"There's just a little anxiety," ASU head men's basketball coach Randy Bennett said. "Just because it's new."

The growing pains, the early stages, the "first date". However you want to label it, Arizona State men's basketball has it.

ASU's 75-65 victory over East Tennessee State gave new head coach Randy Bennett his first win in Tempe, but also gave him a boatload of questions to answer afterward.

A system headlined by rebounding and defense gave up big offensive plays to the Buccaneers, including ETSU G BJ Ward's 25-point night. On the boards, ASU barely edged out the Bucs 34-31 despite their massive size advantage.

"I thought our rebounding has been bad, and we were inconsistent tonight," Bennett said. "We're usually a very good rebounding team. We should be. We have good size, but we're just not there yet. Our habits aren't where they need to be. Defensively, same thing. Didn't defend (the) three well, and they can do that. We just make errors that we shouldn't make.…