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There is a lot riding on Jahii Carson. The 5-foot-11 guard is the highest-ranked recruit of Arizona State coach Herb Sendek's recent tenure -- the highest since James Harden, at least -- but was unable to play last season after being ruled a non-q...

The past two years have not been kind to the Arizona State Sun Devils. Since 2008-09, when forward James Harden took Herb Sendek's team to the NCAA tournament, the program has failed to reach it again. Its only postseason visit, a 2010 trip to the NI...

If Arizona State coach Herb Sendek ever decides to get on Facebook like all the cool kids are doing these days, this would make a good profile pic. Here's Sendek trying on former Sun Devil James Harden's designer glasses during lunch last week. I'...

As of yet, Jim Calhoun has given little public reason for anyone to think he's retiring at the end of this season. (Whether he should retire is a different story; now seems like as good a time as ever. But that's going to be Calhoun's decision to mak...

Derek Glasser was unsure how to handle the attention. While he and James Harden were teammates at Artesia High (Calif.) and then at Arizona State, all Glasser had to do was set up his good friend with the ball. Sometimes it would come back an...

Oklahoma sophomore forward Blake Griffin will be the unquestioned No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, Connecticut junior center Hasheem Thabeet, Arizona State sophomore guard James Harden, Arizona junior forward Jordan Hill...

All-America guard James Harden is leaving Arizona State for the NBA.

James Harden said Sunday that he hasn't even started to consider forgoing his final two seasons with the Sun Devils and entering the NBA draft, even though it's widely presumed he would be a lottery pick if he decided to turn pro.

MIAMI -- Paging James Harden. Come in, James Harden. For the second game here, Arizona State's All-American guard has been a complete nonentity at the start. On Friday against Temple, Harden didn't make a field goal until the final five minutes. Thr...

Flynn, Harden going from friends to foes in NCAAs

MIAMI -- James Harden was, by and large, terrible Friday afternoon. Until it was win-or-lose time. That's when the Arizona State guard became the kind of player who made first-team All-America teams and is projected as a lottery pick in the June NB...

James Harden made only one field goal Friday, and it was a big one.

MIAMI -- James Harden has finally made a field goal. The timing could not have been better for Arizona State. With ASU leading 53-49 over hard-charging Temple, Harden worked over a screen at the top of the key and fired a 3-pointer that swished wi...

If Harden brings his game, ASU can hang with Syracuse.

Story | Conversation | March 20, 2009

Harden leads Arizona State against Temple

James Harden scored 24 points, and No. 23 Arizona State topped Washington (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) 75-65 on Friday night in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament after blowing a 21-point lead.