As Mountain West Conference men’s basketball is heating up amid its best overall season since 2013 with the likelihood of multiple teams being invited to the NCAA Tournament, fans may enjoy a different big conference game on television or online seemingly every night.
Unless, of course, you’re a Lobos fan.
Late December and early January COVID pauses for almost every team in the Mountain West (except for UNM, where only coach Richard Pitino tested positive and had to quarantine) left the conference office scrambling to reshuffle games across the calendar to get in as many of the original 18 league games for as many programs as possible.