It was chaos week in the Mountain West as the conference’s top four NCAA Tournament contenders — Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego State and No. 22 Utah State

The good vibes from Boise State’s 41-point victory over Wyoming quickly abated during a Mountain West Conference men’s basketball game at The Pit.  New Mexico (

The Lobos’ home arena, aptly named The Pit, is considered one of the tougher arenas to visit in the Mountain West — last week, New Mexico easily handled San Diego State 62-48.

First half was absolutely about as good of basketball as I’ve seen in my 13 years being a head coach,’ Pitino said

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HE SCORED SIX OF NEW MEXICO’S FIRST EIGHT POINTS. SO A GOOD START FOR THE BIG MAN IN THE MIDDLE. LOBOS WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD AN EARLY DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD THIS TIME. MUSTAFA AMZIL IN THE LANE WITH A ...

The Broncos visit the Lobos as we continue our college basketball odds series with a Boise State-New Mexico prediction and pick.

The Aztecs head to New Mexico for their third true road game of the season but the first, notably, in altitude for almost the entire roster. The Pit is 5,108 feet above sea level, one of six Mountain West venues topping 4,500, which is when people living at sea level really start to feel the rarefied air.

Try as they might, the Aztecs could not gain any traction against New Mexico Saturday, falling 62-48 on the road.

Albuquerque, New Mexico; Friday, 11 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lobos -3.5; over/under is 152 BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico hosts Boise State after Nelly Junior Joseph scored 20 points in New Mexico's 71-70 loss to the San Jose State Spartans.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nelly Junior Joseph’s 16 points helped New Mexico defeat Boise State 84-65 on Friday. Joseph added nine rebounds for the Lobos (15-4, 7-1 Mountain West Conference). Donovan Dent scored 16 points and added seven assists. Tru Washington finished 5 of 8 from the field to finish with 13 points.