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They say it’s best to stick to what you know, and that’s exactly what Arizona State men’s basketball coach Randy Bennett has done to begin his first transfer portal haul.
Bennett spent the previous 25 seasons coaching Saint Mary’s and won the West Coast Conference seven times (four tournament titles), and now two of his first ASU portal additions have come from the same conference.
Sunday’s addition was the biggest thus far: a likely starting point guard in Joel Foxwell (Portland), who made First Team All-WCC while dishing out a freshman-best mark 6.5 assists per game. His last game against Bennett and Saint Mary’s included 27 points and five assists in a six-point loss.
Gonzaga utility guard Emmanuel Innocenti was the other WCC addition, projecting as a connective role player on offense with stingy defense (2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game with just two total turnovers over his final 11 games, 371 total minutes).
Bennett is yet to bring over any of his former Gaels, but the Sun Devils are in the hunt for the services of at least two.
Forward Paulius Murauskas, the No. 9 player in the portal, according to 247 Sports, averaged 18.4 points per game in 2025-26 to earn his second consecutive First Team All-WCC honors.
ASU previously hosted Saint Mary’s standout freshman Dillan Shaw for a visit, per 247 Sports’ Dushawn London. The 6-foot-8 wing made the WCC All-Freshman team after averaging 7.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game on 41.6% 3-point shooting.
The Sun Devils also flipped previously Saint Mary’s-committed JRob Croy, the No. 126 player in 2026 and the son of new associate head coach Rick Croy, who had spent the last 13 seasons as Cal Baptist’s head coach.
With players no longer able to enter the portal after Monday, April 21, here’s a closer look at ASU’s activity as Bennett builds his first roster:
PG Joel Foxwell (April 19) from Portland — The 6-foot-1 point guard led all freshmen in assists per game (6.5) and was 13th among all players. The No. 20 point guard to enter the portal, he added 15.6 points and 1.5 steals per game.
F Emmanuel Innocenti (April 13) from Gonzaga — The 6-foot-5, 198-pound forward averaged six points per game on 46.9% shooting and 28.4% from deep in 35 games played last year. He added 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and a steal across 24.3 minutes per game.
C Nate Garcia (April 11) from Cal Baptist — The 7-footer played 98 minutes across 16 games this season, including a career-high 17 minutes against BYU. He scored a career-high 13 points in an overtime win against UT Arlington.
W Marcus Vaughns (April 10) from LSU — The son of a 1987 NBA Draft pick (Brian Vaughns), he came up through the NBA Global Academy in Australia and was the No. 92 prospect in his class at the time of his LSU signing, according to 247 Sports.
G Pig Johnson (April 10) — The Sun Devils’ sixth man who was third on the team with 13.2 points per game, Johnson will seek legal counsel to help him through a waiver process, according to Jeff Goodman. He played three seasons at the NAIA level before getting to ASU.
G Trevor Best (April 10) — Best appeared in 29 games over the past season and a half after joining ASU between semesters in 2024-25 when he was reuniting with high school teammate Jayden Quaintance. He stuck around with head coach Bobby Hurley after Quaintance transferred to Kentucky but played just 5.8 minutes per game as a sophomore.
F Santiago Trouet (April 9) — The 6-foot-10 Argentinian was key to ASU finishing its season with six wins in its last 11 games after it was 2-9 in the previous 11. His 6.1 rebounds per game led the team.
C Massamba Diop (April 8) — The 7-foot-1 center blocked 69 shots across 33 games (all starts) to set a new program record for blocks by a freshman in a single season, ranking sixth by any Sun Devil in program history. His 13.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game were both second on the team, behind point guard Moe Odum and Trouet, respectively.
G Noah Meeusen (April 7) to DePaul — The combo guard was one of the team’s more important contributors after settling in from a preseason ankle injury. He averaged 5.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a team-high 1.4 steals per game over 30 contests with eight straight starts to end the season.
F Kash Polk (April 2) to Jacksonville State — The only freshman out of an American high school on Hurley’s final squad, Polk provided extra defensive length at 6-foot-10 in spot moments to the tune of six games with three total minutes before medically redshirting. He was the No. 304 player in 2025, according to 247 Sports’ composite ranking.
G Adante’ Holiman (March 30) — A preseason elbow injury forced the 6-foot Holiman to medically redshirt without any minutes played. He was expected to have a role on the offense after he was the Sun Belt’s leading scorer in 2024-25 (16.9 points per game with 38.9% 3-point shooting).
F Marcus Adams Jr. (March 19) to Hawaii — Adams played in 14 games off the bench before a back injury took the rest of his season away. He was emerging as a bench contributor with an 11-point performance that included three 3-point makes in a 16-point win over Oklahoma in the first of what would be a season-high six straight games with double-digit minutes.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks reinstated left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. from the 10-day injured list on Saturday after his astonishingly rapid return from a torn right ACL suffered last season.
