Column: Next year's men's Lobos shows promise
New Mexico’s season was not of the caliber fans have come to expect from UNM.
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New Mexico’s season was not of the caliber fans have come to expect from UNM.
New Mexico senior guard Hugh Greenwood will play his final home game in Cherry and Silver while trying to avoid the Lobos’ first losing season in his tenure at UNM.
New Mexico players and fans have grown accustomed to 20 or more wins from the men’s basketball team, but the 2014-15 season will have a different outcome — including the longest losing streak in more than 50 years.
The month of February has come to a close, and New Mexico will likely be glad to see the flip of the calendar.
For the first time this season it wasn’t the offense that brought New Mexico down. The defense did.
By Kyle Tomasi
Maybe it was the pressure of the inaugural Pink Pack game. Maybe it was because the Lobos were staring at a potential six-game losing streak for the first time since the 1970-1971 season.
The losses keep piling up for the New Mexico men’s basketball team, and head coach Craig Neal continues to point to the team’s youth as the cause.
A stagnant offense is not the best way to defeat the third best defense in the country. Running into the streaking first place San Diego State University Aztecs wasn’t necessarily the best situation for New Mexico, either.
Today the New Mexico men’s basketball team will have to overcome something that its seen a lot of this season: adversity.
Some of New Mexico’s losses this year have looked downright ugly. There is one bright spot for UNM, however, and it starts with the team’s two seniors.
By Kyle Tomasi
College hoops lost a legend on Wednesday morning when former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian died at 84. The national championship-winning coach for the Runnin’ Rebels faced many years of battling health issues later in his life, including a mild heart attack in March of 2012.
For the second straight game, the New Mexico men’s basketball team kept pace with its opponent until the end.
New Mexico has had trouble finding its identity this season, whether it be at the offensive or defensive ends. Wednesday’s loss at Air Force highlighted this.
Walk-ons typically are not expected to play much during the season. Junior college transfer Tim Jacobs was supposed to fit that role too until some teammate injuries and his solid play bumped up his playing time early this season.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will have another tough go-around with the unique Princeton offense when the Lobos face the Air Force Falcons for the second time this year.
Head coach Craig Neal was anything but pleased in spite of New Mexico’s 67-41 blowout over San Jose State on Saturday night.
For the first time in recent memory, New Mexico men’s basketball has had a hard time finding a consistent rotation due to injuries and an inexperienced team. Second-year head coach Craig Neal said his team is getting better every day, but still needs to work on mental errors.
Senior guard Hugh Greenwood’s “Pink Pack” received an unexpected gift from a state figure on Monday afternoon to go toward the UNM Cancer Center.