Selection Sunday wasn’t supposed to be too stressful for the Sun Devils. After a 12-0 non-conference start, ASU was expected to only be concerned with it’s seeding rather than its outright selection.
But then ASU went 8-11 in a mediocre Pac-12 conference. It lost five of its last six games. And seemingly just needing one more win to secure a spot in the tournament, ASU fell in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament with 97-85 loss to Colorado.
As a result, Sun Devil players and coaches had to sweat out their NCAA Tournament birth for four days.