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Emptying the Notebook: Can the Lobos get a defensive stop when it counts?

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, videos, trends and whatever other odds & ends I cold empty out of the old notebook after Friday night’s 92-84 Lobos loss in Moby Arena:

Oh, that defense…

If you were watching the second half of Friday’s Lobo basketball game and just sure that it had to be the worst defense you could ever remember seeing that team in cherry and silver play, you probably weren’t alone.

And while it still doesn’t rank very high among the worst in the Mountain West era (seriously, it wasn’t among the 10 worst in the past 23 years, according to KenPom.