Jaded, or perhaps just unimpressed by Ole Miss' David Huertas and Chris Warren, students in Section 26 of The Pit let the two know what they thought of the tandem during pre-game introductions on Saturday.
"Who's that?" the bunch chanted, nonchalantly reading newspapers.
The bigger question on Saturday was, Who is Ole Miss? The same team that beat Central Florida by 32 - a team the Lobos lost to by 1 - got shellacked 103-70 by the UNM men's basketball team.
Huertas and Warren, too, hardly looked like the dynamic duo that averages 21.4 and 20.4 points per game, respectively.
For the first time this season, Huertas and Warren were each held to fewer than 20 points. In the Rebels' first eight games, Huertas and Warren took turns leading Ole Miss in scoring. When one was held to fewer than 20 points, the other topped the 20-point plateau.
But on Saturday, UNM limited Huertas and Warren to 33 combined points - a team-high 19 coming from Warren, 17 of them coming during the second half, when the Lobos were up no less than 19 points.
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"We made them work - that was the key," head coach Steve Alford said. "But we didn't want anyone else getting away from us."
And nobody did.
With the Lobos dedicating a heavy dose of attention to Huertas and Warren, chances are that would have left opportunities open for Ole Miss' role players, but that wasn't the case.
Zach Graham was the only other Rebel in double figures, with 12 points.
"Graham made some tough shots," Alford said. "Other than that, nobody else got away from us."
After a 3-pointer gave Warren his 12th point, the Lobos responded by going on a 17-2 run that doubled their lead to 30 at 88-58.
Six UNM players scored in double figures, with Chad Toppert leading the way with 21 points. Toppert finished 5-of-6 from beyond the arc. Daniel Faris had 18, while Roman Martinez and Tony Danridge contributed 17 apiece.
And UNM turned Saturday into Career Day.
Five Lobos had career highs, including Martinez, who corralled 12 rebounds. Dairese Gary handed out 11 assists; Nate Garth dished out 10; Will Brown scored 10 points; and Phillip McDonald hit a career-high three 3-pointers to go along with his 13 points.
Early in the first half, with frustration mounting, Ole Miss' DeAundre Cranston got ejected for throwing an elbow shiver at Faris.
"I was just running down the court and I just felt something hit my face," Faris said. "Apparently it was enough to get him taken out of the game, so that's fine with me. That's one less big body for me to bang against."
Faris, who was involved in an altercation and got a technical foul against San Diego on Wednesday, kept his emotions in check, instead unleashing his physicality on the glass and snaring nine rebounds.
The Lobos finished 11-of-22 from the 3-point line and had 48 points in the paint.
"When Daniel gets inside points, it frees up everything," Martinez said.
