Iowa State sends Arizona State, Hurley home in Big 12 blowout

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seventh-ranked Iowa State trounced turnover-prone Arizona State 91-42 on Wednesday in the second spherical of the Big 12 match in what may need been the Sun Devils’ ultimate sport with coach Bobby Hurley on the bench.

Iowa State’s 49-point win was the most important in Big 12 match historical past, topping Texas’43-point win over Colorado in 2000, in accordance with ESPN Research. It was additionally the second-largest loss in Arizona State historical past behind a 50-point defeat to Texas Tech in 1956.

Every indication has been that Arizona State is able to transfer on from Hurley, who fell to 185-167 in his eleventh season.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen. I don’t know. I have not spoken about my future next year,” Hurley mentioned. “But I don’t have any regrets. I laid it out all on the line to the best that I could every night. And I did it until the last buzzer sounded.”

Milan Momcilovic scored 21 factors, Joshua Jefferson had 20 factors and 12 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (26-6), who beat the Sun Devils (17-16) for the second time in lower than every week whereas advancing to play No. 16 Texas Tech in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

It’s unclear whether or not Arizona State would settle for an invite to a lesser postseason match, such because the NIT or the College Basketball Crown, the place the Sun Devils performed final yr. Equally unclear is whether or not Hurley would coach them once more.

If it was as much as his gamers, there can be no query.

“I changed my life,” senior Allen Mukeba he mentioned. “It’s a blessing for me, just a blessing to be a part of this team, everything we went through, the way coach was coaching. It was just an amazing year. I got nothing else to say about that.”

Hurley reiterated that he had no regrets over his greater than a decadence in the desert.

He led the Sun Devils to back-to-back NCAA match appearances, a primary for this system for the reason that 1980-81 seasons. At one level, he had Arizona State ranked third in the nation, and he recruited a number of gamers who’ve gone on to play professionally.

Then there are the recollections that Hurley made away from the courtroom.

“I grew up in a basketball household,” he mentioned. “My dad impacted kids, and I watched it happen growing up and throughout my whole life. So the biggest thing is regardless of winning championships and all this other stuff, it’s about the relationships and the players I can coach. That means the most to me. But as far as wins and losses, like, my wife is going to be supporting me after this. My daughters love me. I have a granddaughter. My son was on staff with me; I got to share a whole season with him.

“That,” Hurley said, “it what means essentially the most to me.”

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.