Morris Udeze knows the answer is rather obvious.
What’s the biggest difference from that New Mexico Lobos team that started the season 14-0 – the last Division I program standing without a loss – and the one that now limps into the Mountain West tournament on Wednesday as a No. 6 seed, losers of eight of their last 11 games?
“Obviously I’ll say defense, but everybody knows it’s defense,” Udeze said Monday. The question was directed a little more specific to the recent loss at Colorado State, but the sentiment holds true for the past six weeks of play, too.