Randy Bennett in for a impolite awakening with ASU basketball, per media

e basketball is predicted to battle in Randy Bennett's first 12 months as head coach.

The Huge 12 media says so. Within the l, Huge 12 media members picked the Solar Devils to rank simply twelfth out of 16 within the convention for the 2026-27 season.

This comes after a season the place ASU went for a 3rd straight marketing campaign of not making the NCAA Match. They haven’t been previous the primary spherical of the NCAA Match in any of the earlier 12 seasons.

Bennett comes into the fold after main the Saint Mary's Gaels to 5 straight NCAA Match appearances. They made it out of the primary spherical of these 5 NCAA Tournaments thrice.

To make issues worse for ASU, the s rank No. 1 within the media ballot. UA gained the regular-season Huge 12 championship and the Huge 12 Match championship final season.

They carry within the No. 11 total recruiting class from this cycle, after making it to the NCAA Match Closing 4 final season. The Wildcats have been to the Candy Sixteen of the NCAA Match or higher in every of the final three seasons.

Sometimes probably the most aggressive conferences in basketball, eight of the 16 Huge 12 groups made the NCAA Match final season.

The Monster Power Huge 12 Males’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Ballot additionally featured Arizona first and Arizona State twelfth.

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