If the NCAA Tournament began today, the ASU basketball team would be the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Region, according to the latest guesstimate by ESPN's Joe Lunardi in Bracketology.
The Sun Devils were projected to be the No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region last week.
Bobby Hurley's team is now slotted to take on No. 9 Alabama in the first round in Detroit. The winner of that game would face the winner of No. 1 seed Purdue and a play-in game between No. 16 seeds Long Beach State and Arkansas Pine Bluff to advance to the Sweet 16.