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Lobo baseball moves home games to Lobo Field
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 26The New Mexico baseball team is making a venue change starting with this weekend’s game versus San Diego State.
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Alford: Tony Snell looking into NBA Draft
J.R. Oppenheim | March 26Tony Snell will dip his toe into the NBA waters. New Mexico head basketball coach Steve Alford said Tuesday afternoon his star junior guard will put his name into the upcoming NBA Draft.
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‘There’s no entitlement here’
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 25The New Mexico baseball team bounced back after another mind-numbing loss at Lobo Field on Sunday. In a doubleheader versus Nevada, UNM dropped the first game 3-2 but came back to win the second game 7-5.
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Lobos defeat Siena 13-5, 5-2
J.R. Oppenheim | March 25During both ends of Sunday’s doubleheader, the New Mexico softball team needed to overcome deficits to defeat Siena College. It won both games by different methods.
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Thomas Romero-Salas | March 25The UNM men’s and women’s track teams accumulated 25 top-10 finishes at the UTEP Springtime Invitational on Saturday.
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Lobos fall to Harvard Crimson
J.R. Oppenheim | March 22The 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.
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Bears bite back in doubleheader
Michael Sol Warren | March 22The UNM baseball team played two very different games on Tuesday as it split a doubleheader with Missouri State. The Lobos came away with an extra-innings win in the first game, but dropped the second in a blowout loss.
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MWC returns to ESPN this fall
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 22For the Mountain West Conference, more national exposure is right around the corner.
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Lobos hot to trot to hammer Harvard
J.R. Oppenheim | March 21By most evaluations, New Mexico’s 2012-13 season will be considered a success regardless of how the team’s NCAA tournament run turns out.
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Harvard and UNM sports reporters talk NCAA game
J.R. Oppenheim | March 21The 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.
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Daily Lobo and Harvard sports reporters discuss today's NCAA game between the Lobos and the Crimson
March 20The 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.
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BREAKING NEWS: Alford gets 10-year extension as UNM basketball coach
J.R. Oppenheim | March 20The University of New Mexico and men’s head basketball coach Steve Alford have reached an agreement to a 10-year contract extension.
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Lobos take tourney title
J.R. Oppenheim | March 18New Mexico has seen a little bit of everything this season. From Wyoming’s grind-it-out style to the UNLV’s up-tempo pace, the No. 15 Lobos have beaten them all at least once
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UNM takes three seed in NCAA tournament
Antonio Sanchez | March 18Hot off their Saturday win, the Lobos are lacing up for another dance. As of Sunday, the Mountain West conference tournament champions are third seed in the West region of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.
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“Silent Assassin” Tony Snell nets 21 points against UNLV in Mountain West championship game
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 18When 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.
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Top of the Mountain West: Lobos take tournament title
J.R. Oppenheim | March 16Behind 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.
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Tony Snell wins Mountain West tournament MVP
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 16In 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
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New Mexico men return to Mountain West finals, will face UNLV
J.R. Oppenheim | March 15Tony 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.
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New Mexico women out of Mountain West tourney with loss to San Diego State
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 15San 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.
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New Mexico women drop UNLV in Mountain West quarterfinals, advance
Thomas Romero-Salas | March 14Antiesha 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.
