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Emptying the Notebook: It’s not just the Lobos’ defense struggling anymore

Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, tweets and whatever else I managed to empty out of the old reporter’s notebook after Tuesday’s 70-56 Lobos loss to Wyoming in the Pit:

What’s the point?

As recently as Friday night at the U.S. Air Force Academy following his team’s 89-77 road loss to Air Force, Richard Pitino told the Journal, “the offense is not the problem.”

And that seems like a fair comment considering both how clearly shaky the team’s defense is lately but also the fact that the Lobos, even after Tuesday’s 56-point belly flop of an outing, are still the only Mountain West team averaging more than 80-points per game (league-leading 80.