TEMPE -- The Arizona State men's basketball program has been placed in a precarious position in recent months following a tenure-worst 13-20 record in the 2024-25 season under Bobby Hurley.

Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley enters his 11th season in Tempe and the final year of his contract potentially needing a strong March run to keep his job.

The outside interest will rattle nerves in the desert, mostly for one reason: Loyalty in college football is difficult to trust these days.

ASU quarterback Sam Leavitt left the game twice, once in the first quarter, then again in the fourth quarter with the game on the line

Big 12 foes match up when the Iowa State Cyclones (5-3) and the Arizona State Sun Devils (5-3) play on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at Jack Trice Stadium. For our prediction on which team will come away with the win, keep reading.

Life in the Big 12 is a walk on the tight rope, leaning this way and that, trying to maintain balance. Saturday night, ASU slipped.

If the situation for Arizona State football wasn't tricky enough heading into week 10 without star QB Sam Leavitt - the program must also face an estab