ASU has history of playing quality competition and Creighton is latest
LAS VEGAS — It didn't take Bobby Hurley long to notch a signature victory. He did that in 2017, early in his third year, when his team stormed into Lawrence, Kansas and upset the then-No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks by 10 points. Then the Sun Devils did it again the next year when Kansas traveled to Tempe, then as the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
The two teams played a thriller last season as well with the Sun Devils prevailing 58-57 in Omaha. It's an opponent Hurley has come to respect. Creighton started this season ranked No. 9 nationally, although it has struggled of late. When it comes to building a resume, who you play and where you play them is important, especially if you're a bubble team come March and the tournament selection committee is comparing you to other candidates for the postseason field. The win against Creighton gave the Sun Devils what is deemed a"Quad 1" victory, their second of the season.
No doubt ASU's best performance of the season was its 87-62 win over then-No. 20 Michigan in the championship game of the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. When that game was played it stood as a Quad 1 victory. But the Wolverines are now just 6-3, with two other losses after the setback to ASU. Its NET ranking has dropped to 80; this it is now a Quad 2 win.
A tough start to Pac-12 play meant the Sun Devils were an abysmal 6-13 at one point. That meant ASU's only shot at qualifying for the postseason was to win the conference tournament. It was a second straight postseason spent sitting at home after back-to-back appearances in 2018 and 2019 with the 2020 event canceled due to COVID-19.
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