Thompson Rivers University)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021 7:00 pm		Saint Katherine	W 108–41	–	18 – Heath	8 – Lawrence	5 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (N/A) Tempe, AZ
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 5:00 pm, P12N		Portland	W 76–60	1–0	19 – Lawrence	10 – Lawrence	5 – Jackson	Desert Financial Arena (6,912) Tempe, AZ
November 11, 2021* 6:30 pm, P12N		UC Riverside	L 65–66	1–1	19 – Lawrence	12 – Lawrence	3 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (7,594) Tempe, AZ
November 15, 2021* 7:00 pm, P12N		North Florida	W 72–63	2–1	16 – Horne	9 – Gaffney	5 – Gaffney	Desert Financial Arena (6,977) Tempe, AZ
November 18, 2021* 8:30 pm, CBSSN		at San Diego State	L 63–65	2–2	16 – Jackson	12 – Lawrence	7 – Jackson	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
November 24, 2021* 5:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 6 Baylor Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals	L 63–75	2–3	20 – Horne	11 – Jackson	10 – Jackson	Imperial Arena (848) Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2021* 5:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Syracuse Battle 4 Atlantis consolation round	L 84–92	2–4	17 – Jackson	13 – Lawrence	7 – Jackson	Imperial Arena (1,299) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2021* 5:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. Loyola–Chicago Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game	L 59–77	2–5	16 – Heath	5 – Lawrence	2 – Jackson	Imperial Arena (739) Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2021 5:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	L 29–51	2–6 (0–1)	10 – Horne	8 – Boakye	3 – Neal	Desert Financial Arena (6,793) Tempe, AZ
December 5, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon	W 69–67 ^OT	3–6 (1–1)	23 – Horne	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (6,130) Eugene, OR
December 9, 2021* 7:30 pm, P12N		Grand Canyon	W 67–62	4–6	14 – Tied	14 – Lawrence	2 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (11,391) Tempe, AZ
December 14, 2021* 6:00 pm, FS1		at Creighton	W 58–57	5–6	12 – Horne	7 – Heath	4 – Jackson	CHI Health Center Omaha (15,011) Omaha, NE
December 19, 2021* 4:00 pm, P12N		San Francisco	L 65–66	5–7	18 – Tied	12 – Heath	6 – Lawrence	Desert Financial Arena (6,403) Tempe, AZ
December 21, 2021* 3:00 pm, P12N		Florida A&M	Canceled due to a power outage at Desert Financial Arena.^[a]					Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
January 2, 2022^[b] 5:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 50–74	5–8 (1–2)	17 – Horne	9 – Boakye	2 – Jackson	Haas Pavilion (2,976) Berkeley, CA
January 15, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN2		Colorado	L 57–75	5–9 (1–3)	16 – Graham	5 – Graham	2 – Horne	Desert Financial Arena (7,548) Tempe, AZ
January 17, 2022^[c] 2:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 64–62	6–9 (2–3)	18 – Lawrence	6 – Boakye	4 – Jackson	Desert Financial Arena (6,482) Tempe, AZ
January 22, 2022 9:00 pm, FS1		at Stanford	L 76–79	6–10 (2–4)	18 – Horne	6 – Graham	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (0) Stanford, CA
January 24, 2022^[d] 9:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 15 USC	L 56–78	6–11 (2–5)	21 – Jackson	7 – Graham	2 – Tied	Galen Center (2,438) Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 2022 12:30 pm, CBS		at No. 3 Arizona Rivalry	L 56–67	6–12 (2–6)	17 – Horne	8 – Graham	4 – Jackson	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
February 3, 2022 9:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 19 USC	L 53–58	6–13 (2–7)	19 – Graham	8 – Lawrence	5 – Jackson	Desert Financial Arena (7,246) Tempe, AZ
February 5, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 3 UCLA	W 87–84 ^3OT	7–13 (3–7)	24 – Jackson	10 – Graham	6 – Graham	Desert Financial Arena (9,135) Tempe, AZ
February 7, 2022^[e] 7:00 pm, FS1		No. 4 Arizona Rivalry	L 79–91	7–14 (3–8)	16 – Tied	4 – Tied	8 – Jackson	Desert Financial Arena (13,233) Tempe, AZ
February 10, 2022 9:00 pm, FS1		at Washington	L 64–87	7–15 (3–9)	15 – Lawrence	8 – Graham	6 – Jackson	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,154) Seattle, WA
February 12, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Washington State	W 58–55	8–15 (4–9)	14 – Tied	8 – Muhammad	4 – Jackson	Beasley Coliseum (3,394) Pullman, WA
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN		Oregon	W 81–57	9–15 (5–9)	18 – Graham	9 – Graham	6 – Heath	Desert Financial Arena (8,296) Tempe, AZ
February 19, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Oregon State	W 73–53	10–15 (6–9)	15 – Jackson	7 – Lawrence	6 – Horne	Desert Financial Arena (7,234) Tempe, AZ
February 21, 2022^[f] 7:00 pm, FS1		at No. 12 UCLA	L 52–66	10–16 (6–10)	9 – Tied	5 – Tied	4 – Horne	Pauley Pavilion (8,037) Los Angeles, CA
February 24, 2022 7:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 82–65	11–16 (7–10)	18 – Heath	5 – Tied	4 – Jackson	CU Events Center (7,211) Boulder, CO
February 26, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Utah	W 63–61	12–16 (8–10)	20 – Heath	6 – Tied	6 – Jackson	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,940) Salt Lake City, UT
March 3, 2022 6:00 pm, P12N		California	W 71–44	13–16 (9–10)	13 – Horne	9 – Lawrence	4 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (7,061) Tempe, AZ
March 5, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N		Stanford	W 65–56	14–16 (10–10)	18 – Jackson	6 – Jackson	6 – Jackson	Desert Financial Arena (6,860) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 tournament
March 9, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N	(8)	vs. (9) Stanford First Round	L 70–71	14–17	21 – Horne	6 – Graham	4 – Jackson	T-Mobile Arena (7,565) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:^[7]

