RENO, Nev. – To some, maybe all they’re playing for is laundry.
After all, regardless of the outcome of tonight’s regular-season finale in Reno, Nev., odds are good the UNM Lobos and Nevada Wolf Pack will be playing each other again Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas, Nev.
A Lobos win tonight would give UNM (16-14, 9-8 Mountain West) the No. 4 seed, which would mean they wear their home white uniforms next week in a rematch with No. 5 Nevada. A Lobos loss and a UNLV road loss at conference champion San Diego State (the Aztecs are favored by 9) would mean UNM would be the 5 seed and wear their cherry red uniforms against No.