Arizona State Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils take an unexpected beating from Washington State

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) After a week of smiles following the Arizona State Sun Devils' victory over the rival Wildcats, Bobby Hurley's team had momentarily reached the pinnacle of success, but the smiles faded Thursday as 8-14 Washington State Cougars beat the Sun Devils 70-91. "I don't like to make excuses," Hurley said.

ASU Men’s Basketball: Thrilling Territorial Cup ends with Sun Devils outplaying Wildcats in overtime, Hurley’s first coaching victory over Arizona

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Before the crowd of 14,731 showed up to Wells Fargo Arena, before ASU got to its pregame shootaround and even before the team got to watch film as it normally does before shootaround, coach Bobby Hurley was running sprints. “We’re on the court and we’re like ‘what’re we doing,