Always fun to reflect. The Enchantment will be competing in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena from July 16-20. Morris Udeze, a 6-foot-8, 245-pound center who played four seasons at Wichita State, including starting every game the past two seasons for the Shockers, announced Sunday he'll use his graduate transfer option to play his final season for Richard Pitino and the University of New Mexico. One of those courses was Fundamentals of Basketball. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BVM) Many of the best athletes to ever play basketball for the University of New Mexico didn't begin their college careers at UNM, but they certainly left their mark on the program before moving on to play professionally. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. Talk RP Basketball in our Philippines/PBA forum! Lobos needed extra time against Montana and Zach Ganshaw heroics to win 4-3 in a do or die shootout #GoLobos Lobos hit the ice again tonight for the second game in this series. Hardin was a beast on the boards and had a nice shooting touch outside when they doubled-teamed him down low. Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice. , Youngs height creates new debate for scouts at NFL, Grizzlies Morant to miss at least 2 games; NBA probes, Chase Elliott out of NASCAR indefinitely after tibia, Athlete dead in shipwreck left Pakistan to help disabled, Former UNM basketball player flees Ukraine, back to playing at the Pit, UNM Hospital wants to know publics feedback, Bile acids and gut microbes could potentially treat, Should we bring back the dodo? 8 References. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time. Those posts that were posted on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, included an image that showed two pictures of Muscadin in a UNM uniform one of him shooting and one of him smiling, which seems to be a lasting memory for many who knew the lighthearted player. He also gets a negative mark for not seeing Lamont Long come open on the baseline and thus not passing him the ball on the game's final play vs Louisville. But on the positive, he was a good defender, was the floor general for 4 great Lobo teams, and ran the Dave Bliss offense with precision. This story was originally published November 1, 2022, 10:53 AM. He started nine of 12 games. 15 Richest LGBTQ+ Athletes & Former Athletes in the US. Guitarist Ottmar Liebert bringing his unique blend of music Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra will perform with the New Mexico Philharmonic at Popejoy Hall on Saturday, March 11. To eliminate having to remember which decade each player played in, I have listed the years played to the right of each players name. Lobo, who played at UConn from 1991-95, was at a pre-draft camp for WNBA players and she didn't have childcare for her six-month-old daughter. '', All along, this roundball Robin Hood has tried to minimize his guilt by saying that he happened to get caught at what other college basketball coaches get away with. Overall, there have been very few Lobo players with outstanding performances in the NCAA tournament or NIT. RIP.. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) A former multi-sport athlete for the Longview Lobos has been charged with murder in Louisiana. Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . Im going to keep praying. [6] She helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 350 record. And the scandal is still referred to here as Lobogate. Stay tuned! He had been unresponsive since the car accident last December. Lobo and Rushin host a weekly podcast called the Ball & Chain Podcast. Lobo's championship streak with the national team in 1977 included a basketball crown in the Pesta Sukan league in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, as well as the Southeast Asian Games men's title in . Hardin was hard to stop defensively with some great moves down low. And in almost a silent surrender to the shame that permeates so much of college athletics, the Final Four gathered here in the cathedral of that religion. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. In 1999, she was selected to the inaugural WNBA All Star team but could not play because of the injury. He had averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game at UNM. Some extra notes, quotes, news and notes from the Lobos Friday night basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado. He played the position of Point-Forward which is kinda like saying he could play all 5 positions, and he was effective everywhere on the court. Davis had been in college basketball in New Mexico for more than a decade. Lobo shared her story with others suffering from the same type of injury and strongly advocated for patient self-education via the Internet. The Lobos head into their regular season finale on Tuesday in Fresno with a 19-11 overall record and an 11-6 mark in the Mountain West. I didnt pick up, Self explained, because I didnt have my phone with me. 140-ranked player in the recruiting Class of 2020 by Rivals.com, played 33 minutes total in 12 games his freshman season at KU (2020-21). The Lobo community is saddened today by the passing of former New Mexico basketball player Gethro Muscadin. Swen was dismissed from the Wyoming football program for a "violation of team rules" following the regular-season finale. It has some good info about some of the players. We are saddened by the news of Gethros passing, UNM head coach Richard Pitino said in a statement sent to the Journal. Regarding the earlier comment about Makuach: To avoid recency bias, I generally dont place players in a top 50 or honorable mention list until they have been gone from UNM for at least 5 years. ''The Final Four stayed here,'' the new athletic director, John Bridgers, was saying, ''because the N.C.A.A. Quarterfinal games will be played on July 31, and semifinals on August 1. Love you G ! I recruited him coming out of high school very hard at Minnesota. Lobo sophomore Kurt Wegscheider defends Nevadas Grant Sherfield on Jan. 2 in Lubbock, Texas. I wonder if he would have had a chance to play 4 years of D1 basketball under Steve Alford at UNM, then maybe he is #2 on the top 50 list behind Mel Daniels. A down year for UCONN now with five losses on the season . That statement came not long after the Lobo basketball teams official social media accounts posted about his passing: The Lobo community is saddened today by the passing of former New Mexico basketball player Gethro Muscadin. Granted, earlier in the year a healthy UCONN team beat St Johns by 30 in New York. He hit 48.8% of his shots, including 2 of 5 threes and 30 of 39 free throws (76.9%). Regarding Darington Hobson, I rate him very high for the following reasons. I grew up without a father, he said. The Lobos forced 27 turnovers, outscored the Monarchs 32-16 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to ODU's eight. Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American former basketball player who played for popular NBA teams like New York Knicks and Seattle SuperSonics. In the early morning hours of Dec. 30, 2021, after attending a Kansas-Nevada basketball game as a fan, he was the passenger in a car driven by a 21-year-old female friend when the car left the roadway and rolled several times. The chance to link up with the current generation of Lobo basketball was also important for the alumni. McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. [11], Lobo continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). The unraveling can be traced to an NMSU football game last Oct. 15 in which a handful of the school's basketball players got into a brawl with students from rival New Mexico. I would agree with almost all 50 but change the order somewhat. At 5-11, the season looked lost. SDSU Should have dropped 2 this week and Not my Steve got owned in WY for some odd reason. Were praying for him in a big way.. MLB including Negro League records is special to former Lobo basketball player. For the school's women's players, see Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players. Rebecca is one of the tallest sports analysts, which should come as no surprise given her background as a former WNBA player. Since his tragic accident last December, we have all been praying for a miracle. The third and final game of the Wichita regional will take place on Tuesday, July 20. FROM the outside, it's a sprawling dirt brown adobe hut. Prior to departing for TBT, the New Mexico Alumni will practice and train at The Pit and other Lobo Basketball facilities. was convinced that we've done everything we could to straighten the program out. SF-Mike Winters. Former University of Kansas and New Mexico Lobos basketball player Gethro Muscadin has died from injuries sustained in a one-car crash during the early-morning hours of Dec. 30, 2021. Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Longhorns mens basketball: Probable starters, game time, TV, Kansas footballs Lonnie Phelps raising draft stock with strong showing at NFL Combine, Kansas Jayhawks Q&A: What history says about KU basketball in KC at NCAA Tournament, Grade A Jayhawks travel to Austin for regular-season finale versus Longhorns. Thinking about her makes me want to push harder. / Can you bring your vape pen or e-cigarette on a plane? In the months prior to the Lobogate disclosures late in 1979, one of those players was convicted of misappropriating city funds. KU coach Bill Self wrote on Twitter: Gethro Muscadin passed away late last night. Pitino noted: I was very close to Gethro off the court. into a possible gambling scandal involving Norm Ellenberger and a former assistant coach, John Whisenant, but no indictments developed. New Mexico doesn't have any professional sports, but the community rallies behind the Lobos basketball team, which is staging a comeback after a rough downfall. Starting in 2000, Lobo served as national spokesperson and backer for Body1.com, a consumer-targeted network of sites providing interactive content-rich information on medical technologies that treat ailments and diseases specific to body parts. Even though he wasnt part of the team any more doesnt mean hes not the great kid he is. To some extent, that's true. Stats from Negro League teams from . Best Version Media, LLC. New Mexico is currently in a four-way tie for third in the MW with San Diego State, Colorado State and Boise State. The seven newcomers who are part of the 2021 recruiting class include four guards Jamal Mashburn Jr., a transfer from Minnesota; Jaelen House, a transfer from Arizona State; Taryn Todd, a transfer from TCU; and K.J. The TBT Championship game will be August 3, where one player will hit a shot during the Elam Ending to win his team $1 million. Cam (@Coach_Cam71), . New Mexico Lobos men's basketball players, Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players, New Mexico Lobos men's basketball statistical leaders, Charles Smith (basketball, born August 1975), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball_players&oldid=950612294, This page was last edited on 13 April 2020, at 00:11. Greene's 21.1 ppg in the 1986-1987 season is among the highest single-year scoring averages in Lobo basketball. [13] In 2002, she was traded to the Houston Comets in exchange for Houston's second-round selection (26th overall) in the 2002 WNBA draft. Norm Ellenberger, who had guided the Lobos to two Western Athletic Conference titles while putting together a 134-62 record, was dismissed; so was Manny Goldstein; so was Lavon McDonald, then the athletic director. 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. He could have received a maximum sentence of one to five years on each of the 21 counts, but Judge Philip Baiamonte deferred sentence for a year at the end of which all counts would be dropped. After posting a record of 15-11 overall and a conference mark of 11-7, five Sul Ross State women's basketball players were named to the 2023 All-American Southwest Conference team. Though a newcomer on the team a year ago, Muscadin quickly made his presence felt with teammates, those around the program and often cracked jokes with local media at practices and in interviews. While the Lobos have effectively been eliminated from the at-large conversation, there is still a conference tournament seeding up for grabs, and the Lobos have a chance at the . Choose your favorite sports and teams to follow to be able to see all of the content you want to enjoy first. In March 2020, Nob Hill mainstay Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Per an earlier comment, I should move Marlow White and Greg Brown up a few notches, perhaps Kendall Williams and Willie Long as well. https://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/26000/old_site/pdf/m-baskbl/mbb-mg-1011-sec-7.pdf?SPSID=616930&SPID=87115&DB_OEM_ID=26000. Since there was recent interest in discussing all time greats, and to continue with the theme of finding something positive to talk about in this poor Lobo hoops year, I thought I would share some additional information. The victims name has not been released as of this writing. Get in-depth, sideline coverage of Kansas City area sports - only $1 a month. 