SAN JOSE, Calif. – This was supposed to be a gimme for the New Mexico Lobos.
After all, that’s been the unspoken reality around the Mountain West when playing San Jose State the past couple of seasons.
Not anymore, and that probably has as much to do with the state of uncertainty around UNM (10-8, 3-2 MWC), coming off two losses and without its starting point guard today because of injury, as it does around the legitimate rejuvenation – relative to where the program has been – of the Spartans, who despite their record are no longer a team MWC foes can simply sleepwalk through.