by Ryan Tomari Daily Lobo As a member of the UNM community, I have tried to stay optimistic about the upcoming 2010 UNM football season. After picking up NCAA Football 2011 at midnight at my local Walmart, consider my enthusiasm curbed. All things considered, in the end, the final score was Oregon 72, UNM 3.
Becoming a star in the NBA: relentless. Being selected to tryout for the U.S. Men’s National Basketball team: joyous.
There’s no defending the conspired commercial ploy, a down-and-dirty business deal crafted among promoters, boxers and television enablers. Gone are the golden days when boxing, much like art, was viewed for its aesthetic value, for its controlled violence and the bonding emotional effect it had on its viewers.
In his own way, Carmen Messina played like a ferocious wolf on the football field in 2009, or maybe a bucking bronco. Messina, a middle linebacker on the UNM football team, is the preseason favorite for the “Bronco” Nagurski Award, which is awarded to the nation’s best college defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
With the whole world watching, Albuquerque gladly joined in, too. New Mexicans were emotionally invested in the world’s most popular sport.
When a starfish loses a limb, it regenerates the missing appendage. This concept is one the UNM cross country teams would do well to replicate in the upcoming season.
Welcome to UNM and the Mountain West Conference, football younglings. For 18 freshmen on the UNM football team, wanting to make an instant impact and get playing time is the No.
More than 100 women hit the gridiron June 26 as part of the Lobo women’s football clinic, which taught participants football drills and rules.
It wasn’t exactly Death Valley, but the UNM men’s basketball team jaunted through the dunes of doom on June 26. Led by strength and conditioning coach Mark Paulsen, the Lobos spent Saturday scaling the hills near the Hard Rock Hotel Albuquerque and taking part in a voluntary workout.
Many detractors refuse to reconcile simple truths and are instead content concocting fantastical reasons for relatively explainable phenomenon.
It was a split-second decision that might have cost Darington Hobson first-round money. On Thursday night, Hobson was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (37th overall) of thhe NBA Draft. Back in April, Hobson made the decision to put his name into the NBA Draft lot.
The monotone cadence present in Darington Hobson’s voice either belies his truest emotions or suggests he’s not the least bit worried about his draft stock, though he won’t cop to being so self-assured. “I don’t get caught up in who wants me the most,” Hobson said, sleepily, in a telephone interview the evening before the NBA Draft.
Gather ’round the camp fire, high school young’ns. The UNM men’s basketball team hosted a high school camp for teams from New Mexico and Western Texas and one team from Wasilla, Alaska. The four-day team camp took place June 17-20 and was intended to develop up-and-coming high school basketball stars. Wasilla, Alaska dominated pool play, where it won all four games against top New Mexico teams like La Cueva and Roswell Goddard.
College football will have a much different landscape in 2011 after the conference realignment that has taken place over the last few weeks.
by Isaac Avilucea Daily Lobo Oh, how we honor you, William and Joseph. If “Remember Koman Coulibaly.
UNM track and field athletes and fans alike faced a bittersweet end —but mostly bitter— to the NCAA track championships. It started with Sandy Fortner in the heptathlon, who dropped out after the shot put. Because of rainy weather conditions in Eugene, Ore., Fortner, who was ranked fifth going into the event, fouled on all three of her throw attempts, causing her to drop to 22nd in the standings. Fortner then decided to withdraw from the event.
Welcome to the mountain top, Boise State. On June 11, Boise State University became the 10th member of the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos, who left the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), will join the MWC effective July 11, 2011. “There is no doubt the addition of Boise State strengthens the membership of the Mountain West Conference,”
It’s the big leagues for five Lobo baseball players. The UNM baseball team had five players drafted in the 10 MLB Draft on June 8, 9 and 10. Although no Lobos were taken on the draft’s first day, four players were taken on the second day and one on the final day. The Lobos send two starting pitchers and the heart of their batting order from the 2010 season to the professional ranks.
The season and the dream are over. Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham was able to deliver on his promise and take the UNM baseball team to the NCAA baseball championship after only three years with UNM. The UNM baseball team was eliminated Sunday from the NCAA tournament by Cal-State Fullerton, 11-3, in the NCAA Fullerton Region. The tournament appearance for the Lobos was the first since 1962, a 48-year drought. The Titans put up a two-run home run in the first inning by Corey Jones and CSF added two more in the third inning to go up 5-0. Cal-State Fullerton never looked back. The Lobos did mend the wounds by scoring two runs in the bottom off of a Daniel Gonzalez single. Senior Max Willett added to the Lobos’ tally by a single of his own. Cal-State Fullerton’s Nick Ramirez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third and ended Lobos starting pitcher Mike Lachapelle. Kenny Toves allowed another run in the inning and added to the Titans score, 7-2. UNM finished with a 38-22 record and won the first game of the Fullerton Region with a victory over Stanford on Friday. However, the Lobos lost to Minnesota, 7-4, on Saturday to move into the consolation bracket. If the Lobos had beaten CSF, they would have played Minnesota again on Sunday night for the opportunity to advance to the Super Regionals of the tournament.
Michael Jordan once said, “You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way.” Jordan’s wisdom became philosophy during Lobo head basketball coach Steve Alford’s basketball camp last week at the Rudy Davalos Center, one of many camps scheduled throughout the summer.
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