(Video) Mountain West Lives Up to Hype on Opening Night
The Mountain West Conference, with all the hype it created with its stellar non-conference schedule, didn't disappoint Wednesday night as league play opened.First, here are the scores: @Air Force 78,...
View Article(Video) UNLV Alumnus, New Mexico Native Ejected for Pushing Rebels Player
With 13:35 left in the second half of Wednesday night's New Mexico/UNLV basketball game in the Pit, a fan donning a New Mexico State flag t-shirt sitting in the front row gave a shove to Runnin' Rebels...
View Article(Video) Infamous Pit Pusher Barred From Arena for Year
Daniel Romero wont be back in the Pit.At least not this year.University of New Mexico officials on Friday decided that Romero, a Belen native and former UNLV student, will not be allowed back in the...
View ArticleLobos Get Commitment From Class of 2014 Hoops Recruit (w/ Video)
The University of New Mexico on Sunday received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-5 Alvarado (Texas) High School shooting guard Xavier Adams, who was in the Pit with his parents and AAU basketball coach...
View ArticleGeoff Grammer’s AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Ballot for Jan. 13
Here is my Associated Press Top 25 mens basketball ballot for Jan. 13, 2013, with records through Sundays games in parenthesis (CLICK HERE for my Jan. 7 ballot):1. Louisville (15-1)2. Michigan (16-1)3....
View ArticleLobos’ Kirk Earns Another Player of the Week Honor
Powered by two dominating performances leading his Lobos to a 2-0 start in Mountain West Conference play, New Mexico sophomore center Alex Kirk was named the league's co-Player of the Week on Monday...
View ArticleUNM Moves Back Up National Rankings (view polls)
A 2-0 start in Mountain West Conference play, including a win over ranked UNLV, has the New Mexico Lobos moving back up the national rankings.The Lobos (15-2, 2-0 MWC) moved up to No. 19 in the...
View ArticleMWC Notebook: Wyoming Faces Adversity
Wyoming Rebounds From AdversityAll the great publicity the Wyoming Cowboys garnered through its improbable 13-0 non-conference run is being put to the test.First the Cowboys fell from the ranks of the...
View ArticleReaders Suggest Nicknames for Lobos Big Man Duo
In an article published in Tuesday's Journal, I halfheartedly suggested that No. 19 New Mexico's big man duo of Alex Kirk and Cameron Bairstow have been playing so well together lately they are in need...
View Article(Video) Valpo Player Who Fouled Kendall Williams Strikes Again
Lobos fans may remember during the second half of the Dec. 8 win over Valparaiso when junior guard Kendall Williams had a breakaway slam dunk attempt thwarted by a hard, intentional foul called on...
View ArticleGeoff Grammer’s AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Ballot for Jan. 21
Here is my Associated Press Top 25 mens basketball ballot for Jan. 21, 2013, with records through Sundays games in parenthesis (CLICK HERE for my Jan. 14 ballot):Michigan (17-1)Duke (16-1)Syracuse...
View ArticleLobos Up to No. 15 in AP Poll, No. 17 in Coaches Poll (view polls)
The New Mexico Lobos played just one game last week, but an overtime victory on the road in league play was enough to convince voters in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls to...
View ArticleMountain West Notebook: Air Force Is a Scoring Machine
Pilipovich has changed the Falcons' offensive style Air Force basketball coach Dave Pilipovich summed up Air Force's offensive explosion on Saturday in a 91-80 win over Boise State about the only way...
View ArticleMountain West to Expand League Hoops Schedule to 18 in 2013-14
The Mountain Wests announcement Tuesday that there will be two divisions dubbed Mountain and West for football starting in the 2013-14 season wont affect basketball.But the league will expand to 11...
View ArticleThoughts on Future Scheduling of Mountain West Basketball Games
It was announced yesterday that the Mountain West would move to an 18-game basketball schedule (here is my story from yesterday) to accommodate its 11 basketball members for the 2013-14 season.The...
View ArticleLobos Only Ranked Team Not Making More Baskets Than Opponents
In basketball, you're supposed to make more than the other guy, right?Well, not if you get to the free throw line like the No. 15 New Mexico Lobos do.Through Wednesday's games, UNM was the only team...
View ArticleLowest Scoring Lobos Games in Shot Clock Era
SAN DIEGO -- The No. 15 New Mexico Lobos were held to 34 points Saturday at Viejas Arena in an embarrassing 55-34 loss to San Diego State.It was the lowest point total in the shot clock era (the...
View ArticleGeoff Grammer’s AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Ballot for Jan. 28
After a week of 17 losses to Top 25 teams, including 14 of those losses coming at the hands of unranked teams, there were actually only two new teams to join my ballot this week. I initially thought my...
View ArticleLobos Remain in Top 20 of AP Poll, 22 in Coaches Poll (view polls)
Saturday's loss to San Diego State was embarrassing for the New Mexico Lobos, but the sky didn't exactly fall on the first place team in the Mountain West.The Lobos dropped five spots to No. 20 in the...
View ArticleMountain West Notebook: League Coaches Happy With Lobo Loss
A great league has a great race again. That seemed to be the general consensus Monday among Mountain West coaches who again sang the praises of the night-in, night-out nature of the conference that has...
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