Richard Pitino didn’t need the reminder.
The first-year Lobos basketball coach has talked up how special it is to be in the Pit for a Lobos game since the day he was hired last spring.
But in case there was any doubt, the coach on Saturday night got an agonizingly frustrating reminder of just how much better it is to be in that arena during a UNM men’s basketball home game than anywhere else.
“It’s horrible,” Pitino said Monday of his experience of watching the Lobos’ game from his bedroom on Saturday, away from the team after having tested positive that morning for COVID-19.