Three nights ago, Bobby Hurley watched his team’s best performance. Desperation and urgency drove a 22-point victory against Colorado – Arizona State’s first of the Pac-12 season – where ball movement and suffocating defense exorcised the demons of two troubling home defeats.
But on the afternoon before his team’s first conference road game, his demeanor was anything but satisfied.
“I don’t think we have anything to be really particularly excited about,” Hurley said. “It was wonderful and I think it showed if we play a certain way what the results could be, but you have to do that over and over again, and we have not proven that yet.