College basketball has staggered out of the gate. The Pac-12 features shoplifters at UCLA and dark clouds in Tucson. A disgraced Rick Pitino is suing Louisville for $37.6 million. Three vaunted programs submerged the sport in controversy before the first tip-off of the season.
And if that wasn’t strange enough, look at what’s happening in Tempe, where a sleeping giant may have finally awoken – except he wears basketball shorts and not shoulder pads.
“I just have the right people and the right leadership,” Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley said. “I’ve got guys who’ve been through a lot, good and bad.