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The rivalry is back. Full stop.

Thousands of fans streamed into the Pit on Saturday night to watch the Lobo men鈥檚 basketball team take on the Aggies for the first time in two years. The matchups were canceled last year after a shootout in Albuquerque left a New Mexico State University player injured and a University of New Mexico student dead.

But the shooting, which was spurred by a scuffle at a football game and not directly tied to the decadeslong rivalry, was far from the minds of attendees.

For Aggie fan Gloria Gallegos and Lobo fan Christopher Chavez, the matchup doesn鈥檛 get much better.

鈥淲hat happened 鈥� if we let that change our ways 鈥� the bad stuff wins, and that鈥檚 not the way it should be,鈥� Gallegos said. 鈥淩ivalries are fun.鈥�

Chavez added, 鈥淲e need to move forward from that. With all the crap going on in the world these days, you got to move forward.鈥�

Despite last year鈥檚 shooting and more recent off-court controversies assailing the Aggies team, the fans on Saturday believe the rivalry is a benefit to the state and both universities. For many, it鈥檚 a nostalgic callback to college days and often a family affair that brings people together.

A few people felt the games should not have been canceled last year and others thought they should have been put on hold longer, but the majority were glad the break happened to let any possible tensions cool.

Kathy Romero, a Lobos season ticket holder with her husband, Alfredo, had two words to describe the rivalry: 鈥渋t鈥檚 history.鈥�

Regardless, she said she was a 鈥渓ittle hesitant鈥� to come to the matchup at first. 鈥淕un-shy, I guess,鈥� she said.

Alfredo Romero called the dynamic 鈥渁 healthy rivalry鈥� and believed the cancellations may have been a bit of an overreaction to an outside incident.

Being the only two Lobo fans in a family of Aggies, he said excitedly, 鈥淚鈥檓 gonna see a bunch of cousins tonight that I don鈥檛 see all the time.鈥�

Creighton Apodaca and Lexis Blount, both UNM students with season tickets, were happy to be back.

鈥淓xcited enough to get here an hour and a half early,鈥� Blount said. Apodaca added, 鈥淲e get together and celebrate this. It鈥檚 kind of an event for us.鈥�

Blount said the Lobos-Aggies games are a reunion of sorts, where they see old friends from high school. She said rivalries can get heated, but the shooting was a bad reflection on the state.

鈥淚t made national news. It鈥檚 not a good way to portray New Mexico. We want a good name for ourselves,鈥� Blount said.

Apodaca said the games being canceled was unfortunate, but he believed 鈥渢hey were looking out for our safety in general.鈥�

鈥淎nd it鈥檚 basketball, you know, it鈥檚 not that deep,鈥� he said.

Alvin Sallee sat courtside with his son Charles and granddaughter Violet, decked out in Aggies gear. Alvin Sallee said he remembered listening to the matchups on the radio as a child.

Although he grew up in Albuquerque and his mother was once Miss Lobo, Sallee鈥檚 family is tied to Aggies history since he took a job there as a teacher. Charles Sallee said he was a ball boy for the Aggies 鈥渋n their heyday.鈥�

Now the family, which lives in Santa Fe, makes the trek to Albuquerque and sometimes to Las Cruces to catch the matchup.

Alvin Sallee said he knew the rivalry would outlast any controversy.

鈥淚t just hit pause. It never was going to go away,鈥� he said.

Charles Sallee said the play between the two teams can be electric.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great,鈥� Charles Sallee said. 鈥淓specially when both teams are really good, really clicking.鈥�

Michael Yannoni, clad in a Lobo cape and Venom mask 鈥� a Halloween costume he wore to a game three years ago and stuck 鈥� said it was hard not having this game last year.

鈥淎s a fan, I was really hurt. I understand the reasoning for canceling it, but it felt like they ripped a piece of us out and it was just gone,鈥� he said.

Yannoni said tensions can run high and fights happen occasionally, but 鈥渢hat鈥檚 what comes with a rivalry.鈥� There is a much larger positive piece to it, he said.

鈥淵es, it鈥檚 a rivalry ... but it actually brings our state together, and I feel like we missed that last year,鈥� Yannoni said. 鈥淭his one is always my favorite.鈥�

Photos: UNM men defeat 近距离内射合集 in the Pit