ASU baseball head coach Tim Esmay earned his 100th win as
the Sun Devils' skipper on Sunday, beating UC Riverside, 11-2. Esmay is in his third year at the helm of the
Devils and reached the century mark with a 100-29 record, giving him the
second-highest winning percentage at that point among ASU baseball coaches. And
with five national championships, 22 College World Series appearances and 21
conference titles between the four of them, that's not a bad group to be in the
upper half of.
Check below for a chart of ASU's baseball coaches:
Jim Brock (1972-1994)
Record at 100 wins: 100-12 (.893)
Overall record: 1,099-441-1 (.713)
Two national titles, 13 College World Series appearances, 11
conference titles
Tim Esmay (2010-present)
Record at
100 wins: 100-29 (.775)
Overall record: 100-29
(.775)
One College World
Series appearance, one conference title
Bobby
Winkles (1959-71)
Record at 100 wins: 100-46 (.685)
Overall record: 524-173-1 (.751)
Three national titles, four College World Series
appearances, five conference titles
Pat Murphy
(1995-2009)
Record at 100 wins: 100-59 (.629)
Overall record: 629-283-1 (.689)
Four College World Series appearances, four conference
titles
Sophomore Jordan Bachynski scored a career-high 20 in Feb. 2 game at Stanford and had 19 vs. USC on Feb. 26, and if you take a look at the past 11 games his improvement is solid as all of his stats compared to the first 18 games are off-the-chart good. One area of improvement is free throw shooting. He entered the Stanford Feb. 2 game 20-of-50 (.400) for the season and 40-of-90 (.444) in his career, but was 10-of-12 (.833) in that game. He has five double figure scoring games in those 11 games. Another good note on his free throws is that in his past eight games, he is 27-of-39 (.692) at the charity stripe, in the first 21 games he was 20-of-50 (.400).
PAST 11 GAMES/FIRST 18 GAMES FOR JORDAN
POINTS PER GAME: 9.9/2.8
FIELD GOAL PCT: 37-57 (.649)/18-39 (.462)
FREE THROW SHOOTING: 35-55 (.636)/12-34 (.353)
REBOUNDS PER GAME: 6.5/2.5
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PAC-10 TURNOVERS PER GAME PREVIOUS TWO SEASONS (2009-2011)
Arizona State 12.05/64
Oregon 12.47/71
Stanford 12.74/63
California 12.78/68
Washington 12.50/71
USC 12.91/64
Washington State 13.26/66
Arizona 13.33/69
UCLA 14.61/66
Oregon State 15.10/63
THIS ISN'T NORMAL: ASU is averaging a Pac-12 high 16.6 turnovers per game, and that is unusual for a Coach Sendek team. ASU finished tied for second in the Pac-10 in fewest turnovers per game at 12.2 last year (USC was best at 11.4) and averaged 11.6 turnovers in final 15 games. It averaged 11.9 in 2009-10 (first in the league). ASU took a step vs. Tulsa as it had just 14 for the victory. It had a season-low 10 vs. Fresno State, but Fresno committed just nine. The Sun Devils forced a season-high 18 turnovers vs. Washington State on Jan. 28, and also had less turnovers than their opponent for the only time this season, as it had had 16 turnovers.
SUN DEVIL TURNOVERS PER GAME UNDER COACH SENDEK
2011-12: 16.6
2010-11: 12.2 (t2nd for fewest in Pac-10)
2009-10: 11.9 (1st in Pac-10)
2008-09: 11.5 (2nd in Pac-10/15th in nation)
2007-08: 12.6 (t3rd in Pac-10)
2006-07: 14.5 (7th in Pac-10)
The other night it was noted that Keala King posted 16 points, 10 boards and had six assists, so he almost messed around and got a triple-double. And it was also noted that that would be the first in Sun Devil history. Curtis Millage came the closest most recently and on the biggest stage, falling one assist short in the NCAA Tournament win in 2003 over Memphis. Had Millage been credited with one more assist, he would have joined a list of players to notch a triple-double at the time that included Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Gary Grant, Shaqille O'Neal, David Cain (St. John's) and Andre Miller. It didn't happen, and the next week Dwyane Wade did it. Here is a look at Sun Devils who have nearly notched a triple double:
Curtis Millage vs. Memphis (NCAA Tournament at Oklahoma City)/March 20, 2003 (17 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists)
Eddie House vs. California/March 9, 2000 (21 points, 8 boards, 8 assists)
Mark Becker vs. UCLA/Jan. 21, 1988 (19 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds)
Byron Scott vs. TCU/March 21, 1983 (33 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds)
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