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November 26th, 2007, 5:08 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Mark Heller
Arizona State faces Cal Poly on Monday night in the Sun Devils’ home opener, but before tipoff, I wanted to pass along a couple of tidbits collected over the holiday weekend.
The Sun Devils are locked into quality preseason tournaments for the next three Novembers.
In 2008, they will travel to Anaheim to play in the second Anaheim Classic. Southern California won the inaugural championship this past weekend among a field which also featured NCAA Tournament teams Southern Illinois and ASU coach Herb Sendek’s old stomping ground, Miami (Ohio).
In 2009, ASU will play in the Preseason NIT, which likely means two home games and, if they fare well enough, a trip to New York City.
The Sun Devils could go to Gotham in 2009.
Get a coat and shovel in 2010. ASU will play in the Great Alaska Shootout, one of the premier preseason tournaments (as was the Maui Invitational they recently returned from).
Accommodations in Alaska aren’t on par with the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan.
Also, here is a story on freshman forward Kraidon Woods’ decision to come across the country. Pocono is a small town in northeast Pennsylvania where Woods was a high school and prep academy standout at The Hill in nearby Pottstown.
