Something new (but hopefully a regular occurrence now) and something old (yawn, Coach Hurley is scheduling hard early) happened on Monday with the Sun Devil men's basketball program.
The Sun Devils are ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press preseason poll, marking just the second time in past 29 seasons and fifth overall for the program to be ranked.
ASU has been ranked in the Associated Press preseason top-25 four times in its history. It was preseason No. 15 in 2008-09, James Harden's sophomore and final season, as it never fell out of the rankings en route to a 24-9 final record.