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Washington State's Klay Thompson is No. 2 in the nation in scoring average. The top player in the Pac-10? Early last season, that question was easy to answer as Arizona State's James Harden was the conference's best by a wide margin.

Boasting two ranked teams for the first time since the event was founded, the MAACO... TCU up to third in latest Coaches and AP polls BYU is up to No.

Provo ? If the BYU Cougars are still smarting over their controversial loss to Arizona State last year, they aren't saying much about it now as they prepare to host the Sun Devils tonight at the Marriott Center.

Klay Thompson is averaging 28.3 points this season for Washington State. With the state of Washington swallowed up in Apple Cup fever , and the nation wrapped up in other rivalry games, Tiger Woods' driving skills and the president's favorite college basketball team , one performance might get lost in the shuffle.

After landing a number of NCAA tournament bids over the last two seasons as well as shipping off a number of outstanding prospects -- Kevin Love, Brook Lopez, Demar DeRozan and James Harden immediately, among others -- to the NBA, the Pac-10 has definitely been on a roll.

It will be a reunion tonight when Duke's men's basketball team visits Madison Square Garden for the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Former Duke player Eric Boateng will suit up for Arizona State, which is coached by ex-North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek.

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.

Minutes after the Arizona State men's basketball team defeated Texas Christian, earning a trip to the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals to face the Blue Devils, coach Herb Sendek redirected his team's thoughts.

Kansas center Cole Aldrich was the first pick in SI's college basketball draft. AP How do you build the ultimate college squad? This week we asked four college basketball writers to match wits in our second annual College Dream Team Draft, in which they selected the five players and coach whom they felt would give them the best shot at winning a ...

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Today Oral Roberts at Stanford, 7 p.m. Thursday Syracuse vs. California at Madison Square Garden, 4 p.m. IPFW at Washington State, 7 p.m. Rice at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. Friday San Franciso at Arizona State, 3:30 p.m. CS Bakersfield at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. San Jose State at Washington, 7:30 p.m. North Carolina or Ohio State vs.

A lot of people in Tempe have gained an added interest in the Sun Devils' basketball program, especially considering the recent success ASU have shown.

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In June, former Arizona interim coach Russ Pennell visited Arizona State's new practice facility.

The new edition of Arizona State looked a lot like the one that won 25 games and made the second round of the NCAA tournament last season.

Guard Keala King, center, playing for Dominguez High School in 2008-09, drives through McClymonds defenders Emmanuel Johnson, left, and William Cherry, right, during the first half of the boys Division I CIF state basketball championship game in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, March 15, 2008.

Derek Glasser was unsure how to handle the attention. While he and James Harden were teammates at Artesia High and then at Arizona State, all Glasser had to do was set up his good friend with the ball.

UCLA coach Ben Howland was just finishing up lunch, listing all the recent players he's lost to the NBA when California coach Mike Montgomery leaned in.

Rihards Kuksiks shot 44.3 percent from 3-point range last season, eighth nationally among those who qualify.

Two weeks ago, Trent Lockett learned from a conversation with his mother that it was snowing back home in Minnesota.