The “noise” starts now.
At least that’s the hope for the Lobo basketball team – both in terms of regrowing the fan base and in regaining some ground on the national stage for a program that hasn’t won 20 games or had a postseason invitation in nine seasons.
And while the whole playbook won’t exactly be unveiled in Saturday’s exhibition game in the Pit against Division II CSU-Pueblo, and all Lobos will likely get some playing time, second-year coach Richard Pitino says by and large, there won’t be much easing into the 2022-23 season, which starts in earnest Nov.