After a magnificent win over the number-one team in the country, we can conclude multiple things: these guys don't give up and they are most definitely ready for conference play. From my standpoint, Coach Bobby Hurley has done an excellent job of getting these young men ready throughout the preseason from the strenuous tournaments, facing a tougher preseason than most Pac-12 schools, and what everyone is talking about these days...beating Kansas.

After only being placed at the number 17 spot in the AP Top 25, the Sun Devils should have a chip on their shoulders and be ambitious as ever because I'm sure they believe they deserve to be at the top, but the only way to get there is through more hard work and giving 100% every game, and I'm sure Coach Hurley is wholly aware.

Looking at the rest of the Pac-12, everyone else seems to be trying to find their footing still. Last week Arizona barely skimmed by UC Davis, Colorado suffered back to back losses by Indiana State and Hawaii, Cal lost to Fresno State, and Stanford lost to San Francisco. Perhaps they were just off games for these teams, but all evidence currently points positively in favor of the Sun Devils for the regular season.

It's important not to get too ahead of ourselves, since what we witnessed last year where ASU was number two in the nation, but then proceeded to fall from grace and end the year by being beaten out by Syracuse to get into the March Madness tournament. At this point, we should just keep faith in Coach Hurley and his players. After the loss to Vanderbilt, Coach Hurley said that they would focus in practice to be prepared for Kansas and they did just that, so this win poses as a sign of great things coming.

A special shoutout to Rob Edwards for being named Pac-12 player of the week.

ASU will finish out their preseason facing Princeton at the Wells Fargo Arena on December 29th before moving into the regular season to play Utah on January 3rd.