In February 2011, Lobo men’s basketball student tickets were a hot commodity. Students were camping out days before ticket distribution, and every conference game was sold out. The Lobos were 4-4 in conference action.

Fast forward 12 months, and the Lobos are 6-2 in conference play, in the mix for a conference championship, and ranked just outside of the top 25. However, there are still more than 600 free student tickets for Saturday’s game against Wyoming. What changed?

Last spring, Howl Raisers, ASUNM and Athletics worked together to create a better student ticket distribution system that would allow for more students to attend games. The new policy went into effect this season. Unfortunately, this new policy has killed the hype of Lobo basketball.

So, I am reaching out to you, Lobos. What is it that Howl Raisers can do to bring back the excitement to Section 26? This year Section 26 is nominated for the Naismith Student Section of the Year Award, and this is our chance to show the rest of college basketball why our student section deserves the national attention.

You can send your input to raisers@unm.edu or join the Howl Raisers for our weekly meetings.

Shawn Jimenez
President of Howl Raisers