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'Phase II' amps up running game

If giving speeches and making plans won football games, Mike Locksley would be undefeated as a head coach. The man who calls himself “Coach Locks” moved forward to Phase II of his proclaimed “renovation project.” But everyone knows how Phase I went. In 2009, Locksley encountered several off-the-field distractions, hampering the results of a year that included a 1-11 season.



	Dairese Gary leaves the  oor at the HP Pavilion following the Lobos’ loss to the Washington Huskies in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday. Gary will return to the Lobo lineup next year as
a senior.
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Fighting to the bitter end of a ten-inning struggle

The Utah and UNM baseball teams exchanged rallies on Sunday like people exchange phone numbers with each other. But in a series finale that needed extra innings on Sunday, the Utes got the last call over the Lobos, with a 9-8 win at Isotopes Stadium, taking two of three games from the Lobos over the weekend. “It was very hard to stomach,” said UNM head baseball coach Ray Birmingham.


	Dairese Gary leaves the  oor at the HP Pavilion following the Lobos’ loss to the Washington Huskies in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday. Gary will return to the Lobo lineup next year as
a senior.
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Guard steals spotlight in final game

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As he sat there, hands folded in the locker room, a pained expression on his face, Dairese Gary recounted the agony he felt when the UNM men’s basketball team’s magic-carpet-ride season was expiring before his eyes.


	Roman Martinez walks toward Huskies’ bench, his eye bloodied from a mid-air collision with an elbow. The Lobos watched their season end, as Washington pulled off an 82-64 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Curtains close

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an Iditarod-style basketball game, the Husky outran the Lobo. The languishing Lobos watched their Sweet 16 hopes dissipate, as No.


	Darington Hobson clutches is wrist in pain on the Lobo bench after falling on to the hardwood on Thursday in the Lobos’ first-round win over No. 14 Montana. Hobson, who had his wrist wrapped, underwent X-rays but they came back negative. He will play today.
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Wrist(ky) business

There’s no question Darington Hobson is a performer. He’s also a master when it comes to histrionics, evidenced by his exaggerated tendency to peacock inside The Pit.


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Friends in times of peace, enemies in war

*Men’s basketball vs. Washington 2 p.m MT. on CBS* SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s like one of those unfortunate war stories — two men obliged with the task of taking out their best friend, in the name of confounding patriotism. War has no sentimental boundaries.



	Steve Alford strolls around HP Pavilion, while his team goes through its 40-minute practice session on Wednesday. The Lobos will face No. 14 Montana today at 7:50 p.m.
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All in jest

Today’s game will settle New Mexico and Montana’s war of words SAN JOSE, Calif. — The battle of the court jesters has already begun. Entertaining as New Mexico’s Darington Hobson and Montana’s Anthony Johnson have been on the hardwood, they made for better-than-advertised entertainment away from it at Wednesday’s media session at the HP Pavilion. NCAA March Madness maniacs can only hope the two will make for great television tonight, when the third-seeded Lobos battle No.


	Darington Hobson joyously celebrates on Selection Sunday after the Lobos found out who they’d play in the NCAA Tournament . UNM will face Montana on Thursday.
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No way! It's San Jose

The Lobos look to make a lengthy postseason run in the NCAA Tournament after enjoying unparalled regular-season success. This time around, the UNM men’s basketball team doesn’t have endure March Sadness. No, it’s official.





	Aztec forward Billy White throws down a vicious slam in transition. White had 28 points and gave the Lobos fits in the paint
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White-wash

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Billy White’s performance in the first half of the Mountain West Conference semi-finals looks like his typical stat sheet. Ten points per game, five rebounds, a couple of assists and, if he was lucky, a 3-pointer. But on Friday, the Aztecs luminary forward had a performance like the bright lights on the Las Vegas Strip. Even better, White’s career-best basketball recital came while he was hobbled by injury. Against UNM in San Diego on Jan.


	Dairese Gary lays sprawled out on the hardwood at the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday, after missing a potential tying shot with second remaining in the game. UNM was defeated, 72-69 at the hands of San Diego State.
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Farewell for now

LAS VEGAS — Take one: UNM point guard Dairese Gary takes the ball, drives the length of the court, nearly loses the ball inside the paint, regains control and misses a layup, banking it too hard off the glass.





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