For the AP Poll, Arizona State (11-2) must’ve made the naughty list. While still a few days until Christmas, Saint Nick had ASU’s fate sealed on a not-so-jolly holiday for Bobby Hurley. The Sun Devils found their stockings stuffed with 37 pieces of coal on Wednesday, signifying the jaw-dropping point differential in a humiliating 97-60 defeat at San Francisco (10-4).
Not once this year has Bobby Hurley’s team looked overmatched entirely, especially in their now snapped nine-game win streak. But in ASU’s final non-conference game of the season, and without star scorer Desmond Cambridge, the Dons dominated the Sun Devils in all facets of the game.