Sun Devil Men's Basketball will participate in the second annual Acrisure Classic during Thanksgiving week in Palm Springs.
The Acrisure Classic is a part of the Acrisure Series - the country's largest MTE (multi-team event) series - which will be held at the new 11,000-seat Acrisure Arena. The event will feature four prominent programs in the west, as Arizona State will take on New Mexico at 9:30 PM MST on Thursday, Nov. 28 following a matchup between USC and St. Mary's at 7 PM MST earlier in the evening.
"This event will be a fantastic test for our team," Head Coach Bobby Hurley remarked. "We can't wait to play in an exciting environment with these great programs."
On Thanksgiving Day, Arizona State and New Mexico will meet for the 86th time, with this representing the first matchup since 2012. The Sun Devils and Lobos make up one semifinal being played on Thursday, Nov. 28th. The other part of the bracket features USC and St. Mary's in part two of the semifinals. The winner of Thursday's games will meet in the Acrisure Classic Championship Game on Friday, Nov. 29 at 9:30 PM MST. All four teams are guaranteed two games in Palm Springsf, with the loser of Thursday's contests competing at 7 PM on Friday, Nov. 29 in the Acrisure Classic third place game.
ACRISURE CLASSIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28th (MST)
USC vs Saint Mary's 7:00 pm
New Mexico vs Arizona State 9:30 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th (MST)
Third Place Game – 7:00 pm
Championship Game – 9:30 pm
"We are excited to have creatively scheduled four full days of high quality men's and women's college basketball at Acrisure Arena," said co-Tournament Director Dan Shell. "We are very grateful to our partners at Acrisure and Visit Greater Palm Springs who made this event possible, and for TNT Sports for jumping into this with us for the years to come to take this event to the next level. We think the Acrisure series of college basketball events will be among the best holiday events in the country."
HALL OF FAME SERIES
Earlier in the offseason, The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Arizona State Basketball will be competing in the Hall of Fame Series - Phoenix for the second consecutive year. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Sun Devil Men's Basketball take on Grand Canyon at Footprint Center as the second part of a doubleheader. The first part will feature the Sun Devils' and Lopes' women's programs.
ANNOUNCED GAMES
The following are games on the 2024-25 Sun Devil Men's Basketball schedule that have been publicly announced.
Nov. 14 - vs. GCU (Hall of Fame Series - Phoenix; Footprint Center)
Nov. 28 - vs. New Mexico (Palm Springs; Acrisure Classic)
Nov. 29 - vs. St. Mary's/USC (Palm Springs; Acrisure Classic)
