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.
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.
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.
*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.
Men’s basketball vs. Washington Saturday on CBS SAN JOSE, Calif. — A.J. Hardeman’s jersey number about said it all — double zero. Not that Will Brown did much better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LAS VEGAS — In the corridor of Lobo legends, Darington Hobson might one day find his portrait comfortably positioned between former Lobos Danny Granger and J.R.
LAS VEGAS — Feb. 20 was supposed to serve as a memory — a day the UNM men’s basketball team could look back on late in the postseason to summon energy.
LAS VEGAS — In the city of one-night stands, the UNM men’s basketball team’s relationship with the Mountain West Conference Tournament is promiscuously quick.
There’s a template for the UNM-Utah women’s basketball game. This one, more or less, was a reproduction of the teams’ past encounters — a loosely officiated, rough-and-tumble, fast-paced contest. But, as has become an enduring trend, the Lobos ducked out in the second round of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center, falling short to the Utes for the eighth consecutive time, 51-45. Utah skidded by in overtime, compliments of a coffin-sealing 3-pointer by Kalee Whipple after the Lobos trimmed the deficit to 44-43.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — In order to make a big run in the postseason, the UNM women’s basketball team had to first make a little one. And the Lobos can thank second-year guard Sara Halasz and post player Valerie Kast for the nice little flicker they provided. Halasz helped UNM defeat Colorado State 67-54 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Tuesday.
The UNM community is mourning the loss of two colleagues, professor Hector Torres and graduate student Stefania Gray, who were found murdered at a residence near campus on Monday.
Hector Torres, a UNM professor, and his girlfriend Stephania Gray, werefound dead Monday in his home near campus. Ralph Montoya, the female victim’s ex-boyfriend, is charged with two counts of murder.
The UNM men’s basketball team is going to need to make more room next to its 2009-10 Mountain West Conference regular-season championship trophy.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association delayed the decision to fund the Daily Lobo for a second time. Erin Phillips, GPSA Theatre and Dance representative, proposed to give $15,803.25 to the student newspaper during GPSA’s meeting on Saturday. This amount is equivalent to $2.85 from each of the 5,545 graduate students.
SANTA FE — The UNM Board of Regents will now decide how to stop the bleeding from the deep cuts formed by the Legislature’s special session. The special session adjourned late last week after four days in session.
Three NMSU-Dona Ana Community College professors made the trip to Albuquerque Thursday to attend “The ‘Crisis’ in Higher Education” forum.
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