Sam Wasson: What are Fresno State's chances against the #3 national seed
Arizona State?
Rocky Ward: I think it's good for them because they haven't
played them. Arizona State has a lot of tradition but they have as much year to
year tradition against Fresno. They won't know Fresno very well. I think that
Fresno will have a pretty decent advantage from that standpoint. Sometimes when
the teams don't know each other very well the lower ranked team on paper has a
little bit of an advantage because sometimes they have a little bit more
motivation, they're a little hungrier. It's going to be the same type of things.
When you've got a lower ranked opponent playing at a host's facility game one is
absolutely imperative. They have to win game one. If they win game one I think
it makes it a 50/50 shot for them.

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