Nothing cures what ails you like a beatdown of your archrival.
Two weeks off following a two-game losing streak apparently paid off for the Arizona Wildcats, who led wire-to-wire on their way to a 75-47 win over ASU on Saturday night at McKale Center in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
Arizona (11-3, 1-0) ended a two-game skid to the Sun Devils thanks to an overabundance of baskets in the paint, many on drives and dunks, while on the other end of the court the Wildcats held ASU (9-5, 0-1) to 30.5 percent shooting (including 3 of 21 on three-pointers) and forced 15 turnovers.