Rob Edwards and Zylan Cheatham sat on the bench against Arizona last season, frustrated that they couldn't make an impact in the game that ended in an 84-78 Sun Devil loss in Tucson. They had a conversation, one that envisioned ASU (15-6; 6-3 Pac-12) ending its recent struggles against the Wildcats (14-8; 5-4 Pac-12).
"I remember me and Rob looking at each other and saying, 'we are going to turn it up next season,' said Cheatham. "They have won in all different types of ways, so Rob and I just talked about changing this not just for our sake, but for Bobby Hurley's sake .