The Arizona Wildcats will look to beat the Arizona State Sun Devils again when these teams square off anew this coming Saturday in Tucson. Will Arizona get what it wants? Or will Arizona State score a stunner? Check out our preview of this Arizona St. vs Arizona matchup in the 2022-23 NCAA basketball season. There are more college basketball previews to read here at TopBet, so feel free to look around and make bets once you’re ready.
Arizona State is fresh off a 67-59 win on Feb. 18 against the Utah Utes at home. This time, the Sun Devils will be hitting the road for a high-profile matchup versus the Wildcats. The last time they played in enemy territory, the Sun Devils beat the California Golden Bears via overtime on Feb. 11, 70-62. Arizona State is also 2-0 straight-up in its last two games as the road team. Desmond Cambridge Jr. is leading Arizona State this season with 13.7 points per game while also grabbing 3.5 boards and dishing out 2.3 assists per outing. The Sun Devils’ defense will be relied upon by Arizona State, which is fourth in the Pac-12 with 97.5 points allowed per 100 possessions adjusted.
The Over is 5-2 in Arizona State’s last seven road games.
Arizona has won two games in a row since its 88-79 road loss to the Stanford Cardinal on Feb. 112. The Wildcats beat the Utah Utes at home on Feb. 16, 88-62, before victimizing the Colorado Buffaloes, also at home, on Feb. 18, 78-68. On the season, the Wildcats are 83.2 points per game, which is good for fourth overall in the nation. They also own a 56.2 eFG% and 49.1 FG%, fifth and sixth-best national, respectively, as of this writing. Azuolas Tubelis dominated Arizona State in the Wildcats’ 69-60 win in Tempe last December, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
Although the Wildcats failed to cover the spread versus Colorado, Arizona is still 7-2-1 against the spread in its last nine games.
