Hurley Homecoming: Men's Basketball Set for Exhibition with Duke - Arizona State University Athletics

Men's Basketball October 26, 2024 Connor Smith

Phenomenal freshmanHead Coach Bobby Hurley put together a Top-10 recruiting class, the highest in program history. It was ranked No. 9 by 247 Sports and No. 8 by Rivals and features a five-star recruit alongside two high four-star prospects.

F Jayden Quaintance

G Joson Sanon

G/F Amier Ali

Impact transfersA five-man transfer class immediately bolstered the Sun Devil Men's Basketball roster. It is one of the premier transfer classes in program history. BJ Freeman, Alston Mason, and Basheer Jihad join the fold after leading their teams in scoring a season ago. Brandon Gardner and Austin Nunez return to Arizona State after making strong connections with the connections in their previous recruitment process.F Brandon Gardner, USCG/F BJ Freeman, UW MilwaukeeG Alston Mason, Missouri StateF Basheer Jihad, Ball StateG Austin Nunez, Ole MissYouth movementArizona State freshman forward Jayden Quaintance enters the 2024-25 season as the youngest player in college basketball. He is over six months younger than the second-youngest on the list, which is Duke's Cooper Flagg. Sunday's matchup features three of the five youngest players in college basketball.

Family tiesThe Sun Devil Men's Basketball roster features several connections through bloodline. Head Coach Bobby Hurley's son, Bobby Hurley, is a senior guard on the team. Senior guard Alston Mason's father, Alton Mason, played at Arizona State from 1998-2001. Senior guard Jordan Williams cousin is legendary Sun Devil guard James Harden.Career notes- Adam Miller enters the season with 913 points, only 87 points shy of 1,000 in his career- Alston Mason enters the season with 198 assists, only 2 assists shy of 200 in his career- Basheer Jihad has played in 91 games in his career, the most of any Sun Devil. He is nine games played away from reaching 100 in his careerCareer games played (total | @ ASU)Sun Devils have a combined 613 games of experience at the Division I Level (Includes previous school). ASU has eight players with over 40 games of experience at the Division I level.

Brandon Gardner - 1 | 0Alston Mason - 79 | 0Austin Nunez - 58 | 28Joson Sanon - 0 | 0Amier Ali - 0 | 0Connor Braun - 75 | 0Basheer Jihad - 91 | 0Shawn Phillips Jr. - 44 | 24BJ Freeman - 59 | 0Bobby Hurley - 21 | 21Chianti Clay - 0 | 0Jayden Quaintance - 0 | 0Quentin McCoy - 0 | 0Jordan Williams 8 | 8Brycen Long - 90 | 6Adam Miller - 87 | 23

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