This week could have been miserable for the New Mexico Lobos.
Richard Pitino’s inexperienced roster showed offensive promise at times over a breakneck pace of 11 games played in the first 32 days of the season, but it also showed immaturity.
Never was that more on display than during the second half meltdown Sunday in front of its own fans in a 77-69 loss to the UTEP Miners.
Sitting on such a performance for an entire week before this coming Sunday’s game against an SMU team that might be the best they face in the non-conference schedule could have been ugly.