Arizona State Sun Devils

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Arizona State University (ASU) is a public research institution of higher education and research with campuses located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is a single, unified institution with each of the four campuses functioning as a planned clustering of colleges and schools. As of 2006, the Tempe campus is the second-largest university campus in terms of student enrollment in the United States, with a student body of 51,234.

Men's Basketball

The ASU basketball program is currently striving to climb to upper tier status in the Pacific 10 conference. The current head coach of the Sun Devils is Herb Sendek, who has previously at North Carolina State University. In 2004 He won ACC coach of the year.

Before Sendek, Rob Evans led ASU to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2003.

ASU made the Sweet 16 in the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Other tournament appearances include 1958, '61, '62, '63, '64, '73, '75, '80, and '81.

There have been a total of 34 Sun Devils selected in the NBA Draft, notably Byron Scott, Lafayette Lever,Tommy Smith, Ike Diogu and Eddie House.