Stanford had a crappy first half but recovered to win in Tempe; Appel and Pederson looked fine, combining for 18 and 16, and Wiggins showed up in force by the end.

Arizona State likes to run, and defends with great energy; not for the first time, they looked good early on, but seemed to wear themselves out. "We can get away with some teams playing 30 minutes or so," concluded coach Turner Thorne, "but with Stanford you have to play 40."