If there's any one concern Sean Miller may have more than anything else about ASU, it's the Sun Devils' three point shooting.
And not just their success rate -- they average just 34.4 percent made in Pac-12 games - but just in taking them.
ASU entered the week taking the most threes of any team --21.3 on average per game, which translates to 22 points even if the Sun Devils just make them at their average rate.
With Bo Barnes and Jonathan Gilling firing away more often from the perimeter, ASU has been shooting more often even than the team that played at McKale Center a month ago.
"Their team has changed quite a bit," Miller said. With Barnes, Gilling and Shaq McKissic "the lion's share of the three-point damage is with that group."
Some items related to today's game:
-- The key matchup just might be UA's conference-best (entering the week) free-throw shooting against the "Curtain of Distraction," which wasn't a problem for the Wildcats last season.
-- We also had a feature on ASU's Eric Jacobsen and a scouting report.
-- Our digital Sports Insider magazine can be viewed here if you don't have the tablet/iPad app.
-- The Republic had a look at the family ties between Herb Sendek and T.J. McConnell.
-- A Fox Sports Arizona, a UA fan finds his license plate poking fun at ASU is controversial.
-- The box score and recap of last season's UA-ASU game in Tempe is here.
-- A few looks at ASU's "Curtain of Distraction" can be found here and here.
Josh Scott is ready to come back for Colorado just in time to face Utah.
The Magic received some good news about Aaron Gordon's foot.
Pac-12 Networks will carry the other two Pac-12 games today:
UCLA at Cal, 6 p.m.
Utah at Colorado, 7 p.m.
