2017–18 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by third-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Four to Syracuse.

2017–18 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
Las Vegas Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, First Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–12 (8–10 Pac–12)
Head coach	Bobby Hurley (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Rashon Bruno Levi Watkins Anthony Coleman
Home arena	Wells Fargo Arena
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Arizona †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
USC	12	–	6		.667			24	–	12		.667
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Utah	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Stanford	11	–	7		.611			19	–	16		.543
Oregon	10	–	8		.556			23	–	13		.639
Washington	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Arizona State	8	–	10		.444			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
California	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished the 2016–17 season 15–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in 8th place. They received the #8 seed in the 2017 Pac-12 tournament. In the tournament, the Sun Devils' defeated #9 Stanford in the first round before losing to #1 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Torian Graham	SG	6'5"	195	Senior	Durham, NC	Graduated
Maurice O'Field	G/F	6'5"	205	Senior	Cleveland, OH	Graduated
Obinna Oleka	PF	6'8"	225	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated
Andre Adams	PF	6'9"	225	RS Freshman	Avondale, AZ	Transferred to Southern Utah.^[1]
Jethro Tshisumpa	F/C	6'10"	260	Freshman	DR Congo	Elected to transfer.^[2]
Sam Cunliffe	SF	6'6"	200	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Left team 10 games into the season.^[3] Later elected to transfer to Kansas.

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Zylan Cheatham	PF	6'9"	220	RS Jr.	Phoenix, AZ	Transfer from San Diego State. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have one year remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season.^[4]
Carlton Bragg	PF	6'10"	240	Jr.	Cleveland, OH	Transfer from Kansas. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have two years remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season.
Rob Edwards	SG	6'4"	200	Jr.	Detroit, MI	Transfer from Cleveland State. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have two years remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season.^[5]
De'Quon Lake	F/C	6'10"	-	Jr.	Newport News, VA	Junior college transfer from Iowa Western Community College.^[6]
Mickey Mitchell	SF	6'7"	-	RS So.	Plano, TX	Mid-year transfer from Ohio State. Will be eligible to play in December of the 2017–18 season.^[7]

2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Remy Martin PG	Chatsworth, CA	Sierra Canyon School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 9, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 80
Kimani Lawrence SF	Providence, RI	New Hampton School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Nov 10, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 86
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:

2018 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Elias Valtonen SG	Eura, Finland	Helsinki Basketball Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Oct 13, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: N/A
Luguentz Dort SG	Montreal, Quebec	Athlete Institute	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 18, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Taeshon Cherry SF	San Diego, California	Foothills Christian High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jan 16, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Uros Plavsic C	Ivanjica, Serbia	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Apr 26, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:     ESPN: N/A
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: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2017–18 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Tra Holder 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Brentwood School Los Angeles, California G 1 Remy Martin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Sierra Canyon School Chatsworth, California G 2 Rob Edwards   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Cleveland State Detroit, Michigan F 3 Mickey Mitchell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Ohio State Plano, Texas F 10 Vitaliy Shibel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Lee Academy Ukraine G 11 Shannon Evans 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) RS Sr Buffalo Suffolk, Virginia F 14 Kimani Lawrence 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr New Hampton School Ashburnham, Massachusetts G 22 Austin Witherill (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Highland HS Gilbert, Arizona F 23 Romello White 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Fr Joseph Wheeler HS Suwanee, Georgia G 24 Jordan Salzman (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Locust Valley HS Long Island, New York G 25 Grant Fogerty (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Desert Mountain HS Scottsdale, Arizona F 31 Zylan Cheatham   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr San Diego State Phoenix, Arizona G 34 Trevor Thompson (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Moon Valley HS Phoenix, Arizona F 35 De'Quon Lake 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Iowa Western C.C. Newport News, Virginia G 41 Imran Takhar (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Villa Park HS Orange, California G 44 Kodi Justice 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Dobson HS Mesa, Arizona	Head coach Bobby Hurley (Duke) Assistant coach(es) Rashon Bruno (DePaul) Levi Watkins (NC State) Anthony Coleman (Long Beach State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 3, 2018

• Sophomore forward Ramon Vila decided to transfer.^[8]
• Transfer forward Carlton Bragg decided to transfer.^[9]

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Romello White	De'Quon Lake
PF	Mickey Mitchell	Vitaliy Shibel
SF	Kodi Justice	Kimani Lawrence
SG	Tra Holder
PG	Shannon Evans II	Remy Martin

