The NCAA West No. 3 seed New Mexico, Mountain West regular-season and tournament champions, dropped out in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Division I National Championships Thursday night after a 68-62 loss to Harvard.
UNM and Steve Alford have reached an agreement for a new 10-year contract that will keep the men’s basketball coach at the school through 2023, the University announced Wednesday.
By most evaluations, New Mexico’s 2012-13 season will be considered a success regardless of how the team’s NCAA tournament run turns out.
The Daily Lobo had a Q-and-A with Martin Kessler, the Harvard Crimson men’s basketball beat writer. Kessler is a senior sociology student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team takes on Harvard on Thursday in the NCAA tournament second round in Salt Lake City. Seeded No. 3 in the West Region, UNM will tip off with the No. 14 seed Crimson at 7:50 p.m. The game will be televised on TNT.
The University of New Mexico and men’s head basketball coach Steve Alford have reached an agreement to a 10-year contract extension.
When asking Tony Snell a question, be prepared for a short answer. UNM’s junior guard isn’t the most talkative person, but what he lacks in words he more than makes up on the hard court.
Behind another strong effort from junior guard Tony Snell, No. 15 New Mexico cut down the nets at the Thomas & Mack Center as Mountain West champions after disposing of UNLV 63-56 on Saturday. The win gives UNM (29-5) an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which begins next week.
In the Mountain West Basketball Championship title game against UNLV, New Mexico’s Tony Snell netted 21 points on 8 of 11 shooting in the No. 15 Lobos 63-56 victory over the Runnin’ Rebels at the Thomas & Mack Center. As a result, the junior guard won the tournament’s MVP award
Tony Snell helped spur a 14-2 run to start the second half, leading the No. 14 New Mexico men past San Diego State in the Mountain West Basketball Championship semifinals. With its 60-50 win over the Aztecs, UNM earned a spot in the conference finals for the second time in two years.
San Diego State was too much too early for the New Mexico women’s basketball team Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center in a 67-39 Mountain West Basketball Championships semifinals loss. The top seed Aztecs will play Fresno State in Saturday’s title game.
Antiesha Brown scored a game-high 21 points in 22 minutes, propelling the New Mexico women to a 72-59 victory over past UNLV in Mountain West Basketball Championships quarterfinals Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
New Mexico men’s basketball coach Steve Alford is in good spirits. His top-seeded Lobos are in the Mountain West Basketball Championship semifinals looking for their second straight tournament title. They’ll take on No. 4 seed San Diego State Friday at 7:05 p.m. MT.
The top seed New Mexico men, along with San Diego State, UNLV and Colorado State, are moving on to the semifinals of the Mountain West Basketball Championships. Both semifinal contests will take place Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The top seed New Mexico men now know whom they will play in the Mountain West Basketball Championships: it’s Wyoming. The Cowboys advanced to second round after capturing an 85-81 victory over Nevada in Tuesday’s first round. Also, Nevada women move on with win vs. Air Force
Based on Wednesday night’s game, No. 12 New Mexico showed it’s not taking this week off. The Lobos, already the No. 1 seed in next week’s Mountain West Tournament, powered their way past Nevada in their second-to-last regular-season contest.
Tony Snell recorded his highest point total in a Mountain West Conference game Wednesday night, leading the No. 12 New Mexico men past Nevada 75-62 for the Lobos’ sixth straight victory.
Mission accomplished? Not quite yet. The No. 12 New Mexico Lobos may have wrapped up the MWC regular-season title race, but there is still work to be done.
It’s easy to get caught up in March Madness this time of year, especially when the hometown Lobos make a lot of noise.
New Mexico junior guard Demetrius Walker has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules, head coach Steve Alford announced Monday at his weekly press conference.
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