With one minute, 48 seconds left in Saturday’s New Mexico-UNLV men’s basketball game at the Pit and the Lobos down by seven points, dozens or perhaps hundreds of fans headed up the steps onto the concourse, out of the building and into the Albuquerque night.
One could argue that those folks were the smart ones, since seven points is the margin by which the Lobos eventually lost, 84-77.
I’m arguing the opposite — that this is a New Mexico team worth not just packing the Pit for but staying for the duration, win or lose.
I’d never try to tell anyone what to do with their disposable income.