On Friday afternoon in the Rudy Davalos practice facility, the UNM Lobos were firmly locked in on game prep for Monday’s season opener against the visiting Southern Utah Thunderbirds.
Thursday morning, head coach Richard Pitino, and most of the rest of college basketball around the country for that matter, took some time away from their regular routine to catch up on the news out of Louisville, Kentucky.
The second-year Lobos coach, admittedly, had more than just a passing interest in Thursday’s news given his time as an assistant coach at Louisville working with his father, Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, who is now coaching at Iona.