Gurriel was carted off the diamond at Chase Field on Sept. 1, less than eight months ago, and with his return to the lineup on Saturday, he will have missed less than two months of game action despite the devastating injury.
“He sat in my office, walking in on crutches post-surgery and promised me that he’d make this as quick a turnaround as possible,” manager Torey Lovullo said on Friday. “So he got after it, and the time that I spent talking to him this offseason when he was in Miami, he was doing a great job of committing to that.”
The Diamondbacks designated first baseman Luken Baker for assignment to make room on the roster for Gurriel.
Gurriel spent much of spring training in the backfields taking live at-bats from major league and minor league pitchers alike. He did not play in a Cactus League game but got in some action after the club broke camp.
The final boxes he checked was playing in back-to-back rehab assignment games for Double-A Amarillo on Tuesday and Wednesday, as he started both days in left field and finished 2-for-8 with a double and a home run.
There has to be a level of caution taken with Gurriel’s return-to-play progress, which would have been the case had he not made a quicker-than-typical recovery.
According to UCHealth, athletes typically take at least eight to nine months to recover from a torn ACL, with 10 months or longer associated with a decreased risk of re-injuring the knee. Even toward the end of spring training, Lovullo mentioned late April as the earliest he expected to see Gurriel.
Gurriel has been a productive run producer for the Diamondbacks through his three-year tenure, not a star but a streaky hitter who can carry the offensive load for stretches when he heats up.
He hit 42 home runs with a .765 OPS over his first two seasons, including his first All-Star selection. Last year was more of a grind (.713 OPS), but he was trending upward before the injury with seven home runs and 32 RBIs in August.
The Diamondbacks could use his power potential in the middle of the lineup to lengthen the batting order.
For Gurriel, this is an important season, as Arizona has a $14 million club option for next season to retain him with a $5 million buyout.
In spring training, Lovullo had said the plan was for Gurriel to return as a designated hitter primarily, but it appears they will see how he handles left field off the IL. With Jordan Lawlar out until June with a broken wrist, left field has been platooned by Jorge Barrosa and Tim Tawa before Gurriel’s return.
Former St. John’s guard Dylan Darling has committed to Grand Canyon, according to On3’s Joe Tipton.
Darling is coming off his fourth college season and first with St. John’s. He averaged 6.9 points on 39.8% shooting and 27.7% from deep. He added 2.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals.
His claim to fame this past season was his game-winning layup in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Kansas. Darling did so after going scoreless all game, missing all four of his 3-point attempts before that.
Dylan Darling becomes the FIRST PLAYER IN NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY to hit a game-winning buzzer beater as his FIRST basket of the game. WOW.pic.twitter.com/ZCjDictJ8W
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 22, 2026
Before his time with St. John’s, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard had stops at Washington State (2022-24) and Idaho State (2024-25).
Darling is the third player to commit to GCU through the transfer portal this offseason, joining shooting guard Jaden Zimmerman and power forward Omaha Biliew.
The Antelopes have seen center Dennis Evans (Oregon State), point guard Makaih Williams, power forward Kaleb Smith and shooting guard Dusty Stromer enter the transfer portal.
GCU went 20-12 (13-7 conference record) in its first season with the Mountain West Conference in 2025-26.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett is asking for a contract extension “that pays him as the starter,” according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Rapoport adds Brissett is not attending Phase 1 of the voluntary offseason program, and Arizona “appears willing to address it.”
In the final year of his deal, Brissett currently carries a cap hit of $9.19 million but has just $1.5 million in guaranteed money. As of Friday, the Cardinals rank seventh in effective cap space available, according to OverTheCap.
When general manager Monti Ossenfort was asked about Arizona’s available cap space during the team’s pre-NFL Draft availability, he referenced looming extensions as part of the equation that isn’t included in the current tally.
The news of Brissett’s ask comes a day after Ossenfort and head coach Mike LaFleur were noncommittal on a starting quarterback.
“They both have played a lot of ball. As we sit here today, we’re trying to install a system,” Ossenfort said Thursday. “We’re not really naming anybody. We’ll see how that room looks by the time we get to August.”
LaFleur said the topic isn’t being discussed as the team onboards the head coach’s offensive system in Arizona.
Brissett is coming off a 12-game stretch as Arizona’s starter last season in place of Kyler Murray.
He notched one win during that span but unlocked more of the offense through play-action looks and more snaps under center. Wide receiver Michael Wilson and tight end Trey McBride flourished with Brissett running the show, each posting career years.
While Ossenfort and LaFleur wouldn’t go as far as to say Brissett is the guy, he’s the frontrunner for the job.
Even when Gardner Minshew was brought aboard this offseason, it wasn’t without the added caveat that he was signed to back up Brissett.
That thinking — even with Friday’s reporting — shouldn’t have changed since then.
“There’s certain positions that you feel really good about, and I feel really good about the quarterback position,” LaFleur said. “Why? Because both those guys have played a lot of football.”
