Wait a minute.
Are the Lobos really that good?
Sure it’s only five weeks into the season, but the UNM men’s basketball team might be closing nonconference play as the favorites in the Mountain West. That’s the same team picked sixth in the preseason media poll in the 11-team league after finishing with a 15-16 record last season, including losing nine of its final 10 games.
At the very least, they’re on a short list of teams in that conversation, if as much for their own relative success as for the struggles of the other teams.