The UNM men’s basketball team is undefeated against the Aggies this season — and not just the Lobos’ interstate rival. The Lobos beat the NMSU Aggies twice, and on Saturday UNM handed No.
The UNM men’s basketball team is potentially two consecutive wins away from a national ranking. The Lobos (8-0) are floating around the outskirts of the top 25 poll — getting votes in the AP and USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. And if college basketball kept track of the top 50, the Lobos would be ranked about 35th.
Is the UNM women’s basketball team in the midst of an identity crisis? Truthfully, the Lobos’ play is, at this point, utterly amorphous, and UNM has yet to form a composite personality this season. In their losses, the Lobos (5-3) have been in a stream of consciousness disarray. There have been bright spots, like, say, center Valerie Kast scoring 14 points in a 65-55 loss to Texas Tech. But inconsistency has held UNM back, point guard Amy Beggin said.
The clock hit zero, and the buzzer sounded; Section 26 rushed Bob King Court, and students hoisted UNM guard Nate Garth above their shoulders at The Pit on Wednesday. The UNM men’s basketball team defeated No.
Ask UNM men’s head basketball coach Steve Alford about his Lobos’ undefeated start, and he’ll say he is “pleasantly pleased.” But an Alford mood swing might be forthcoming on Wednesday when No.
All the players are the same — it’s only the minutes that will change. The Lobo lineup will remain intact when the UNM women’s basketball team (4-2) travels to NMSU on Wednesday, but point guard Amy Beggin will see diminished minutes due to a fatigued ankle — the same ankle she had minor surgery on in the offseason, said head coach Don Flanagan. Beggin, who played nearly 40 minutes per game last year, started off the season in similar fashion, playing all but two minutes through UNM’s first three games.
Unfortunately, at the conclusion of Saturday’s Thanksgiving Midtown Tournament, the UNM women’s basketball team (4-2) wasn’t able to say “Winner, winner — turkey dinner!” University of Toledo’s (5-2) menacing zone was the brainteaser the Lobos could never decipher, especially at the tail end of the game, resulting in a 62-56 loss for UNM.
Editor, Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the Daily Lobo’s Ryan Tomari a UNM student? Whatever happened to school spirit?
It was a weekend of threes for the UNM men’s basketball team. Three games, three wins — over Nicholls State, Louisiana Tech and then Miami of Ohio on Sunday — three players on the All-Tournament team. Throughout the UNM-hosted Travelers Tournament, the Lobos put up three 80-point games, winning by double digits all weekend. In Sunday night’s tournament wrap up, the Lobos blew out Miami of Ohio University 85-60 to finish off a perfect 3-0 weekend.
The UNM women’s basketball team didn’t have enough speed or force to stop Oklahoma State on Wednesday. The Cowgirls tired out the Lobos in the semifinals of the preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament at The Pit, 70-56, putting the Lobos 2-1 in the season. “We played a good first half, but in the second half we couldn’t shoot,” said head coach Don Flanagan.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. The solo senior from the Lone Star State shined bright Tuesday at the Pan American Center. Roman Martinez, the only senior on the 2009-10 UNM men’s basketball team, tied his careerhigh with 24 against in-state rival, New Mexico State. Martinez was one rebound shy of a double-double with nine.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — What the UNM men’s basketball team learned Tuesday at the Pan American Center: The Aggies aren’t hemophiliacs. Yes, NMSU bled — for that matter poured in the first 20 minutes of Tuesday’s contest, down 16 at intermission — but eventually the blood coagulated, and the Aggies’ apparent mortal wound didn’t turn out to be as deadly as first thought. When all was said and done, the Lobos eked out a 97-87 victory over their inner-state rivals, marking the Lobos’ fourth consecutive win over NMSU, two of those wins coming in Las Cruces.
Now and again, the UNM women’s basketball team will face an oddball squad that gives them problems. That happened on Sunday at The Pit, though the Lobos, thanks to some adept coaching from head coach Don Flanagan, got past Florida Gulf Coast’s lineup traps for an 80-64 victory. The Lobos advance to face Oklahoma State in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday. FGCU was quite the conundrum for the UNM women’s basketball team. What the Eagles lacked in size, they made up for in grit, constantly hounding the Lobos’ post players with busy hands.
UC-Riverside was finished almost before the game began. The game was close — for all of five minutes.
The low post seemed to be a big problem for the UNM men’s basketball team. Hold your horses. Will Brown and A.J.
Men’s 09 Starting line The 2009-10 UNM men’s basketball team’s season will be much like an episode of “Unsolved Mysteries” for head coach Steve Alford. Super sleuth Alford will have to figure out one looming question: How can the Lobos repeat their performance from a year ago? The Lobos, who are picked to finish fifth in the Mountain West Conference, have only one senior leader, Roman Martinez.
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