Marcus Bagley states mistake with Bobby Hurley led to lack of playing time

The Arizona State Sun Devils are off to a hot start in the 2022-2023 basketball season with a 6-1 open to their year. However, Marcus Bagley hasn’t played a significant part in helping him do that. The junior out of Sacramento, California hasn’t played since the team’s second game and now he has personally addressed why that’s the case.

Bagley took to Twitter and shared why he hasn’t made an appearance over the last five contests. He says it has nothing to do with basketball, health, or eligibility and has everything to do with an incident he had with head coach Bobby Hurley. He says his removal from the lineup as of now is the punishment for that mistake.

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— Marcus Bagley (@bagleymarcus23) November 28, 2022

Bagley has played just 17 college games in his three seasons in Tempe due to injuries and now this present issue. Over that career, he has averaged 10.9 points and 5.5 rebounds. He looked good to start this season as a Preseason All Pac-12 selection with an average of 12.5 points per game in his two appearances. Since then, Bagley has sat out for the issue he’s referring to and missed a 4-1 stretch for Arizona State.

There’s no telling when Bagley may return to the floor as his tweet doesn’t specify the incident’s severity nor the punishment’s duration. Still, both sides would reasonably like this issue to resolve itself both soon and internally so that Bagley and the program can get on with what looks like an exciting season for the Sun Devils.

Arizona State upsets No. 20 Michigan, Sun Devils dominate from opening tip

Michigan was embarrassed by Arizona State Thursday night 87-62 during the VIVID Seats Legends Classic Championship. The Sun Devils controlled the game from the first minute and never took its foot off the gas. That’s how they handed the Wolverines their first loss of the season.

Michigan couldn’t buy a bucket against the Sun Devils. Shooting an abysmal 33.9 percent (21-62) from the floor and an even worse 18.2 percent (4-22) from beyond the arc, the Wolverines struggled to make shots and defend them.

Arizona State shot 60.4 percent (32-53) overall and an impressive 57.9 percent (11-19) from three. Everything was falling for the Devils and guards Desmond Cambridge, DJ Horne and Austin Nunez took advantage of it.

The performance is a validating one for Arizona State, who has had a rough time with its non-conference slate. Going the limit with and coming out on top of Tarleton State and VCU so far this season, they breezed past Northern Arizona before losing a heart-breaking overtime game to Texas Southern.

A blowout win over a ranked Michigan team and a loss to a Texas Southern squad that has been to two consecutive NCAA Tournaments might offset themselves at the end of the day, but the season is just getting started.