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2-0 heading to SMU, Lobo hoops team needs to improve in this way

You don’t complain about 2-0.

But as happy as second-year Lobo men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino was after completing the team’s first week of the season unblemished, he knows there is still plenty of climb left ahead for his team.

As week two presents two far more challenging tests, it’s hard to ignore the glaring weakness thus far looks awfully similar to the glaring weakness of a season ago.

“It feels great to be 2-0, and I still think there’s so much we can get better at,” said Pitino. “I mean, our defense is still very, very poor.