If you’ve ever tried to explain The Pit to someone who’s never been… Saturday was your evidence. Loud from warmups, red-and-white alternating sections popping like a rivalry chessboard, and that familiar “oh yeah, this is different” energy the second it got tight.
And it did get tight.
The Lobos beat San Diego State 81–76 in what felt like a proper farewell chapter with SDSU headed out of the Mountain West. New Mexico moves to 22-7 (13-5 MW), and the Aztecs fall to 19-9 (13-5 MW), which tells you everything: this was a big one, between two teams right in the same tier…