Since arriving at ASU in April of 2015, Bobby Hurley has not shied away from playing anyone and has reached out to play any and all.
Kentucky? Sure let's play them there and in the Bahamas. Kansas? Yup, let's play them less than 48 hours in Lawrence after playing St. John's in Los Angeles. Road games against proven mid-majors? Sign us up to play at San Francisco and Princeton. Want some SEC flavor? Let's go to Vanderbilt and Georgia in a three-day period.
So with a trip to Creighton on the schedule – who some folks have as a top-10 team – and a trip to a very good Diamond Head Invitational field over Christmas on the 2020-21 schedule, the staff needed a decent home game next year.