3) Info from the plaques located on the Pit concourse, 4) Much online research including articles and stats, 5) Statistical comparisons between players. In a story Friday in an Albuquerque newspaper, he assessed Lobogate by saying: ''We broke some N.C.A.A. Its a family out here in Lobo land., Im only used to a certain kind of culture, which is winning, especially here, said Kenny Thomas. He averaged a double-double that year with 14.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. 50 retired", "Lobo: I'm just 1st of many Huskies heading to Hall", "The Home Team: Of Mothers, Daughters, and American Champions (9781568361994): Ruth Ann Lobo, Ruthann Lobo, Rebecca Lobo: Books", "Where are they now? Video of the melee . PG- Greg Brown. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Rusty Mitchell, who coached men's gymnastics at The University of New Mexico from 1966-99, passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BVM) Many of the best athletes to ever play basketball for the University of New Mexico didnt begin their college careers at UNM, but they certainly left their mark on the program before moving on to play professionally. I did my best. It's a stretch with Thomas I know, but he did move Albuquerque in high school and play for AHS his senior year. In a podcast with Zach Schumaker of Schuz Views, Muscadin said he wished to make the folks back in Republic of Haiti proud. She was born in Connecticut and played high school basketball. All rights reserved. Seems like UCONN has had a lot of injuries this year but this probably considered an upset (and look out if there is a rematch in that conference tourney). The log said the crash involving a 2018 Ford utility vehicle took place at mile marker 163.9, which is 13 miles south of the second Topeka, Kansas exit off the Turnpike. Joining the program as offensive line coach is former UAB/South Alabama lineman Cam Blankenship. We are just devastated as a program. Portions of Calif. home hang over cliff after landslide. All things considered I hold him in high regards. After playing 12 games with the Lobos, he and the team announced he was leaving the program on Dec. 20 after . He gets a positive mark from me for his outstanding 1st half defensive performance against Allen Iverson in an NCAA tournament game vs Georgetown. He led the state in scoring in high school and was a fierce rebounder on King's 1964 NIT runnerup squad. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. They are proud to represent the cherry and silver even after playing a full professional career, and they feel like they can help bring the Lobos back to the standard that they are used to. . Seven basketball players and three football players had been ruled . He made clutch 3-pointers time and time again in close games, was always strong driving to the basket and finishing, good free throw shooter, great passer & great defender. (Courtesy UNM Athletics)And then there were 13. ''I don't know where they are,'' John Bridgers said. In her senior year, Lobo was the unanimous national player of the year, winning the 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year award, the Wade Trophy, the AP Player of the Year award, the USBWA Player of the Year award, the Honda Sports Award for basketball, and the WBCA Player of the Year award. See the article in its original context from. I'm the villain who won't rehire Robin Hood. The coach was later acquitted on all seven counts of a Federal indictment that resulted from Federal Bureau of Investigation charges. If the Lobos' three-year probation had not expired, the Final Four would have been moved to another site. [3] Lobo was raised a Catholic. In 1997, the WNBA was formed and enjoyed its inaugural season, and Lobo was assigned to the New York Liberty during the league's first player allocations on January 22, 1997. We are just praying for him we really are. Privacy Policy For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. Sotto's father, Ervin, is a former professional basketball player. ''The thing is,'' he said, ''99 percent of these recruiting violations don't help you win anyway. [6] She held this record for 18 years until it was eclipsed by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir of the new Leadership Charter School in Springfield on January 26, 2009.[7]. Thank you for the laughs ! Even so, the Norm Ellenberger mystique still permeates much of Albuquerque and New Mexico where the Lobos of his regime were described as a ''state religion.'' In 1996, Lobo and her late mother, Ruth Ann Lobo, collaborated on a book entitled The Home Team,[26] which dealt with Ruth Ann's battle with breast cancer. Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. I hope to be able to grow even more as a person and a player in coming years and represent everybody well.. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. But just as Richard M. Nixon still doesn't seem to understand why Watergate was wrong, Norm Ellenberger still doesn't seem to understand why Lobogate was wrong. 3) Kenny Thomas PF 96-99 4) Danny Granger SF 04-05 The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. Then the accident I guess occurred pretty soon after that., New Mexico coach Pitino said on his radio show in the wake of the accident that left Muscadin in a coma: We are devastated as a program. New head coach Richard Pitino confirmed that sophomore Kurt Wegscheider, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard from Central African Republic who played in 36 games the past two seasons for the Lobos, and 7-1 Assane Ndiaye, a center who was with the team this past season but was never cleared to play in a game, have entered the NCAA transfer portal and will leave the program.

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