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North Carolina nabs NCAA title

April 5

by Eddie Pells The Associate Press ST. LOUIS - Of course, there was no way it was going to be easy. North Carolina did it, though, and now it's time to stop asking Roy Williams that doggone question. Sean May had 26 points and the Tar Heels didn't allow a basket over the final excruciating 2 1/2 minutes Monday night to defeat Illinois 75-70, a win that finally gave Williams, a 17-year coaching veteran, the national championship that was missing from his otherwise stellar rÇsumÇ.

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Long to retool Lobo lineup

Daniel Archuleta | April 4

Spring cleaning has begun for the Lobo football team. There are positions to fill, an offense to perfect and a little dust to shake off. Head coach Rocky Long spoke about the holes he needs to plug. "The key is kicker, linebacker and safety," he said. "We don't have a lot of depth on offense, but we do have a lot of experience.

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Athletes of the Week

April 4

Max Jones men's tennis Jones continued his brilliant freshman campaign with an easy singles win over Santa Clara's No. 1 seeded player, Taylor Bedilion. Jones is 3-0 this season when playing in the No. 1 singles spot. Caley Peterson softball When Katie Gregg couldn't retire a single batter in the second game of the Lobos' Sunday double-header, Peterson came out of the bullpen and dominated UNLV.

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Seniors dominate final match

Travis Weber | April 4

The meet was already in hand Sunday, with UNM leading the Santa Clara Broncos 4-1, but seniors David Kowalski and Ryan Stotland still had the Lobos' last two matches to wrap up. It was a fitting end to their Lobo careers. Kowalski and Stotland had all the attention.

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Lobos pull out late-game victory

April 4

by Justin Goodrum Daily Lobo A walk-off home run in the first game gave UNM all the momentum it needed to sweep a doubleheader Sunday against San Diego State. This Mountain West Conference rivalry has been unfriendly to the Lobos, as the Aztecs lead the all-time series 39-21 and outscored UNM 30-12 in their last five wins.

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Seeing doubles; duo ranked fourth

Travis Weber | April 1

College sports can be about friendship as much as competition. Take senior men's tennis players Ryan Stotland and David Kowalski. Stotland and Kowalski are teammates and roommates. Together they are having two of the most successful tennis careers UNM has ever seen.

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Lobos aim to better golf game

Kristie Boudwin | April 1

It was a bittersweet week for the UNM men's golf team. The Lobos placed sixth at the National Invitational Tournament at the Omni Tucson National Golf Course. UNM finished the three-round tournament 16-under par, 10 strokes from first place. The Lobos finished the first round tied for third place but fell to seventh place after a shaky second round.

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Sports in brief

March 28

Softball The Lobos took down New Mexico State in both games of a doubleheader Friday at Lobo Field. The superb pitching of Katie Gregg and Ashley Perkins helped UNM get two 2-0 shutouts. Gregg held NMSU to just three hits in the first game, while Perkins allowed only two.

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Athletes of the Week

March 28

Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott Track Kiptoo-Biwott won his collegiate cross country and indoor track debuts, and this weekend he placed 15th in the 5,000 at the Stanford Invitational. He secured a spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional. Maja Kovacek Women's tennis Kovacek scored a big upset over No.

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Coach recalls loss in '92

Riley Bauling | March 28

Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino knows what it's like to watch your team play its heart out and still lose an Elite Eight game. In 1992, his sixth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats battled the No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils into overtime. With 2.1 seconds left on the clock, Duke's Christian Laettner caught the ball off a 75-foot inbound pass from teammate Grant Hill, turned and launched a 17-foot shot to beat the buzzer and send Duke to the Final Four and the Wildcats home lamenting what could have been.

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Rebels rally through weather

March 28

by Kelly Brocklehurst Daily Lobo The Lobos' hot bats turned cold during the eighth inning against UNLV on Saturday. UNM lost the game 14-9 after the Rebels began their rally in the seventh inning, scoring three runs and cutting the score to 7-6. The game was delayed briefly in the seventh inning because of snow and again for nearly an hour in the eighth inning as the weather grew worse.

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Cards stage comeback win

Phil Parker | March 28

Their best player was riding the bench with five fouls. Their opponents were so hot from three-point range, they were banking baseline treys and pulling up from seven feet behind the arc. And their top remaining swingman was cramping so badly, he constantly doubled over in pain as the game wore on.

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Lobos Wall and Osby to transfer out of UNM

March 25

Lobo head coach Ritchie McKay announced Thursday that sophomore guard Ryan Wall and freshman forward Bambale Osby will transfer out of UNM. Neither player has indicated where he will go after completing the spring semester. Wall averaged 1.2 points for the Lobos in 25 games this year but saw a significant increase in playing time after starting point guard Kris Collins broke his foot in late January.

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Cardinals among the elite

Phil Parker | March 25

by Phil Parker Daily Lobo As the minutes became seconds rounding out Louisville's 93-79 win over Washington, the Huskie bench players gnawed on their shooting shirts and stared blankly at their sneakers. The chance to prove themselves worthy of the NCAA Tournament's most surprising No.

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WVU bumps off Texas Tech

Riley Bauling | March 25

by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Texas Tech's Ronald Ross waged his campaign for homecoming king, but West Virginia's Kevin Pittsnogle crashed the coronation. Ross, a native of New Mexico, put up 16 points - 10 of them in the second half - but it wasn't enough as the Red Raiders lost to the Mountaineers, 65-60.

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Coach reflects on tourney loss

Phil Parker | March 23

by Phil Parker Daily Lobo A first-round NCAA tournament loss may be the pits, but head coach Don Flanagan said it's nothing to dwell on. "I have to respect the season we had," Flanagan said. "Everybody in the NCAAs loses their last game except for the team that wins the championship.

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Player vs. Player

March 23

Balling till he's falling by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Jamaal Williams, Mike Gansey and Ronald Ross sure would have been a nice addition. Those three players are all living the high life that comes with a Sweet 16 appearance. And get this, they could have all been Lobos, well, except for Williams, who was a Lobo at one point in time.

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Track star's best is yet to come

March 23

by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Matt Gonzales was just 2.36 seconds from being crowned a national champion. The UNM senior finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 11 in Arkansas, improving on his own school record in the 5,000-meter race and finishing just a couple seconds out of first place.

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MWC tournament slideshow

March 22

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Lobos douse Flames in 6 innings

March 21

by Justin Goodrum Daily Lobo The Lobos were set to play two games Sunday against Liberty and Texas Tech but had to settle for the former when weather conditions and travel plans canceled the second half of their doubleheader. The Liberty Flames already lost their first game of the day to Texas Tech, 15-7, heading into the matchup against the Lobos.