The Lobos head into their regular season finale on Tuesday in Fresno with a 19-11 overall record and an 11-6 mark in the Mountain West. I have a couple of holes where I was out of the country or not close enough in the US to keep track in the pre-internet age:-(. Lobo coaches and players, including some who shared an apartment with Muscadin at Lobo Village until he left the team in December, shared their thoughts on the passing if their friend n social media accounts, posting photos and videos of him. He also gets a negative mark for not seeing Lamont Long come open on the baseline and thus not passing him the ball on the game's final play vs Louisville. But now where are those seven players who were declared ineligible - Craig Gilbert, Larry Belin, Larry Hubbard, Andre Logan, Larry Tarrance, Paul Roby and Jerome Henderson? Jun. Currently, the Maxwell Museum is displaying 'Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections,' through Jan. 10, 2024. Lobos is Spanish for the timber wolves in the Sandia Mountains, which hover over this desert pancake of a city like a side order of sausage. Bad feet kept him out of the NBA. The Lobos need a win over Colorado State and a loss by San Jose State on Saturday at Air Force to secure the No. 24 Texas A&M over No. SHARE Why this former BYU coach is dumbfounded by Cougars' lack of success in league tourney. Not quite. New Mexico basketball scores, news, schedule, players, stats, photos, rumors, depth charts on RealGM.com 2023 BVM Sports. Lobo basketball fans will remember Kendall Williams from any number of Lobo highlights throughout his college career. Players of men's basketball at the University of New Mexico. Former University of Kansas and New Mexico Lobos basketball player Gethro Muscadin has died from injuries sustained in a one-car crash during the early-morning hours of Dec. 30, 2021. All deserving to be on the Top 50 Lobos list. Can KU basketball close out regular season with win over Texas Longhorns? Hes been great, said Pitino of Maluach, who has practiced all spring with the team, even as recently as last week. Regarding the earlier comment about Makuach: To avoid recency bias, I generally dont place players in a top 50 or honorable mention list until they have been gone from UNM for at least 5 years. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - As Richard Pitino continues to rebuild the UNM men's basketball program, he is teaching his team the importance of Lobo history. Guitarist Ottmar Liebert bringing his unique blend of music Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra will perform with the New Mexico Philharmonic at Popejoy Hall on Saturday, March 11. Even though he wasnt part of the team any more doesnt mean hes not the great kid he is. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me. They discuss current events, sports and family life. STATE TOURNAMENT: Though fans will be allowed in a limited capacity in the Pit this week for the state high school basketball tournament, and the court is quite literally across the hall from Pitinos new office in the Rudy Davalos practice facility, neither the new Lobos coach nor anyone on his staff will be allowed to sneak a peek at any of the action. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Udeze finished with 25 points and 9 rebounds, House went for 24 points and 5 assists and UNM on Tuesday night shot a blistering 58.2% in a 94-80 . It was a win over a Utah State team that went on to win the Mountain West Tournament the following week and . He played his senior high school season at Aspire Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, where he started 11 of 17 games. McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. The Basketball Tournament the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks revealed Monday that The Enchantment, the New Mexico alumni team, has been admitted into TBTs 64-team field. He also won gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games as part of the US men's national basketball teams. In the early morning hours of Dec. 30, 2021, after attending a Kansas-Nevada basketball game as a fan, he was the passenger in a car driven by a 21-year-old female friend when the car left the roadway and rolled several times. Soon after he declared for the NFL Draft. Our program is as honest and clean as there is in college athletics.''. TV broadcast information will be announced soon. And yes, if any one out there adds a player to the top 50, then please tell the group who you are removing. Lobo was awarded the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup for 199495, presented to the athlete "most deserving of recognition as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year". You will now be able to customize your experience on our website. Mike Lucero was a standout prep player at Santa Fe High and for the Lobos in the early 1960s. The victims name has not been released as of this writing. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position for much of her career. Guitarist Ottmar Liebert bringing his unique blend of music Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra will perform with the New Mexico Philharmonic at Popejoy Hall on Saturday, March 11. So sad. BOISE, Idaho Each Mountain West Conference school keeps an unadorned championship trophy, without year or team or sport, for immediate photo ops in the event that someone clinches a conference . [11], Lobo continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). I seem to remember it was only 24. We are just devastated as a program. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BVM) Many of the best athletes to ever play basketball for the University of New Mexico didn't begin their college careers at UNM, but they certainly left their mark on the program before moving on to play professionally. 15 Richest LGBTQ+ Athletes & Former Athletes in the US. University of New Mexico Hospital launching health care listening Hospital CEO Kate Becker says 'we really want to hear from our community about what their health needs are' in order to prioritize resources. Thus, he is not up for evaluation. All rights reserved. To some extent, that's true. Lobo suffered a setback in 1999, tearing her left anterior cruciate ligament and her meniscus in the first game of the season. Due to her recurring problems with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, (ACL), she campaigned to raise awareness of knee injury risks in women. I don't believe there is a player from the last 60 years I haven't considered, but let me know if there is a glaring omission. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. 