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Sendek made perfect move

(By Caulton Tudor, caulton.tudor@newsobserver.com) It smacked of a funeral home comment when an N.C. State basketball fan said Herb Sendek "is in a better place now," a day after the Wolfpack coach quit to take Arizona State's job. That was shortly after Sendek's final State team finished the 2005-06 season at 22-10 with a 75-54 second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament...

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ASU's Sendek knows challenge of Duke

Arizona State coach Herb Sendek went 3-21 against Duke during his time at North Carolina State.

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Glasser, shutdown D help ASU beat LSU 71-52 in NIT

... Sun Devils have allowed fewer than 62 points per game each of the past three seasons under coach Herb Sendek. Last season's team allowed 60.5, the best mark by Arizona State since 1949-50 season.Mitchell finished with 17 points and Warren had 13 for the Tigers, who got only the three points from Beattle off the bench. Former walk-on Zach Kinsley added 14 points.LSU played without...

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Glasser, Shutdown D Help ASU Beat LSU 71-52 in NIT

... Sun Devils have allowed fewer than 62 points per game each of the past three seasons under coach Herb Sendek. Last season's team allowed 60.5, the best mark by Arizona State since 1949-50 season.Mitchell finished with 17 points and Warren had 13 for the Tigers, who got only the three points from Beattle off the bench. Former walk-on Zach Kinsley added 14 points.LSU played without...

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Floriani at the Preseason NIT

... teams are prepared and ready for Duke but play tenuous, afraid to miss a shot or make a turnover. Herb Sendek has plenty of experience facing Duke while at NC State, so he had his team ready and playing the role of aggressor. I was especially impressed with the grit and penetration skills of Sun Devil senior guard Derek Glasser who consistently gained access to the paint. To their...

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The Experience Of A Career

... and Utah Valley State. They even lost some of those payout games. Now, in the 4th year of the Herb Sendek regime and coming off back-to-back postseason appearances and finding themselves on prime-time TV with the eyes of the the college basketball world on them…well…this certainly is uncharted territory for ASU basketball. Most importantly, last night’s game was exactly what this...

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ASU, Duke meet in devilish affair

... 93.8 points per game. The Sun Devils’ strength early on this season has been their shooting. Herb Sendek’s team is shooting 53.6% from the field and 49.4% from three-point range in their first 4 games, 5th-best in the nation in both categories. While ASU is new to playing Duke, Sendek is very familiar with taking the court against Coach K and the Blue Devils. Of course, Sendek...

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RTC Live: Preseason NIT Semifinals (UConn vs. LSU; Duke vs. Arizona State)

... State Sun Devils . ASU, and the Pac-10 as a whole, could really use a strong showing in NYC. Herb Sendek’s teams are usually expected to low-scoring, but ASU has hit 80 points three times already this season, including breaking the century mark in their last outing against San Francisco. Sharpshooting Rihard Kuksiks leads five players averaging double figures at 13.8 ppg. The Dukies...

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Weekly Wrap: Pac-10 is the pits

... resume wins, right'Um, no. Arizona State has gotten off to a somewhat surprising 4-0 start, but Herb Sendek has gotten fat on cupcakes (Texas State, Western Illinois, San Francisco and TCU). Same for Washington State and Arizona, each of which remain unbeaten. Even Washington, which should be the cream of a weak Pac-10 crop, hasn't truly been tested with victories against Wright State...

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RTC Live: Week 3

... knows how to coach. #8 Duke vs. Arizona State (in New York, NY) – 9:30 pm ET (also on ESPN2) – Herb Sendek gets another look at Coach K in the nightcap, which would have been a spectacular game last season. Former Dookie Eric Boateng is averaging 12/8 for the Sun Devils, who come into this game scorching hot. Thursday November 26 #24 Minnesota vs. #11 Butler (in Anaheim, CA) – 8:30...

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Duke shoots lights out against Radford

... get tougher in a hurry for Duke, which heads to Madison Square Garden to face Arizona State — and Herb Sendek, who spent a decade coaching at rival North Carolina State — in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. In having its nine-game road winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion, Radford was held to one field goal during a 61/2-minute stretch of the first half. At the other...

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No. 9 Duke Hits 18 3s in 104-67 Rout of Radford

... get tougher in a hurry for Duke, which heads to Madison Square Garden to face Arizona State -- and Herb Sendek, who spent a decade coaching at rival -- in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.In having its nine-game road winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion, Radford was held to one field goal during a 6 1/2-minute stretch of the first half. At the other end of the floor,...

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Duke's 18 3-pointers in romp match school best

... get tougher in a hurry for Duke, which heads to Madison Square Garden to face Arizona State -- and Herb Sendek, who spent a decade coaching at rival North Carolina State -- in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.In having its nine-game road winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion, Radford was held to one field goal during a 6 1/2-minute stretch of the first half. At the other...

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No. 9 Duke hits 18 3s in 104-67 rout of Radford

... get tougher in a hurry for Duke, which heads to Madison Square Garden to face Arizona State - and Herb Sendek, who spent a decade coaching at rival North Carolina State - in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

In having its nine-game road winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion, Radford was held to one field goal during a 6 1/2-minute stretch of the first half. At the...

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No. 9 Duke hits 18 3s in 104-67 rout of Radford

... get tougher in a hurry for Duke, which heads to Madison Square Garden to face Arizona State - and Herb Sendek, who spent a decade coaching at rival North Carolina State - in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.In having its nine-game road winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion, Radford was held to one field goal during a 6 1/2-minute stretch of the first half. At the other...