When Mustapha Amzil walked into the Pit a couple weeks ago on his recruiting visit to the University of New Mexico, he loved what he saw.
And while Lobo coaches told stories to the 6-foot-9 forward transfer from the University of Dayton about how they building dug 37-feet into the ground erupts in the winter with passionate fans, none were stories he hadn’t already heard about.
The Helsinki, Finland, native had already been given a pretty good scouting report on the power of the Pit from a coach in his home country.
“My high school coach, Hanno Möttölä, he played with the University of Utah, and he played in the Pit.