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 26, 2017* 6:00 pm		Northern State	W 98–90 ^2OT	–	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, AZ
Nov 1, 2017* 7:00 pm		at San Diego Hurricane Maria relief charity game	W 85–77	–	Jenny Craig Pavilion (757) San Diego, CA
Nov 3, 2017* 6:00 pm		Arizona Christian	W 115–69	–	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, AZ
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 8:00 pm, P12N		Idaho State	W 94–74	1–0	Wells Fargo Arena (5,697) Tempe, AZ
Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		San Diego State	W 90–68	2–0	Wells Fargo Arena (6,640) Tempe, AZ
Nov 17, 2017* 6:00 pm, P12N		Northern Arizona Las Vegas Invitational campus-site game	W 97–62	3–0	Wells Fargo Arena (6,189) Tempe, AZ
Nov 19, 2017* 12:00 pm, P12N		UC Irvine Las Vegas Invitational campus-site game	W 99–78	4–0	Wells Fargo Arena (5,394) Tempe, AZ
Nov 23, 2017* 5:30 pm, FS1		vs. Kansas State Las Vegas Invitational semifinals	W 92–90	5–0	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
Nov 24, 2017* 3:30 pm, FOX		vs. No. 15 Xavier Las Vegas Invitational championship	W 102–86	6–0	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
Dec 2, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 20	San Francisco	W 75–57	7–0	Wells Fargo Arena (8,682) Tempe, AZ
Dec 8, 2017* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	vs. St. John's Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	W 82–70	8–0	Staples Center  Los Angeles, CA
Dec 10, 2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 16	at No. 2 Kansas	W 95–85	9–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
Dec 17, 2017* 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	Vanderbilt	W 76–64	10–0	Wells Fargo Arena (10,797) Tempe, AZ
Dec 19, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 3	Longwood	W 95–61	11–0	Wells Fargo Arena (9,308) Tempe, AZ
Dec 22, 2017* 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 3	Pacific	W 104–65	12–0	Wells Fargo Arena (10,646) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
Dec 30, 2017 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 3	at No. 17 Arizona Rivalry	L 78–84	12–1 (0–1)	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
Jan 4, 2018 6:30 pm, P12N	No. 4	at Colorado	L 81–90 ^OT	12–2 (0–2)	Coors Events Center (7,740) Boulder, CO
Jan 7, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	at Utah	W 80–77	13–2 (1–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,123) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 11, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1	No. 11	Oregon	L 72–76	13–3 (1–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (13,693) Tempe, AZ
Jan 13, 2018 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Oregon State	W 77–75	14–3 (2–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (13,459) Tempe, AZ
Jan 17, 2018 9:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	at Stanford	L 77–86	14–4 (2–4)	Maples Pavilion (4,014) Stanford, CA
Jan 20, 2018 8:30 pm, P12N	No. 16	at California	W 81–73	15–4 (3–4)	Haas Pavilion (8,107) Berkeley, CA
Jan 25, 2018 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 21	Utah	L 77–80 ^OT	15–5 (3–5)	Wells Fargo Arena (11,536) Tempe, AZ
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 21	Colorado	W 80–66	16–5 (4–5)	Wells Fargo Arena (13,943) Tempe, AZ
Feb 1, 2018 9:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at Washington	L 64–68	16–6 (4–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,904) Seattle, WA
Feb 4, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 25	at Washington State	W 88–78	17–6 (5–6)	Beasley Coliseum (2,803) Pullman, WA
Feb 8, 2018 9:00 pm, ESPN2		USC	W 80–78	18–6 (6–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (12,377) Tempe, AZ
Feb 10, 2018 5:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	W 88–79	19–6 (7–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (14,025) Tempe, AZ
Feb 15, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 25	No. 17 Arizona Rivalry	L 70–77	19–7 (7–7)	Wells Fargo Arena (14,233) Tempe, AZ
Feb 22, 2018 9:30 pm, FS1		at Oregon	L 68–75	19–8 (7–8)	Matthew Knight Arena (9,940) Eugene, OR
Feb 24, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at Oregon State	L 75–79	19–9 (7–9)	Gill Coliseum (6,147) Corvallis, OR
Mar 1, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		California	W 84–53	20–9 (8–9)	Wells Fargo Arena (11,737) Tempe, AZ
Mar 3, 2018 12:30 pm, P12N		Stanford	L 83–84	20–10 (8–10)	Wells Fargo Arena (11,895) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 tournament
Mar 7, 2018 1:00 pm, P12N	(9)	vs. (8) Colorado First Round	L 85–97	20–11	T-Mobile Arena (8,619) Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 2018* 6:10 pm, truTV	(11 MW)	vs. (11 MW) Syracuse First Four	L 56–60	20–12	UD Arena (12,732) Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Mountain Time.

Ranking movement

See also: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—	—	20	16	5 (5)	3 (5)	3 (6)	4	11	16	21	25	RV	25	RV	—			Not released
Coaches	—	—^	—	21	17	6	4T	4	6	11	14	19	23	RV	22	25	RV

^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Number in parentheses indicates number of first place votes.

References

1. Metcalfe, Jeff. "Andre Adams becomes second ASU basketball transfer". AZCentral.com. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
2. Metcalfe, Jeff. "Jethro Tshisumpa transferring from ASU basketball". AZCentral.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
3. Haller, Doug. "Freshman Sam Cunliffe to transfer from Arizona State". AZCentral.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
4. Zeigler, Mark. "Cheatham transfers from SDSU to ASU". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
5. Decker, Ryan. "Report: Cleveland State guard Rob Edwards to transfer to ASU". ArizonaSports.com. Bonneville International. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
6. Metcalfe, Jeff. "De'Quon Lake signs with ASU basketball, Kenny Wooten decommits". AZCentral.com. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
7. Haller, Doug. "Former Ohio State forward Mickey Mitchell transfers to Arizona State". AZCentral.com. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
8. Layman, Matt. "Sun Devil basketball's Ramon Vila reportedly transfers from ASU". ArizonaSports.com. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
9. Haller, Doug. "Forward Carlton Bragg leaves Arizona State basketball". AZCentral.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.