@SunDevilWBB Will Have 16 Games Televised in 2017-18

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Sun Devil women's basketball team will appear on television 16 times – 15 appearances on the Pac-12 Networks and once on ESPN2 – during the 2017-18 season, according to an announcement by the Pac-12 on Monday.
 
Notes on Sun Devil WBB's Pac-12 Schedule

• The Sun Devils will play a home-and-home series against seven Pac-12 schools – Arizona, Cal, Colorado, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State and Utah – and will play a single game against Washington (Fri., Feb. 2 on Pac-12 Networks/Tempe), Washington State (Sun., Feb. 4/Tempe), USC (Fri., Feb. 9 in Los Angeles) and UCLA (Sun., Feb. 11 in Los Angeles/Pac-12 Networks).
• ASU will play four of its first six Pac-12 contests on the road starting with games at Colorado (Fri., Dec. 29 on Pac-12 Networks) and at Utah (Sun., Dec. 31). ASU will then return home to face Cal (Fri., Jan. 5 on Pac-12 Networks) and Stanford (Sun., Jan. 7 on ESPN 2). The Sun Devils will then head back out on the road to take on Oregon State (Fri., Jan. 12/Pac-12 Networks) and Oregon (Sun., Jan. 14/Pac-12 Networks). The game vs. the Ducks will be featured as the Pac-12's Game of the Week.
• ASU will alternate home and away the last six weekends of conference play. The stretch will start will a pair of rematch weekends as the Sun Devils will host Utah (Fri., Jan. 19/Sparky's Kids to College Field Trip Game starting at 11 a.m.) and Colorado (Sun., Jan. 21/Pac-12 Networks) before going out to the Bay Area to take on Stanford (Fri., Jan. 26/Pac-12 Networks) and Cal (Sun., Jan. 28/Pac-12 Networks).
• The Sun Devils will start the month of February by hosting Washington (Fri., Feb. 2/Pac-12 Networks) and Washington State (Sun., Feb. 4) and will follow that with a trip to Los Angeles to take on USC (Fri., Feb. 9) and UCLA (Sun., Feb. 11/Pac-12 Networks).
• The annual Territorial Cup Series contests vs. Arizona will take place on Fri., Feb. 16 (in Tempe on Pac-12 Networks) and Sun., Feb. 18 (in Tucson on Pac-12 Networks).
• The Sun Devils will close out the regular season with home contests vs. Oregon (Fri., Feb. 23/Pac-12 Networks) and Oregon State (Sun., Feb. 25/Pac-12 Networks).

 
The Pac-12 also announced on Monday that ASU's non-conference contests vs. Buffalo (Sat., Dec. 2/Day One of ASU Classic) and vs. SEC foe Arkansas (Thurs., Dec. 21) would be televised by Pac-12 Networks. Click here for information on ASU's non-conference schedule.
 
ASU's 15 games on Pac-12 Networks are part of the record 111 Pac-12 women's basketball games, including 101 regular season games and 10 of 11 contests during the 2018 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament, that will air on Pac-12 Networks this season.
 
The Sun Devils, who open the 2017-18 season vs. UTSA on Sun., Nov. 12, are coming off their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance as they advanced to the second round of NCAAs where they nearly upset eventual national champion South Carolina on its home floor after taking a one-point lead into the game's final minute. Head coach Charli Turner Thorne, who posted her 400th win as ASU's head coach in March, will return for her 21st season and will lead a squad that will look to match the school record of five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and five straight 20-win seasons.
 
Season tickets for the 2017-18 campaign start at just $49. Click here for more information or call 480-727-0000.