Locked On Sun Devils - Daily Podcast On Arizona State Sun Devils Football & Basketball

Jaden Rashada is out of spring practices for Arizona State Sun Devils football due to thumb surgery. With the redshirt freshman quarterback on the mend, the competition at the quarterback position immediately becomes the biggest storyline for spring practices. Veteran Trenton Bouguet and transfer Sam Leavitt will be at the forefront of all the conversation and attention, as they battle it out for...

On Thursday, Arizona State Sun Devils football head coach Kenny Dillingham held a press conference to talk about the state of the program heading into the team's upcoming spring practices. Dillingham answered questions ranging from incoming transfers like Sam Leavitt, Cole Martin, and Jacob Kongaika who have made early impressions to players embracing new roles like Sean Na'a and preferred walk-on...

After looking at the offensive players with the most to gain for Arizona State Sun Devils football in the upcoming spring practices, we flip the script to the defensive side of the ball. Under defensive coordinator Brian Ward, the Sun Devils defense was a pleasant surprise in 2023 with their competitiveness and the overall edge they brought to the table. Several crucial players departed the progra...

In hot stove news, Arizona State Sun Devils basketball head coach Bobby Hurley has officially signed an extension to keep him in his position with the program running through the 2025-26 college basketball season. Hurley was approached with the extension a year ago and opted not to sign it. But today, Hurley officially signed the deal and it has been met with mixed reviews from the fans. On one si...

We are just over a week from the start of spring ball for Arizona State Sun Devils football. Considering the vast number of new faces on both sides of the football, several players have much to gain. On offense, precious little is guaranteed for returning and incoming players. Thus, several players have a ton to gain with a good spring ball session. Along the offensive line are next to no guarante...

Will UConn, Houston, Purdue and North Carolina hold true to their number one seed in the NCAA Tournament? Can Iowa State, Tennessee, Marquette or Arizona break into the Final Four? Cinderellas, upsets, betting favorites and those 5/12 matchups. Locked On College Basketball hosts, Andy Patton and Isaac Schade join Tenitra Batiste to help walk you through your bracket step by step to help you win yo...

Arizona State Sun Devils football held their official Pro Day this past Wednesday and several players who weren't invited to the NFL Scouting Combine were able to perform the same workouts and tests that they would have if they went to Indianapolis for the event. There were several standouts during the workout, including Tre Brown and Dee Ford, although nobody hurt their stock in front of NFL scou...

Arizona State Sun Devils basketball faces one of the hardest questions they faced as a program in the last decade -- Is it time to fire head coach Bobby Hurley? After nine seasons with up and down success, Hurley may have coached his last game for the Sun Devils following Wednesday night's blowout loss to Utah in the PAC-12 Tournament. In his time with Arizona State, Hurley has had wild success in...

By all accounts, the 2023-24 season for Arizona State Sun Devils basketball was a failure. In fairness, the chips were always stacked against Bobby Hurley and the Sun Devils after a 2022-23 season that saw Arizona State basketball return to the NCAA Tournament with a brief dance in March Madness. Following the season, the Sun Devils lost more than their fair share of players to the NCAA Transfer P...

The Arizona State Sun Devils football program is holding its annual Pro Day tomorrow with several Sun Devils set to audition themselves in front of NFL teams. Among the participants are Ro Torrence, who was Arizona State's lone representative at this year's NFL Scouting Combine, Dashaun Mallory, Joey Ramos, Tre Brown and several other who are aiming to show off their stuff to scouts and make their...

The NFL is enjoying Free Agency Frenzy today and the amount of moves being made has generated all sorts of new material to talk about. A storyline to monitor closely, however, is former Arizona State Sun Devils football standout and current San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Ayiuk. Although Aiyuk isn't a free agent, he is nonetheless one of the most talked about players in trade rumors and...

In a disappointing end to the Arizona State Sun Devils basketball 2023-24 regular season, Bobby Hurley's squad found themselves swept in LA by the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins. The Sun Devils closed things out 14-17 and will enter the PAC-12 Tournament as the 11th seed and face the Utah Utes. The season has been a grueling one and one of the worst in recent memory, and the trip to LA exemplified th...

