Just over a week ago, the New Year’s Eve matchup between Arizona State (11-2, 2-0 Pac-12) and Arizona (12-1, 1-1) looked to be one of the conference’s key contests of early-Pac-12 play. San Francisco then dented the Sun Devils’s reputation when the Dons clobbered ASU 97-60 in The Bay, and now the Wildcats look, once again, like the clear favorite.
To better understand the 2022-2023 iteration of Wildcat hoops, we reached out to the always-helpful Brian Pedersen of SB Nation site Arizona Desert Swarm, who offered his insights.
Arizona holds the top adjusted offense ranking in Kenpom.