There’s nothing quite like giving yourself an early Christmas present.
Come Sunday, the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will have a chance to do just that when it hosts UTEP at the Pit.
The gift in question? A quality non-conference win.
UTEP (7-1) comes into the game with a higher NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) ranking than eight of the 11 Mountain West teams and an RPI ranking better than all but one. The Miners’ NET number was 106 as of Friday and realtimerpi.com had them at No. 76 as of Friday.
UNM (8-4) weighed in with a NET ranking of 113 and an RPI of 165.