ASU Basketball: Pac-12 opener versus Utah preview

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Record: 6-6

VS ASU last year: 1-1

NET Ranking: 143rd

Points scored: 73.5 (205th of 353)

Points against: 72.9 (214th of 353)

Last season, Arizona State came into conference play with an undefeated record as everyone knows. It took until their third Pac-12 game to earn their first Pac victory, that win came in Salt Lake City over the Utah Utes. Utah got their revenge in Wells Fargo Arena with a 80-77 overtime win when the Sun Devils were struggling in Pac-12 play.

Despite finishing third in the conference last year, Utah was picked to finish eighth in this year’s preseason polls. That is due to the Utes losing three of their top four scorers with Justin Bibbins,…