When one team is 9-3 in the Big 12, and the other is 3-9, and the team that's 9-3 is at home, and the team that's 3-9 is missing its best freshman, there's no real reason to expect an instant classic.

The Texas Tech basketball team's next three games are against teams in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings, but the Red Raiders aren't overlooking ASU.

Grant McCasland doesn't want anything to be easy for the 12th-ranked Texas Tech basketball team, and Arizona State granted that wish on Wednesday.