Southern Utah vs Arizona State Prediction 11/4/2025 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds and the Arizona State Sun Devils meet Tuesday in college basketball action from ASU Wells Fargo Arena. Here’s a Southern Utah vs Arizona State prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Southern Utah vs Arizona State pick. We will examine:

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds recent form and player performance

The Arizona State Sun Devils recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Arizona State Sun Devils

Recent betting trends in games played between Southern Utah and Arizona State

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Southern Utah vs Arizona State game

Southern Utah Thunderbirds Betting Preview

The Thunderbirds showed some (fairly minimal) improvement last season overall, eventually carving out a 12-19 record. The conference play took a step back thanks to injuries however, as Southern Utah went just 4-12 in WAC outings. That would give the team a second-to-last place finish in the standings, ahead of only Utah Tech at 2-14 in the conference. Following a sketchy 1-4 run to finish off the regular season, the Thunderbirds fell to the aforementioned Utah Tech in the first round of the WAC Tournament, ending their season on March 11.

Heading into the 2025-26 campaign, the Thunderbirds will get head coach Rob Jeter back for his third year on the job. He’ll get just three players returning from last season’s team though: Lorenzo Abellar (2.6 PPG), Kai Burdick (2.3 PPG) and Langston Binns. Five of the Thunderbirds’ incoming players are from Division I squads though, including Isaiah Cottrell, who played two seasons with UNLV.

Arizona State Sun Devils Betting Preview

Over on the Arizona State side, they regressed last year from an already low-expectation 14-18 run in 2023-24. The Sun Devils would ultimately go just 13-20 overall with a 4-16 run in a very difficult Big 12. Arizona State finished three games behind UCF in the standings and ahead of only Colorado at 3-17 in the conference. The Sun Devils closed the regular season on a 1-10 run (beating only Kansas State) and fell in their first game of the conference tournament. In the College Basketball Crown, Arizona State lost in the first round to Nebraska on March 31.

Coming into the 2025-26 campaign, the Sun Devils get head coach Bobby Hurley back in his 11th year on the sideline. Arizona State won’t have any starters back this year and loses 11 total names. That group includes Jayden Quaintance (9.4 PPG) and Joson Sanon (11.9 PPG). The only scholarship returnee is sophomore Trevor Best (6.2 PPG), who will join new arrivals like Moe Odum, Adante Holiman and Anthony Johnson.

Southern Utah Thunderbirds @ Arizona State Sun Devils Betting Trends: November 4, 2025

Why the Arizona State Sun Devils will win

Arizona State has won each of its last 11 night games against non-Conference opponents at Desert Financial Arena.
Southern Utah has lost each of its last four games against non-Conference opponents.
Arizona State has won the first half in each of its last four night games against non-Conference opponents at Desert Financial Arena.

Why the Southern Utah Thunderbirds will win

Arizona State has lost each of its last nine night games.

Southern Utah vs Arizona State Prediction

I’ll stay with the Sun Devils. Arizona State is going to be a completely different team this season, and head coach Hurley has begun to be put on the year-to-year plan himself. That means it’s a make-or-break year for the Sun Devils, and a year full of potential question marks. The good news is that the team is starting off with a manageable matchup at home, and that may be enough to provide an early spark.

As for Southern Utah, they were bitten by the proverbial injury bug last year and should look better in 2025-26 if all goes a little closer to plan in that regard. This will be the team’s last run in the WAC, as they’re set to jump in with the Big Sky next season. It’s a pretty versatile group this time, and we should see a lot of shuffling in the rotations during the course of the year. I like Southern Utah to take a step forward, but for now I don’t think they’ll cover in the opener.