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UNM tries to improve Pit, bring back NCAA Tournament

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you rebuild it, they will come.

Won’t they?

Well, they rebuilt it and Lobo fans, although not in numbers like before, have come.

The NCAA Tournament, however, is a different story.

One of the selling points behind University Arena’s $60 million renovation in 2010 was attracting the Big Dance back to the court that created one of college basketball’s most iconic moments – the late Jim Valvano racing around the floor looking for a hug after his North Carolina State Wolfpack stunned Houston in the 1983 national championship game.

The men’s basketball sites selected in November of 2014 were:For 2016:
Brooklyn, N.