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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Expectations for Arizona State are not exactly high in Bobby Hurleys second season. Despite having what could be one of the conferences best backcourts, the Sun Devils were picked to finish 11th in the Pac-12.Hurley doesnt want to hear it.Buffalo was picked to be among the worst teams in the Mid-American Conference in Hurleys second season there and the Bulls went on to win the conference, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament.Despite the Sun Devils shortcomings this season, Hurley sees no reason to set the bar low in Tempe.I think were as good as anybody, Hurley said. Thats going to put some pressure on my guys to live up to that. But I think theyre more than capable.Hurleys first season got off to a fantastic start, with Arizona State entering Pac-12 play at 10-3 after wins over Creighton and UNLV. The Sun Devils fell flat in conference, finishing 5-13 and 15-17 overall.A big issue last season was that Hurley wanted the Sun Devils to push the pace, but he had a roster full of recruits from the previous coach, Herb Sendek.This season, Hurley has more of his players on the team, so the pace should pick up.Orchestrating it will be what should be one of the Pac-12s -- if not the nations -- top backcourts.Junior Tra Holder has already established himself as one of the conferences best guards in two seasons at Arizona State and Hurley has been impressed with his leadership during the offseason. Holder averaged 14.2 points and 3.7 assists in 2015-16.Joining Holder will be Shannon Evans, a transfer who sat out last season after following Hurley from Buffalo.The 6-foot-1 junior averaged 15.4 points and 4.6 points as a sophomore with the Bulls and Hurley says adding him will be like having a McDonalds All-American join the team.Hes like a volcano thats building up for him. That guys got so much passion and energy and it was all bottled up last year, Hurley said. He did it on the practice floor and helped Tra get ready to play just by how good he was on the practice court, but the kid wants to play so bad. I think Im going to have to calm him down the first few games especially because hes going to be so amped to play.A few more things to look for from the Sun Devils in 2016-17:FRONTCOURT DEPTH: Guard play and perimeter scoring will be Arizona States obvious strength. The obvious weakness: Frontcourt depth. The Sun Devils lost seniors Willie Atwood and Eric Jacobsen and Savon Goodman opted to transfer, leaving the Sun Devils thin on the front line. Versatile Obinna Oleka is back, but the rest of the frontcourt will be filled with young, inexperienced players. Romello White, a 6-8 freshman, was expected to provide a lift, but did not meet academic requirements and will sit out as an academic redshirt. Another freshman, 6-9 Vitaliy Shibel, tore his ACL and will not play this season.OLEKAS ROLE: A junior college transfer, Oleka was Arizona States most versatile player last season, able to shoot from the perimeter or mix it up on the inside. The 6-7 senior can play both forward positions, allowing Hurley to mix and match his lineup depending on what the teams needs. Oleka averaged 9.6 points and 6.1 rebounds last season, numbers that will likely increase this season as the Sun Devils rely on him more.CUNLIFFE ARRIVES: Hurley has hit the recruiting trail hard in a short time at ASU, landing a top-25 class last year. The marquee player in that group is guard Sam Cunliffe, the Sun Devils highest-rated recruit since James Harden in 2007. A solid 6-7, Cunliffe can get to the rim and elevate over smaller plays to get his jump shot off. 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The Bryan and Daniel Guy training partnership is hoping lightning can strike twice with the promising Starcourt.The gelding will be having his second start for the Guy stable in the Colts and Geldings Three-Year-Old (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.At his first start for the Guys two weeks ago Starcourt was an impressive second to promising Savana Amour in fast time at Doomben.Starcourt was originally trained by Gary Moore in Sydney and had one start for him when third at Hawkesbury in February.After that run it was decided he would be better placed in Queensland and Starcourt has bloomed since moving north.He won a Gold Coast trial last month and then was very good first-up when he showed pace and fought on well, Bryan Guy said.He will be fitter for that run on Saturday and he has a good barrier.ddddddddddddMoore was also the original trainer of Eagle Way who was sent to Guy and went on to win the Group One Queensland Derby in June.Eagle Way is now in Hong Kong with trainer John Moore but the Guys are hopeful Starcourt can go some way to filling the void.It would be a bit much that lightning would strike twice. But you can only hope, Bryan Guy said.Starcourt cost $300,000 as a yearling at the Magic Millions sales but was not paid up for the Millions series.I hope we can win a few races to get his prize money up and then get a wild card into the Millions day, Guy said. ' ' '