Tom Crean’s Hoop Hounds will be looking to establish some momentum when they play host to Arizona State tonight in Stegeman Coliseum.
The Bulldogs (5-3) have been up and down in Crean’s inaugural season, showing flashes of explosiveness (especially offensively) but at times have also looked like a team learning new schemes. The Sun Devils (7-1) will be the stiffest competition they’ve faced by a mile. Coach Bobby Hurley’s team just suffered their first setback of the season, losing to #6 Nevada a week ago after leading the Wolfpack by 12 at the intermission.
This is a tournament level team coming off a hard loss to a great team.