LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Chris Jans isn’t saying it’s just like old times just yet at the Orleans Arena this week for him and his New Mexico State Aggies, but he’s happy that it feels a whole lot more “normal” than it did a year ago.
The Aggies used to own the place – winners of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament seven of the eight years. Then there was last year’s COVID-affected season that culminated in a disappointing NMSU loss in the title game in an arena void of the thousands of Aggies fans normally filling it this time of year.