Before we get to the links, we recently sat down with our friends at The Greg and Mark Show to do a scouting report on future Sun Devil Demetrius Walker. Is Demetrius Walker the next Lebron James? Find out by listening below:

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If you prefer that whole reading thing and you haven’t been visiting Echo from the Buttes this week, here’s what you missed:

• We offered three explanations for how the ASU hoops team survived their road trip from hell
• We tried to put the upset of UCLA in perspective alongside landmark ASU wins in other sports
• We ranked ASU’s top 10 non-sports accomplishments of 2008 and debated the merits of a 70,000-strong student body
• We greeted a new football recruit with a sad back story into the Sun Devil fold
• And we highlighted five track athletes who could lead their teams back to the White House this season

That’s all for now. Good luck to the ladies against Arizona tomorrow!

Tags: ASU Men's Basketball by ScribeDevil
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The 2008 track and field season ended with Greg Kraft and his Sun Devils throwing up the pitch fork with George W. Bush at the White House. Will the 2009 seasons – which kicks off tonight – conclude in the same fashion? These five Sun Devils will have the most say in that.

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Tags: Other ASU Sports by ScribeDevil
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Facing the toughest three-game stretch of its season, the Arizona State basketball team upset a three-time Final Four participant on its home floor and posted the second of back-to-back wins in Tucson for the first time in 25 years. Here’s how the Sun Devils did it.

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Tags: ASU Men's Basketball by ScribeDevil
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We don’t have a whole lot to say about tonight’s basketball game against Arizona, except that we’re looking forward to it. The Los Angeles Times did a fine job of summing up our opinion anyway.

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Tags: ASU Men's Basketball by ScribeDevil
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If the words of a high school coach are to be trusted, Arizona State football coach Dennis Erickson may have unearthed a diamond in the rough when he landed his 14th verbal commitment yesterday. Meet your newest Sun Devil.

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Tags: ASU Football Recruiting by ScribeDevil
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We’re not just seam heads and hoops junkies at Echo from the Buttes. If our fine alma matre compiles a list of the university’s top 15 accomplishments of the year, we’re happy to share them.

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Tags: Around Campus by ScribeDevil
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In our weekly women’s hoops update, conference leaders Cal and Stanford show no signs of slowing down. It’s a good thing the Sun Devils clamped down defensively and found some offensive balance to pick up their second consecutive weekend sweep.

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Tags: Other ASU Sports by Doug Flanagan
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There’s little doubt Arizona State’s overtime upset of UCLA Saturday was one of those landmark moments that signals a program’s arrival on the next level. Where does it rank on this list of five recent Sun Devil victories that put ASU programs on the map.

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Tags: ASU Baseball, ASU Football, ASU Men's Basketball, Other ASU Sports by ScribeDevil
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