With the Arizona Wildcats’ season teetering on the brink of disaster, Thursday night’s trip to Tempe could serve as their breaking point. It will also provide Arizona’s largest point spread as an underdog in Pac-12 play in more than two years.
Arizona has opened as a five-point dog at the Arizona State Sun Devils, according to OddsShark.
It’s the third consecutive game Arizona (14-7, 5-3 Pac-12) has not been favored, something that hadn’t happened since the 2009-10 season. Then again, the Wildcats hadn’t lost back-to-back games by 20 or more points since 1982-83 before falling 80-57 at USC and 90-69 at UCLA last weekend.