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP														—	—						Not released
Coaches

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches poll was not released for Week 2.

Notes edit

^ This game was canceled on December 21 due to a facilities issue that caused a power outage at Desert Financial Arena. This game was declared a no contest by the NCAA.^[2]
^ This game was moved up from January 19 due to COVID pauses affecting their original scheduled opponents.^[3]
^ This game was originally scheduled for January 13 before being postponed and rescheduled for January 17 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[4]
^ This game was originally scheduled for December 30 before being postponed and rescheduled for January 24 due to COVID-19 protocols within the USC program.^[4]
^ This game was originally scheduled for January 8 before being postponed and rescheduled for February 7 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[5]
^ This game was originally scheduled on January 1 but was postponed and rescheduled to January 5 due to COVID-19 protocols within the UCLA program. It was then postponed and rescheduled to February 21 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[5]^[6]

References edit

^ "Elite Center Enoch Boakye Commits to Arizona State, Reclassifies to 2021". si.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "Tuesday's Basketball Games". thesundevils.com. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
^ "Ready to Pivot! Mens Hoops Headed to Cal for Jan. 2 Afternoon Tilt". thesundevils.com. December 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Hoops Reschedules Utah For Monday; Also Will Play at USC Jan. 24". thesundevils.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Sun Devils on Pause Until After Jan. 8". thesundevils.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "Men's Basketball Schedule Update: ASU at UCLA Set for Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m. PT". thesundevils.com. January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Arizona State University Athletics.

[3] This game was canceled on December 21 due to a facilities issue that caused a power outage at Desert Financial Arena. This game was declared a no contest by the NCAA.^[2]

[5] This game was moved up from January 19 due to COVID pauses affecting their original scheduled opponents.^[3]

[7] This game was originally scheduled for January 13 before being postponed and rescheduled for January 17 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[4]

[8] This game was originally scheduled for December 30 before being postponed and rescheduled for January 24 due to COVID-19 protocols within the USC program.^[4]

[10] This game was originally scheduled for January 8 before being postponed and rescheduled for February 7 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[5]

[12] This game was originally scheduled on January 1 but was postponed and rescheduled to January 5 due to COVID-19 protocols within the UCLA program. It was then postponed and rescheduled to February 21 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[5]^[6]

[1] "Elite Center Enoch Boakye Commits to Arizona State, Reclassifies to 2021". si.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[2] "Tuesday's Basketball Games". thesundevils.com. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

[4] "Ready to Pivot! Mens Hoops Headed to Cal for Jan. 2 Afternoon Tilt". thesundevils.com. December 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[reschedule1-6] "Men's Hoops Reschedules Utah For Monday; Also Will Play at USC Jan. 24". thesundevils.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[uclaazppd-9] "Sun Devils on Pause Until After Jan. 8". thesundevils.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[11] "Men's Basketball Schedule Update: ASU at UCLA Set for Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m. PT". thesundevils.com. January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[13] "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Arizona State University Athletics.

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