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Rematch gives streaking CU basketball chance to make amends for poor showing at Arizona State

The first time around, pretty much anything that could go wrong indeed did so for the Colorado men's basketball team.

It was Jan. 5, the second Pac-12 Conference game of the season at Arizona State. Two days earlier the Buffaloes put together a decent start at Arizona, jumping ahead 11-6, before ultimately falling apart. At ASU it quickly became apparent there would be no reversal of momentum in Tempe, as the Sun Devils raced to a 13-2 lead while quickly burying the Buffs.

By the end of the season-worst 22-point loss, CU had posted totals that remain season-lows in field goal percentage (.