All five New Mexico starters reached double figures as the Lobos won their second preseason exhibition game before the regular season begins. Forward Cameron Bairstow led the pack with 16 points and nine rebounds in UNM’s 94-51 victory over Jamestown Wednesday night at The Pit.
As was apparent in Saturday’s preseason exhibition game at The Pit, college basketball teams will have to adjust to some new rule changes implemented by the NCAA. UNM and Eastern New Mexico combined for 49 total fouls in their exhibition, an 87-68 victory for the Lobos.
Despite a lopsided win in the first exhibition match, there are plenty of obvious kinks that need to be straightened out for the New Mexico women’s basketball team preseason.
Some coaches enter their first year with a program in disarray. As an outsider to the program, sometimes a coach may have to encourage his players to buy in to the new system. Players may reject the system and transfer, making it a rebuilding effort.
The New Mexico Lobo women’s basketball team is planning to turn over a new leaf this year, and is looking to accept all challenges it may face in the 2013 season.
All it took was the zip of a jacket for the New Mexico basketball team to lose out on Zylan Cheatham. Cheatham, the No. 1 prospect in the state of Arizona, unzipped his jacket to unveil a San Diego State T-shirt. That signaled he had chosen San Diego State over Washington University and conference rival UNM.
The classic red blazer for the Lobo Howl? Nah. Craig Neal opted for a different jacket. Neal sported a leather jacket and rode his motorcycle onto the court moments before introducing his team for the Lobo Howl, a preseason exhibition event held Friday at The Pit.
New Mexico women’s basketball head coach Yvonne Sanchez said she is pleased that her team was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference. Sanchez said the team is prepared for a tough conference and is thrilled with the preseason ranking
The New Mexico men’s basketball team came in at No. 20 in USA Today’s preseason coaches poll released Thursday. The Lobos are coming off an impressive season that ended with Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles.
After Saturday’s basketball practice, first-year head coach Craig Neal said he caught himself looking around the court. Steve Alford wasn’t there. It’s something Neal said he’ll have to get used to.
Returning from an 11-day trip to Australia, the New Mexico men’s basketball team learned at least one thing about itself: Hugh Greenwood is definitely the best surfer on the squad.
The San Diego State University student cheering section known as “The Show” was the focus of a firestorm on Twitter last week after the group’s Twitter account took shots at a UNM freshman basketball player about his emergency appendectomy in Australia.
Behind five double-digit scorers, the New Mexico men’s basketball team wrapped up its three-game exhibition tour in Australia Sunday with an 82-80 victory over the Gold Coast All-Stars.
Junior center Alex Kirk scored 26 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, to lead the New Mexico men’s basketball team to a 78-66 victory over the Kilsyth Cobras in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, according to a release.
Kicking off a three-game exhibition tour in Australia Monday, the New Mexico men’s basketball team overcame an 11-point second-half deficit Monday to beat the Sydney Kings 87-85 at Bankstown Basketball Stadium in Sydney, according to a press release.
Craig “Noodles” Neal found out last week the difference between being the head coach of the New Mexico men’s basketball team and the lead assistant. While traversing a local mall, Neal was mobbed by UNM fans who wanted to meet the new face of Lobo basketball.
Ten Lobos and the coaching staff departed Albuquerque late Friday afternoon for a three-game tour in Australia. They will meet up with guard Hugh Greenwood and forward Cameron Bairstow, two Lobos who are already in their home country for the summer break.
If this season’s nonconference schedule is any indication, coach Craig Neal’s Lobos won’t shy away from tough competition.
New Mexico center Alex Kirk and forward Cameron Bairstow finished their runs at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia on Thursday. Bairstow played for the silver medal-winning Australian team, and he averaged a team-leading 12.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
If the nonconference schedule is any indication, coach Craig Neal’s Lobos won’t shy away from tough competition this coming season. New Mexico will play at least four non-Mountain West teams that reached last spring’s NCAA tournament, all over the course of 17 days.
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