Arizona State Sun Devils men’s basketball (19-8, 10-4) sits on the precipice of possibly the highest-stakes road trip of the Bobby Hurley era, with a pair of matchups against the second place UCLA Bruins (17-11, 10-5) and sixth place USC Trojans (19-9, 8-7) presenting a crucial opportunity for the first place Sun Devils to further entrench themselves atop the tumultuous Pac-12.
A regular season Pac-12 championship has eluded ASU in their 41 year history in the conference, with this year’s team representing likely the school’s best opportunity to capture the title since their 2009-10 season where the Sun Devils finished just one game behind the conference-leading Cal Bears.