After he’d emerged from the visitor’s locker room in The Pit on Dec. 7, the night his team handed New Mexico its only home loss of the season, New Mexico

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Logan, Utah; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico takes on Utah State after Viane Cumber scored 25 points in New Mexico's 78-74 victory over the Colorado State Rams. The Aggies have gone 1-6 in home games.

The good vibes from Boise State’s 41-point victory over Wyoming quickly abated during a Mountain West Conference men’s basketball game at The Pit.  New Mexico (

It was chaos week in the Mountain West as the conference’s top four NCAA Tournament contenders — Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego State and No. 22 Utah State

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New Mexico Lobos (12-7, 5-1 MWC) at Utah State Aggies (1-17, 0-6 MWC) Logan, Utah; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico plays Utah State after Viane Cumber scored 25 points in New Mexico's ...

The Lobos’ home arena, aptly named The Pit, is considered one of the tougher arenas to visit in the Mountain West — last week, New Mexico easily handled San Diego State 62-48.

Don’t look now, but the New Mexico Lobos are off to their best start to begin Mountain West play in over a decade. It hasn’t always been the smoothest for head coach Richard Pitino. Still, the Lobos have certainly built off their improbable Mountain West tournament title run last year after losing two of the best guards in the Mountain West in Jaelen House and Jamal Mashburn—who helped spearhead Pitino’s first three seasons after a disastrous final season for four-year head man Paul Weir.

From the jump, New Mexico outclassed Boise State by way of an 8-0 run to begin the night. The Broncos stayed in striking distance - down 25-19 with seven minutes to go. A 9-0 run by the Lobos squashed that.

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The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team came away with a commanding victory against the Fresno State Bulldogs on Monday, Jan. 20, winning 95-67. It was all Lobos from start to finish. UNM came ready to play,