Every handful of games, we see what Bobby Hurley envisions for ASU basketball (11-16, 7-10 Pac-12). Transition points, tough defense, small ball, fast ball: all the traits that this group plays into athletically.
Thursday night’s 82-65 victory over Colorado (18-10, 10-8) was one of those games, and they are starting to come by more frequently.
Could this team really do it? Could ASU run the table in the Pac-12 Tournament next month and sneak into the Big Dance?
Most people agree that the head would say no, but watching the Sun Devils win in the manner they did over the Oregon schools and Colorado makes the heart want to leave out a little hope for this ASU team that has gone through so much (Bagley injury, Covid, etc.