But this time, it actually means something.
Sure, Steve Alford, who some would argue is the most successful coach in the history of UNM Lobo men’s basketball, has already made one return visit to the Pit after that sudden March 2013 departure for UCLA.
In fact, the boos of the announced Pit crowd of 12,032 from that Feb. 18, 2020, night as he and top assistant Craig Neal – the Lobos’ head coach from 2013 to 2017 – made their way as the leaders of Nevada basketball down the Pit ramp and across Bob King Court to the unfamiliar visitors bench still echo in the memory banks of some Lobo fans.