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The Pit sat silent on Saturday night.
And the tragic reality of why there was no basketball being played in that 56-year-old arena is far more important than the loss of a mere game.
Nobody could possibly argue otherwise as one teenaged University of New Mexico student was shot and killed and one New Mexico State University basketball player was shot in the leg and hospitalized after an early Saturday morning gunfight on UNM’s campus in an incident that clearly has far more questions than answers.
But the game’s postponement — and uncertain future — does come with a cost, both in terms of the game not played Saturday and whether it gets made up at all or if the Dec.