ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Were six weeks of optimism-building nonconference play really wiped away by six days of horrible basketball?
That seems to be the question surrounding the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team, a loser of four consecutive games heading into tonight’s Mountain West Conference opener against Nevada in the Pit.
The Lobos (7-6) are clearly, and admittedly, a shaken team after allowing 48 3-pointers and coughing up 75 turnovers over a four-game losing streak between Dec.