Despite the Christmas Eve massacre in Las Vegas, 2003 was a year that the Lobo football squad can be proud of. UNM is the only team in the country to increase its win total each of the last five years, improving one game every year since they went 3-9 in 1998.
Top UNM officials are gearing up for what so far appears to be an uphill battle with the state Legislature in January to fulfill the University's legislative priorities. One major topic at Tuesday's Board of Regents meeting was a rift between what UNM wants and what the state may give regarding salary raises for faculty and staff and tuition increases.
Economic uncertainties, a diminishing job market and rising tuition costs are being blamed for the second student loan default rate in 10 years this year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Default rates - the proportion of students failing to repay their college loans on time - rose nationally to 5.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The UNM ski team has one goal in mind as it begins this season - a national championship. Head coach George Brooks said this year's team has the potential to be the best team he has ever coached. That is a significant statement, considering that under his tutelage, the UNM ski team has recorded 20 top-10 NCAA Championship finishes, including a second-place finish in the 1992 NCAAs - the highest finish of any Lobo athletic team in school history.
The time has finally come. Sunday for the first time, junior transfers Danny Granger and Troy DeVries will suit up in the cherry and silver and join the Lobos in combat against Coppin State. The two came to UNM around the same time, early last January and ever since, Lobo basketball fans have been looking forward to seeing them in action.
The UNM women's basketball team extended its winning streak over the New Mexico State Aggies to 15, with a 62-39 win at The Pit Sunday afternoon. But the win wasn't supposed to be easy for UNM. The Aggies are led by seniors Princess Moore and Sinnamonn Garrett.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo Two dominant rushers. Two top defenses. Two squads looking to be the one that comes out on top when the dust clears in Sin City Dec. 24. The Lobos and the Oregon State Beavers will face off in this year's Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Lobo men passed their first test of the season Monday night by beating Sacramento State - now it's time for the UNM women to prove how good they really are. For the first time this season the Lobos will play in front of a hostile crowd when they travel to the University of San Francisco Thursday to face the Lady Dons.
Lauren McLeod Basketball Senior McLeod had the best scoring game of her college career Saturday against the University of South Carolina. She went on a scoring surge midway through the first half and scored 10 points in five minutes, including two 3-pointers and two layups.
After the 89-18 destruction of the Tennessee State Tigers Friday, UNM ultimately fell to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks in the championship game of the Southwest Airlines Lobo Shootout Saturday at The Pit. The Lobos overcame an ugly start and an early 10-point deficit to storm back and give the Gamecocks a match.
Staff Report Although the football team finished second behind Utah in the MWC, it showed its talent by finishing first among teams with the most players named to the first and second all-conference teams. A program and conference-best 13 Lobos were selected to be members of the Mountain West Conference first and second-teams.
by Tom Sena Daily Lobo In the midst of UNM's 69-52 loss to the University of South Carolina on Saturday night, an unlikely player emerged as one of the few bright spots for the Lobos. Senior Lauren McLeod had her best game of the season and one of the best of her career.
If the Lobos are to finally beat a Division I team, tonight is their night to shine. Coming off three losses in a row to D-I competition, the Lobos will look to earn a victory as they play host to the Sacramento State Hornets. In what should have been an easy victory in preseason forecasts, now seems far from easy.
The Lobo men's basketball team let a possible upset slip right from its grasp Saturday afternoon in The Pit, losing to Texas Tech 67-58. After Javin Tindall made one of two free throws, cutting the Lobos' deficit to 61-58 with 1:49 remaining, UNM self-destructed.
The Pit crowd succeeded on two fronts Saturday - winning the heart of college basketball's bad boy-in-chief and returning to its former boisterous glory - but it couldn't quite put UNM over the hump against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Lobos lost 67-58 in a game that was closer than the final score.
Generally athletic teams are best known for outstanding players while coaches remain behind the scenes. However, there is one exception to the rule - Texas Tech head coach Bob Knight. At age 63, Knight is one of the winningest coaches in the history of college basketball.
Last season the Air Force women's basketball team had a total home-game attendance of 4,310 for the year. The UNM women's team averaged 11, 896 per game. Although UNM is not a big-name athletics school, it is home to one of the most notorious basketball arenas in the world - The Pit.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo In the last game of the season, in the bitter cold weather of Laramie, Wyo., Wes Zunker booted a field goal that sailed somewhere other than between the uprights. He'd missed. "I really didn't know how to handle it," Zunker said.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The UNM women's basketball team shellacked the Texas Southern Tigers 103-41 last night at The Pit to improve its record to 4-1 on the season. The margin of victory was the most ever for a UNM women's basketball team and the 103 points scored is the second-highest total ever amassed by the Lobos.
The tradition continues, as the UNM men's basketball team heads down I-25 to challenge its intrastate rival New Mexico State, tonight at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. In the 191st meeting between the teams, the Lobos and Ritchie McKay will look to avenge last season's Aggies' sweep of the series.
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