Arizona State -1.5 at Arizona is the free winner from Matt Rivers, Senior Sports handicapper at OffshoreInsiders.com
There's not much rocket science here with this one. Arizona State was absolutely whacked about a month ago at home by Arizona and now travels to Tucson and will get their revenge.
Herb Sendek's team is the definite superior team even if the Wildcats have been better than most believed they would be. The Sun Devils lost a ton after least season as both Harden and Pendergraph were bona fide studs but there is still a lot of game left on this team. Derek Glasser is your typical Chris Corchiani guy who can run the point (not as good as Corch but a similar mold) and guys like Abbott, Kuksiks and Boateng are quality as well.
ASU just played back-to-back ferocious defensive games against Oregon State and Oregon limiting those teams to a combined shooting percentage in the low 30's. Sendek always preaches that end of the court and things right now appear to be going fairly smoothly as the Devils have won three of four on the road and certainly will be geeked for this game against their in-state rival.
I give Sean Miller a ton of credit because the Wildcats are clearly better now than they were earlier in the season when they needed a ridiculous late shot to beat lowly Lipscomb. This team was a mess for the first 5 or 6 weeks but now are at least somewhat formidable. It was actually the upset win at Tempe which seemed to help the confidence of this team as they stepped things up a ton but recently the 'Cats have regressed a bit losing three of four.
I do expect a tight game but in revenge and being the better team should have the visitors get their revenge.
The pick: Arizona State at BetUs Sportsbook
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