No. 21 UCLA 80, Arizona State 75: UCLA rallies from 15 down

UCLA's Larry Drew II drives against ASU's Jonathan Gilling. Drew led the Bruins with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting.

No. 21 UCLA 80, Arizona State 75: UCLA rallies from 15 down

LAS VEGAS - At halftime Thursday, it appeared UCLA had the most apt mascot name in college sports. The young Bruins could be ferocious, sure, but prone to hibernate for long periods.

Pac-12 men's basketball tournament: Devils, others must run table in Vegas

Freshman point guard Jahii Carson leads Arizona State into today's Pac-12 tournament opener against Stanford in Las Vegas. The Sun Devils likely need to win four games in as many days to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

Pac-12 men's basketball tournament: Devils, others must run table in Vegas

Utah and forward Jason Washburn are the No. 10 seed, but the Utes are hot and just finished a sweep of the Oregon schools.

Pac-12 men's basketball tournament: Devils, others must run table in Vegas

LAS VEGAS - Thousands of pilgrims come here each day, searching for a life-changing run of luck.

Arizona State: Cats can't lose track of Gilling, Gordon

ASU's Jonathan Gilling faked out Solomon Hill on this play in January, but had just six points as the Sun Devils lost 71-54 to the Wildcats in Tempe.

Arizona State: Cats can't lose track of Gilling, Gordon

TEMPE - Jonathan Gilling won't call last year's three-point explosion against the Arizona Wildcats the best game of his career, but he knows it's close.

ARizona State 69, Washington State 57: Sun Devils build big lead, then hold on

ASU freshman guard Jahii Carson gets around Washington State forward Brock Motum. Carson scored 21 points.

Arizona State 69, Washington State 57: Sun Devils build big lead, then hold on

TEMPE - Herb Sendek insists he does not pay attention to bracketologists or mock NCAA Tournament fields. The Arizona State coach simply focuses on the next game.

Frosh Carson can't wait to meet UA

ASU point guard Jahii Carson averages 17.1 points and 5.2 assists per game and "has a knack for making big plays," UA coach Sean Miller says.

Frosh Carson can't wait to meet UA

TEMPE - The remnant of a class project remained stuck to Jahii Carson's chest earlier this week - "Hello My Name is … Jahii."

Arizona basketball: ASU freshman not shy

With both actions and words, Arizona point guard Mark Lyons has made it obvious this season that he thrives on negative feedback. So there's one particular tweet that he's probably become aware of this week.

Greg Hansen: Tempe trips often trouble for Wildcats

Arizona State is almost never what it seems, not in Tempe, not this time, not last time, not up there, no way.

Sun Devil basketball center giving it his best swat

TEMPE - Even as a high school senior, Jordan Bachynski was bruised and battered by opposing big men, who plowed into the center, knocking him backward to try to score.

Arizona basketball: Energy provider

Carrick Felix says "emotions are going to be in the air" when ASU meets UA on Saturday. "I can't control myself sometimes during this game."

Felix high on emotion, spreads it around to Sun Devils teammates

Jahii Carson has known Carrick Felix for eight years or so, dating to when they were kids playing in Phoenix. "I haven't seen him in this state," Carson said. That state, in advance of Saturday's rivalry game against the Arizona Wildcats: smothering, focused, intense.