K.J. Jenkins knows first-hand how difficult the task Saturday night in San Diego is going to be.
But the senior co-captain isn’t about to let his New Mexico Lobo basketball men lose the game before they ever even step on the airplane to face the Mountain West leading, 23rd-ranked San Diego State Aztecs.
When he talked to media Thursday morning, the questions about how big and physically imposing Aztecs are came fast and furious, but it didn’t take him long to put things into the proper perspective.
“They’re a physical team,” Jenkins said, with a bit of a what-did-you-expect grin, “but they’re not going to be out there trying to eat us.