The 2017–18 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by third-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Four to Syracuse.
Previous season The Sun Devils finished the 2016–17 season 15–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in 8th place. They received the #8 seed in the 2017 Pac-12 tournament. In the tournament, the Sun Devils' defeated #9 Stanford in the first round before losing to #1 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals.
Off-season
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure SG 195 Durham, NC Graduated G/F 205 Cleveland, OH Graduated PF 225 Washington, D.C. Graduated PF 225 RS Avondale, AZ Transferred to Southern Utah. F/C 260 DR Congo Elected to transfer. SF 200 Seattle, WA Left team 10 games into the season. Later elected to transfer to Kansas.
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes PF 220 Phoenix, AZ Transfer from San Diego State. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have one year remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season. PF 240 Cleveland, OH Transfer from Kansas. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have two years remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season. SG 200 Detroit, MI Transfer from Cleveland State. Will redshirt for the 2017–18 season per NCAA transfer rules and have two years of remaining eligibility beginning the 2018–19 season. F/C - Newport News, VA Junior college transfer from Iowa Western Community College. SF - Plano, TX Mid-year transfer from Ohio State. Will be eligible to play in December of the 2017–18 season.
2017 recruiting class
2018 Recruiting class
Roster
Sophomore forward Ramon Vila decided to transfer. Transfer forward Carlton Bragg decided to transfer.
Depth chart
Schedule and results
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Ranking movement
^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Number in parentheses indicates number of first place votes.
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