Things are running along pretty smoothly for the UNM men’s basketball team.
And therein lies the danger as the Lobos play host to the Rice Owls tonight in the Pit in UNM’s final non-conference home game of the season.
“You guys have been here long enough to know we always have a hiccup at home,” said Lobos head coach Craig Neal, referring to the fact that UNM has regularly fallen to an unheralded opponent at home at least once in recent years, not to mention a history of upset losses in the week before Christmas.
“Whether it be South Dakota State or somebody like that, we’ve had those hiccups over the years.