For the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team, Sunday has been a long time coming.
The Lobos will make their first public appearance at the Pit since 2020, hosting Western Colorado for a season-opening exhibition contest at 2 p.m.
The fun will start 30 minutes earlier for coach Mike Bradbury’s team, which will celebrate last season’s Mountain West regular-season championship with a ring ceremony. The unlikely conference title capped a pandemic-impacted season during which UNM played all but two of its games outside its home state.
The Lobos secured their first regular-season MWC crown since 2004-05 and their first-ever outright crown.