Last Saturday night in California was a pretty big night for UNM Lobo men’s basketball program.
In the second season of a major rebuild under head coach Richard Pitino, the Lobos, who lost by 25 points one year ago in the same arena, knocked off then-No. 23 San Diego State. They ended the Aztecs’ 16-game home win streak and announced to those who doubted that they are, very much, players in the Mountain West Conference.
The problem is, as significant as that 76-67 win was just six days ago, the foe the Lobos face Friday night in the Pit has a pretty good case for being even better.