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Craig Morgan: January will bring 'meaningful perspective' to Sun Devils women's basketball

TEMPE, Ariz.Charli Turner Thorne is intrigued by the possibilities that new assistant coach Briann January presents.

When the Sun Devils standout and current Indiana Fever point guard hits the recruiting road in September, she'll be able to flash that WNBA championship ring, and when January jumped on a Facetime chat with ASU's players on Wednesday, she was already in inspire mode.

"She went right into this speech, telling them 'it's all about the now,'" said Turner Thorne, who officially announced January's hiring on Wednesday. "Players listen to me because I'm old and this is all I've done, but she brings a different, meaningful perspective.