Head coach Richard Pitino is helping bring the program back from rock bottom—with the help of the Lobo faithful packed inside The Pit.
The New Mexico Lobos had couldn’t play at their iconic home arena during COVID-19 restrictions, but now fans pack The Pit once again.
The heart of the state of New Mexico sits a mile above sea level but 37 feet below the ground, in a bunker-like structure that comes to life for basketball games on winter nights.
The Pit is the center of the sports universe in New Mexico, a state without a major professional sports team that instead rallies like few others around its college basketball team, the Lobos.