Arizona State hopes to attract top-level recruits with the addition of former NBA head coach Eric Musselman and longtime NBA assistant Larry Greer to its staff.

“For these guys, what they’re most attracted to is the NBA,” said assistant coach Dedrique Taylor. “So who (else would tell them) that experience than a former head coach and a long time NBA assistant?”

ASU head coach Herb Sendek and athletics vice-president Steve Patterson strategically planned to seek NBA experienced coaches during their search.

"Herb took an honest look at the program and said these guys can be an asset to him and the program and to ASU as a whole,” said Patterson. “When Herb goes into somebody's house and sits in the kitchen and tells them that these guys are going to coach them, they're going to be pretty excited."