mm hmm,
mm.
They found the winning formula late in the 1976
77 seasons. Those exciting young sun devils, we're unbeatable at the
finish. Won their last five days. Look like champions in the making.
Yeah, The word is out for 1977
78. Sun Devil basketball is looking good.
Yeah. Yeah.
Uh huh.
You can see it in the lineup. Almost everybody is back
towering. Mark Lands burger team leader in scoring and rebounding.
Mhm Tony xeno. More exciting than ever.
Thanks blake taylor. Ready for stardom.
It's coming, johnny nags who could become the greatest sun devil of them
all.
Okay. Mhm mm hmm. Curtain, impious derrick, Davis rick taylor. Mark Sim.
Bill Koharski,
Come on.
Mhm Yeah.
Mhm.
You can see it in the home schedule. Look who's coming to play in the shoe
activity center in the home opener. It's the Sun devils against the
Arizona Wildcats. Always an explosive matchup. Next comes the Fiesta Bowl
classic with a power packed field including san Francisco university rated
number one nationally. Most of last season, Tennessee of the Southeast
conference And Iowa State of the Big eight. Also on the December home
slate or Purdue of the Big 10. Houston 1977 National Invitation Tournament
finalist, fast improving cal state. Los Angeles and Kansas State the
defending Big eight champion early road games. Match s you with
Washington's huskies and southern California trojans by the time they
begin Western Athletic Conference play in january. The sun devils will
have faced the back. In fact, The schedule includes seven teams which
played in 1977 post season tournament Utah Arizona Purdue Houston
Tennessee Kansas state and san Francisco
looking good. How about specific athletic conference membership Coming up
in 1978? U. C. L. A. USC stanford and other pac 10 powers will soon be
annual visitors to the Rescue activity Center. No wonder that season
tickets for Sun Devil basketball are already becoming prized possessions
network. Starting his 21st year as Arizona state's head basketball coach
has had seven straight winning season even in their rare off years. Won't
coach teams play exciting basketball. That racehorse run and gun offense
has fans on their feet. Okay, walZ. Harassing defenses can send your blood
racing too.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The
Sun Devils faced a rebuilding year in 1976,
but they won eight games while losing only five in the pre conference
schedule. They conquered Northwestern Portland's State, Hawaii and Long
Beach State along the way. And they won two of 3 games in the Rainbow
Classic at Honolulu, falling only to San Francisco. Arizona State opened
the Western Athletic conference season on the road against texas el paso
and new Mexico losing by narrow margins in both games. Mark Lands Burgers
25 points and 14 rebounds, led the devils to their first league victory
and overtime win over Brigham Young at Tempe but Utah, the eventual whack
champion rallied in the late going to handle the issue of damaging home
court law back on the road. Arizona State lost to Colorado State in
Wyoming. Yeah, yeah. A week later, despite Silky Holliman's 27.38
s, you fell to Arizona at Tucson. Then new Mexico snatched the last second
victory in a riotous finish at Tempe. Only a mathematical championship.
Hope remained after that, but walt kept experimenting with his youthful
squad. They hit the comeback trail in a stirring 69 54 win over texas el
paso. A week later, they almost upset Utah at Salt Lake City and then
humiliated Brigham Young at provo with Lance burger scoring 22 points and
hauling down 20 rebounds. There was to be nothing but victory for the sun
devils. The rest of the way walks, rejuvenated warriors avenged their
earlier loss to Wyoming, gunning down the cowboys attempt the 107 to 93.
There was more vengeance for past indignities when Colorado state came to
town. The final score was Devil's 86 rams 68. Now it was March and the
season finale with Arizona only a few days away. But before that emotional
battle, there was a road trip to Logan to play Utah state again. The fast
improving devils were victorious, roaring from behind in the late minutes
to win by seven rabid fans, 14,586
of them jammed sus activity center to the ceiling for the climactic
Arizona game
at stake for the visiting Wildcats. We're a share of the whack
championship and a berth in the CIA Western regional playoffs for the
Devils victory would assure a winning season and momentum for an even
better year in 1977 78. It was a typical sun devil wildcat, barnburner,
fast physical and hotly contested all the way A. S. You lead at halftime
by a single point with Zeno and lands burger leading the way. The Devil's
build a late lead, lost it and then battled back to tie the score 76 76 at
the finish. In the five minute overtime. It was all A. S. U. A 19 point
explosion triggered by Lance burger. And nash gave the devils their
biggest win of the season, 95 to 89 jubilant A. S. U partisans roared with
delight as the clock ticked away the final second.
So Arizona state begins its 1977
78 campaign on a five game winning streak with high hopes, most of the
stars are returning and they're looking good.
Really?
Mhm.
Okay. It's all there. The exciting team networks, crowd pleasing racehorse
offense and the most ambitious home schedule in years.
Mhm.
Don't Miss one Thrilling 2nd of it. Sun Devil Basketball
1977 78 is looking good.
Mhm.
Yeah.