Arizona baseball had won five of its last seven games, which included three road wins, entering Friday evening’s matchup with Kansas State.
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Utah vs. Arizona State Predictions & Picks – Pac-12 Tournament
Wednesday’s game between the Utah Utes (18-13, 9-11 Pac-12) and Arizona State Sun Devils (14-17, 8-12 Pac-12) matching up at T-Mobile Arena has a projected final score of 77-70 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of Utah, who is listed as the favorite by our model. The game will tip off at 11:30 PM ET on March 13.
The game has no set line.
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Utah vs. Arizona State Game Info & Odds
- Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Time: 11:30 PM ET
- TV: Pac-12 Network
- Where: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Venue: T-Mobile Arena
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Utah vs. Arizona State Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Utah 77, Arizona State 70
Spread & Total Prediction for Utah vs. Arizona State
- Computer Predicted Spread: Utah (-7.4)
- Computer Predicted Total: 147.2
Utah has compiled a 15-15-0 record against the spread this season, while Arizona State is 14-17-0. A total of 16 out of the Utes’ games this season have hit the over, and 16 of the Sun Devils’ games have gone over. Utah has a 5-5 record against the spread while going 4-6 overall over the last 10 games. Arizona State has gone 6-4 against the spread and 3-7 overall in its last 10 games.
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Utah Performance Insights
- The Utes average 78.3 points per game (63rd in college basketball) while allowing 73.2 per contest (227th in college basketball). They have a +160 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 5.1 points per game.
- Utah is 36th in the country at 39 rebounds per game. That’s 3.1 more than the 35.9 its opponents average.
- Utah connects on 8.8 three-pointers per game (49th in college basketball) compared to its opponents’ 8. It shoots 35.6% from deep while its opponents hit 34.1% from long range.
- The Utes average 97.7 points per 100 possessions on offense (122nd in college basketball), and give up 91.3 points per 100 possessions (130th in college basketball).
- Utah has lost the turnover battle by 1.4 turnovers per game, committing 11.4 (198th in college basketball play) while forcing 10 (305th in college basketball).
Arizona State Performance Insights
- The Sun Devils’ -126 scoring differential (being outscored by 4.1 points per game) is a result of putting up 69.4 points per game (291st in college basketball) while giving up 73.5 per outing (235th in college basketball).
- Arizona State loses the rebound battle by an average of 7.3 boards. It collects 33.2 rebounds per game (302nd in college basketball) compared to its opponents’ 40.5.
- Arizona State connects on 6.8 three-pointers per game (238th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.7 on average.
- Arizona State wins the turnover battle by three per game, committing 10 (71st in college basketball) while its opponents average 13.
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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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In the first game of the series, Arizona (14-23, 5-11 Big 12) battled in a low-scoring affair but fell short in a 2-1 loss to Kansas State (24-12, 8-8 Big 12). The Wildcats from Tucson held the Wildcats from Manhattan at bay for a good majority of the night.
Given that Kansas State leads the Big 12 in conference play in batting, on-base percentage, and slugging, Arizona had a rather good performance, but it was not enough.
Owen Kramkowski pitched seven scoreless innings before allowing the first Kansas State run in the top of the eight. He finished with six strikeouts and kept the high octane Wildcats at bay.
“I thought the defense played well behind him too,” said head coach Chip Hale. “There’s a lot of ground balls, and we made plays where we were positioned in good places, and he was pitching in the eighth inning. That’s unbelievable.”
Garrett Hicks (3-1) came in to try and stop the bleeding for the Wildcats and did so by not allowing Kansas State to take the lead in the eighth. It was in the ninth when the lead was surrendered.
It took until the sixth inning but the first run was scored by Arizona. Andrew Cain singled to left field and after Maddox Mihalakis flew out, it was Beau Sylvester bringing Cain home with a triple through right center field.
Sylvester extended his hitting streak to eight games and it proved to be not enough to get Arizona to the finish line.
Kansas State tied the game at the top of the eight when back to back singles got runners on at first and third. Then a passed ball allowed the third base runner to come home.
Arizona had a chance to retake the lead in the bottom of the ninth after Cain singled to deep right field. With Sylvester back at the plate, it seemed like it was a perfect set up.
A wild pitch nearly got past Kansas State and Cain tried to take advantage of it and steal home. However, Kansas State was able to corral the pitch and get Cain out at home.
AJ Evasco started the ninth inning with a double for Kansas State and back to back fly outs eventually got him home to give Kansas State the lead and the win.
With eight players being left on base, Arizona will need to bring those runners in more often than not if they want to tie the series Saturday afternoon.
As a young team, the Wildcats have had to walk a very tight line between disappointment and dejection and will need to continue handling these losses with grace if it wants to turn a corner.
“It’s the way it goes, it’s baseball,” said Hale. “If we don’t handle it, we will come out tomorrow and won’t be ready to go, so hopefully they handle it.”
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