LAS VEGAS -- The last time Jerry Palm talked with azcentral sports, just more than a month ago, the respected CBS Sports bracketologist couldn't see a way in which Arizona State played itself out of the NCAA Tournament.
Reached Friday, Palm chuckled.
"It was a lot different then, wasn't it," he said.
After an early exit from the Pac-12 Tournament, ASU (20-11) has turned into perhaps the most intriguing case for the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Does it reward the Sun Devils for a perfect non-conference season in which they knocked off potential No.