Arizona St. Job Nixed

In statements only hours apart, two favorites to fill Arizona State’s basketball coaching vacancy - Utah’s Rick Majerus and Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson - said they aren’t interested in the job.

School officials also shot down a report that ASU athletic director Kevin White was going to meet with George Washington coach Mike Jarvis about possibly replacing Bill Frieder.

Meanwhile, Frieder said Don Newman, hired in May as his third assistant, could wind up coaching the Sun Devils next season on an interim basis. Newman, a former University of Idaho athlete, was an assistant coach at Washington State and head coach at Sacramento State before joining ASU.