A year ago at this time, after Arizona State’s season opener, recently hired Bobby Hurley walked into the Wells Fargo Arena media room after a stunning loss and said, “Well, it was not the way I wanted to start things here, for sure.”
Year 2 is off to a better start.
Despite early nerves that led to four missed layups to open the contest, Arizona State settled down, flexed its perimeter muscle and swatted Portland State 88-70 in both schools’ openers at Wells Fargo Arena.
Torian Graham played in his first game in two years, but the lay-off didn’t seem to produce much rust.