The Arizona State Sun Devils basketball program's hopes of heading to the 2024 March Madness NCAA Tournament are firmly on life support with two games remaining in the regular season. Not only will the Sun Devils need to win their final two games against the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins, but they'll also need to make massive waves in the upcoming PAC-12 conference tournament if not outright win...

It's been nearly four months since former Arizona State University Athletic Director Ray Anderson stepped down from his role with the university. There has seemingly been very little progress in finding his replacement. ASU president Michael Crow recently said in an email to The Mercury News' Jon Wilner, "We are making some design changes and updating our models for operations and systems before w...

Although Ro Torrence was the lone representative for the Arizona State Sun Devils football program at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, there were three former Sun Devils who went to Indianapolis. Among the three were LSU quarterback a Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels went to Indy, although he did not participate in any drills and instead opted to save his workout for the LSU pro-day, Florida wid...

The 2024 NFL Draft is hitting its stride with the NFL Scouting Combine going down this weekend. Although Ro Torrence may be the only Arizona State Sun Devils football representative for the event, there are many former Sun Devils who are vying for their chances to play at the next level. Deshaun Mallory and Tre Brown were pivotal players for the Sun Devils defense last year. Considering the move f...

Kenny Dillingham and the Arizona State Sun Devils football program never sleep when it comes to recruiting. Dilly has said himself that he works on it every day to bring in the best kids to help build the program and return ASU to its former glory. The Sun Devils have relentlessly attacked the NCAA Transfer Portal since Dilly arrived in Tempe, but the recruiting side of things has begun picking up...

Arizona State Sun Devils football was a mess last season and the quarterback play headlined everything that went south for the program. Between injuries and poor play, the Sun Devils team suffered greatly because of the inefficiencies. As we head into 2024 spring practice, the Sun Devils return former 4-star Jaden Rashada, who is seen as the future of the program, veteran Trenton Bourguet, and tra...

With just three games remaining in the 2023-24 basketball regular season, we have come to know this Arizona State Sun Devils basketball program intimately... and it hasn't quite been what we'd hoped it would be. bobby Hurley has coached a team that has had no shortage of veterans from the NCAA Transfer Portal, and it has shown inconsistency on a game-to-game basis. We have arrived toward the end o...

As we begin wrapping up our series of breaking down Arizona State Sun Devils football positional groups before we head into spring practices, our next stop leads us to the secondary; a unit that is facing a ton of change. Four of the team's five starters from last season have departed the program for various reasons, with Shamari Simmons returning as the lone starter. It'll be up to him to step up...

Arizona State Sun Devils football rolled out a more than-quality defense in 2023. Despite the deceptive points per game, the unit dialed up pressure thanks to a new philosophy under defensive coordinator Bria Ward. Several players emerged as stud players for the Sun Devils including B.J. Green, Dashaun Mallory, and Tre Brown, however, all three of them are no longer with the program for various re...

Entering the 2024 offseason, Arizona State Sun Devils football has little guarantees when it comes to the offensive line and tight end position. Both positions dealt with injuries in 2023 and have seen plenty of faces come and go for various reasons. To be frank, there is a ton of uncertainty for both rooms as we begin taking a look at their 2024 outlooks... and yet, it feels like a good thing. Th...

As we continue to preview positional groups for Arizona State Sun Devils football with Spring ball about a month away, we take a look at perhaps the deepest position on the team - running back. The Sun Devils return their three key players from last season in Cameron Skattebo, DeCarlos Brooks, and Kyson Brown. Those three by themselves provide Arizona State Sun Devils football with a ridiculous th...

As we inch closer and closer to spring practice for Arizona State Sun Devils football, we can begin taking a look at what will be some heated positional camp battles for a veteran-laced program in 2024. We start at wide receiver, where the Sun Devils return the vast majority of their unit from last year. Melquan Stovall and Troy Omeire return as two of the more productive guys from last year, but...

With the 2024 NFL Draft process underway the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off at the end of the month. Unfortunately, Arizona State Sun Devils football is underrepresented at the event this year with cornerback Ro Torrence appearing as the program's lone representative. Torrence was more than deserving of the nod after two stellar seasons at Arizona State where he flourished as the team's numbe...