UNM Game

So I'm going to the University of New Mexico Lobos' final regular season basketball game tonight. I didn't realize that it was a big deal until the news started reporting last week that tickets were impossible to find. Also cool is that the Lobos are ranked #8 in the country and are 27 and 3. Too bad I haven't been following them - I've always disliked when people are fans of a team just because (yes, I'm talking to you, random Ohio State, USC and Texas fans). However, now that I'm actually enrolled at UNM, I guess I can cheer all I want and not hate myself.

I haven't been to The Pit for a game in a really long time. Supposedly, it's one of the loudest places to play basketball in the country. Also, Pat Forde at ESPN had a comment about it in his weekly article:
The Pit. Who plays there: New Mexico. Opened: 1966. Capacity: 18,018. The place literally is a pit, with the floor 37 feet below ground level. The roof was built first, then they excavated beneath it to put in the seats.

But, wikipedia had cooler things to say:

The Pit has a reputation as one of the loudest arenas in the country. The rise to the stands is very steep, putting fans very close to the action. Basketball writer John Feinstein once likened a visiting team's experience in The Pit to "watching Roman gladiators emerging into a wall of sound."

This often results in painfully high decibel levels. For one game, the noise reached 125 decibels, just short of the threshold of pain. A “crazy” crowd can produce 125 decibels, which is right at the threshold of pain, and is one of the loudest places to play anywhere on the planet.

I guess I'll find out!