UNM won’t schedule UTEP in basketball?

It hasn’t been easy over the years for New Mexico to put together a schedule since opponents generally don’t like going to The Pit, one the toughest places to play in America.

Now it appears a previously proposed series of games between regional rivals New Mexico and UTEP that would have had the Miners visiting Albuquerque this coming season has fallen apart. As Lobos coach Steve Alford told 770 KKOB, “The UTEP game is something I’m not in favor of.”

To read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/33235/unm-wont-schedule-utep-over-nit-spat

Source: ESPN