1. Its a family out here in Lobo land., Im only used to a certain kind of culture, which is winning, especially here, said Kenny Thomas. The next season she was traded to the Connecticut Sun, where she retired in 2003. Muscadin played at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas and Aspire Academy in Louisville, Kentucky during his high school career. The top five seeds get first-round byes into the . The third and final game of the Wichita regional will take place on Tuesday, July 20. The University of New Mexico's 50 greatest Men's Lobo basketball players through 2020 1) Mel Daniels PF 65-67. The smiles ! Pitino noted: I was very close to Gethro off the court. Whether he's scoring 46 against Colorado State or facing New Mexico State at The Pit, Williams never disappointed Lobo Nation with his exciting style of play. The most recent review suggested many other players should be higher than him, thus I moved him down significantly. Student. Thank you for the laughs ! He could have received a maximum sentence of one to five years on each of the 21 counts, but Judge Philip Baiamonte deferred sentence for a year at the end of which all counts would be dropped. His block of Noah Hartsock vs BYU, and his short baseline jumper vs top 10 ranked SDSU in the final minute of the game played in the Pit were 2 monumental moments for that years 30-5 team. 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A down year for UCONN now with five losses on the season . Once the kid accepts it, he loses respect for the coach, so the coach already has lost him as a player.''. I don't believe there is a player from the last 60 years I haven't considered, but let me know if there is a glaring omission. 2) Opinions of fans older than me who watched the players from the 1960s (my memory of the players starts in about 1970). As for how he ended up at New Mexico the 2020-21 freshman season of the highly recruited prep star didnt turn out as he had hoped after playing just 11 games at Kansas that came down to a prior relationship with Pitino. 50 retired", "Lobo: I'm just 1st of many Huskies heading to Hall", "The Home Team: Of Mothers, Daughters, and American Champions (9781568361994): Ruth Ann Lobo, Ruthann Lobo, Rebecca Lobo: Books", "Where are they now? One of those courses was Fundamentals of Basketball. At 5-11, the season looked lost. Feb. 25As the world's attention was focused squarely Thursday on war breaking out in Ukraine, one former Lobo basketball player spent what he called "the craziest day of my life" just trying to get out of a nation under siege. New Mexico doesn't have any professional sports, but the community rallies behind the Lobos basketball team, which is staging a comeback after a rough downfall. The school announced the hiring Tuesday, with Kitchens named to replace John Lilly after Lilly joined Frank Reich's staff with the NFL's Carolina Panthers. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina has hired former Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens as its run-game coordinator and tight ends coach. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. For me, I'd remove Olney and Hobson from the most elite tier and replace them with Greene and Hardin. The NCAA wont allow a return of in-person recruiting for college coaches until late June. New Mexico Lobos men's basketball players, Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players, New Mexico Lobos men's basketball statistical leaders, Charles Smith (basketball, born August 1975), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball_players&oldid=950612294, This page was last edited on 13 April 2020, at 00:11. The big news out of Lobo mens basketball on Wednesday was the program, for now, has a roster for the 2021-22 season that no longer exceeds the NCAAs maximum scholarship limit of 13. The team won their first four games, then lost 8070 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. Muscadin, the No. Former players have joined for Get original content and the most important sports news from trusted sources delivered to your inbox. She is charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. [9] Lobo was named the 1995 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation. American professional women's basketball player, Breast cancer advocate and health spokesperson, Stated on Finding Your Roots, PBS, September 30, 2014, Big East Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year, Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 points, List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 rebounds, "McGrady, Self, Lobo headline 2017 HOF class", "Wall full of local Warriors - Bellingham, MA - Country Gazette", "Celebrate Hispanic Heritage! But eventually that college career came to an end and it . He started nine of 12 games. In 1995 Lobo passed through tryouts to join the national team, which later became the US team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. Stay connected with BVM Sports: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram, {"rules": {"password": "required", "password_confirm": {"equalTo": "#registerPassword"}}}. Texas mom accused of leaving 3-year-old in car while shopping at Target. I grew up without a father, he said. For the school's women's players, see Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players. He UNM to Madison Square Garden where the Lobos were edged 65-63 by eventual champion Virginia Tech in the 1973 NIT quarterfinals despite his 22 points in that game. 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The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. I would have Makuach somewhere on the list. He had averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game at UNM. In the months prior to the Lobogate disclosures late in 1979, one of those players was convicted of misappropriating city funds. Some extra notes, quotes, news and notes from the Lobos Friday night basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado. . His high school coach is a friend of mine. I understand that this list is about how these gents did as Lobos, but winning 3 NBA championships with MJ and Pippen has got to count for something beyond a big gold trophy. Their additional three locations remain open. BYU coach Steve Cleveland looks on from the sideline of the BYU-Utah game at the Marriott Center in Provo. Even so, the Norm Ellenberger mystique still permeates much of Albuquerque and New Mexico where the Lobos of his regime were described as a ''state religion.'' In 27 games for Udeze this past season at Wichita State, the Houston native . The Pit. [13] In 2002, she was traded to the Houston Comets in exchange for Houston's second-round selection (26th overall) in the 2002 WNBA draft. Growing up without a dad, only having mom, it was really hard. Ron Nelson, Ron Sanford, Bernard Hardin, Mark Saiers, and Dairese Gary are 5 of them. Since his tragic accident last December, we have all been praying for a miracle. Im looking forward to watching so many of our storied Lobo alumni in pursuit of the TBT title. Mar. the program is proceeding now as though the four-year starter is moving on. Menu Betting Apps . The log said the crash involving a 2018 Ford utility vehicle took place at mile marker 163.9, which is 13 miles south of the second Topeka, Kansas exit off the Turnpike. I also moved Darryl Minniefield down. The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. Norm Ellenberger's assistant, Manny Goldstein, was a major figure in arranging the fraudulent system. Slick and smooth, he now operates a nightclub called Ned's and coaches the Albuquerque Quicksilvers of the Continental Basketball Association. Manage the news you want to see, read exclusive content and explore other subscriber benefits. KU coach Bill Self wrote on Twitter: Gethro Muscadin passed away late last night.