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Arizona State, coach Bobby Hurley taking heat for actions in loss to rival Arizona
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Few players on the Arizona or Arizona State men’s basketball teams are natives of the Valley. And the Sun Devils only have two players back from last year’s team.
If they weren’t fully aware of the intensity of the Territorial Cup rivalry, they are now.
The latest installment came on Saturday morning with the visiting Wildcats storming to an 81-72 victory at Desert Financial Arena. The win propelled the Wildcats (15-6, 9-1) to a tie atop the Big 12 standings with Houston, which was upset by Texas Tech in overtime later in the night.
It was a competitive game but it was the ending that incensed Arizona fans and sent social media circles buzzing.
The end of the game featured the ejection of Arizona’s Caleb Love and ASU’s B.J. Freeman, the leading scorers for their respective teams, after Freeman headbutted the Arizona player. Freeman was assessed a Flagrant 2 foul for the incident.
After the game ASU coach Bobby Hurley chalked up his player’s misguided action to what he called constant trash-talking on the part of the visitors. No doubt there was added frustration at the inability to close out a close game, yet again.
In the closing seconds, Hurley sent his bench players to the locker room with his starters following after the final second ticked off the clock. Hurley explained that as heated as the end of the game was, he didn’t want to see the situation escalate in the handshake line.
“I just saw that it was very heated and there were possibilities that something else could have happened and I was going to avoid that,” Hurley said. “I wanted to avoid any further confrontation.”
Senior guard Adam Miller was the ASU player brought into the postgame interview room and took the high road by choosing not to comment on the events that unfolded at the end of the contest.
It certainly wasn’t a good look for Hurley or the university, especially since the game aired nationally on CBS. Many ASU fans are frustrated with Hurley’s sideline antics, and this is just the latest incident.
Richard Jefferson, former NBA player and broadcaster was among those slamming Hurley on social media. Jefferson is a former Arizona player, so it isn’t surprising.
Hurley was assessed a technical foul with 5:13 left in the first half for objecting to a foul that had been called on Miller. The Sun Devils were ahead 21-19 at the time.
Hurley’s competitive nature, which made him a legend and a two-time national champion in his playing days at Duke, has carried over into his coaching career.
There will be a rematch between Arizona and ASU (12-9, 3-7) at McKale Center on March 4 in the next to last game of the regular season. Arizona is 10-1 on its home floor and the Sun Devils are going to be in desperation mode, their NCAA postseason hopes already seemingly on life support.
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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