Arizona State men's basketball finishes near the bottom of Big 12 standings, but things are looking up for next year.

Bobby Hurley is expected to return for his 11th season as Arizona State ’s head coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made.

It was in 2015 that Bobby Hurley took over as the head coach of Arizona State. And boy-oh-boy did he make a memorable entry. Hurley went on to win his very first conference game and even got himself ejected for arguing with officials against the rival Arizona Wildcats.

Despite having only four winning seasons over 10 years at Arizona State, Bobby Hurley will return. Social media reacted to the news.

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Hurley has one year left on his contract in a tenure that’s included three trips to the NCAA Tournament but also losing records in four of the past five seasons.

Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley is expected to return for his 11th season, a source told The Associated Press, confirming a report that was released Tuesday afternoon, hours before the Sun Devils lost to Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament.

Social media certainly had thoughts in the aftermath of the news that the Sun Devils were not expected to fire Hurley.