Arizona State women's basketball doesn't often go into Pac-12 play with sixth or seventh as its projected ceiling.
But in something of a transition season in what again is the best conference in the country — with four teams currently ranked in the national top 10 — ASU could finish in the middle of the Pac-12 pack and still have a viable chance for postseason success.
ESPN early bracketology for a 64-team NCAA Tournament, which could be played at a single bubble site like that planned for men's basketball in Indianapolis, has seven Pac-12 teams in the field with ASU projected as a No.