In April 2017, she was announced as one of the members of the 2017 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Tracy McGrady and Muffet McGraw. He hit 48.8% of his shots, including 2 of 5 threes and 30 of 39 free throws (76.9%). BYU coach Steve Cleveland looks on from the sideline of the BYU-Utah game at the Marriott Center in Provo. I recruited him when he entered the portal. Mar. He UNM to Madison Square Garden where the Lobos were edged 65-63 by eventual champion Virginia Tech in the 1973 NIT quarterfinals despite his 22 points in that game. Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me. They each rank #1 or #2 all time at UNM in a particular statistical category and/or received all conference honors at some point during their Lobo playing career. It was an impressive and emotional bounce-back both for the team and fans an energetic 12,520 on Tuesday. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Its traumatic. 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 . Martin's 12 steals grabbed against LeTourneau on Feb. 11 are tied for the most steals in a game alongside former Lobo, Holley Halbrooks, who set the record on . Thinking about her makes me want to push harder. He attended KU and was born and raised in Chicago, as well as Lisle, Ill. Is KU a contender for a repeat NCAA basketball title? If you forgot your password, no worries: enter your email address and we'll send you a link you can use to pick a new password. Seven basketball players and three football players had been ruled ineligible for having received credit for extension courses they never took, some at a college they weren't even aware of. The most recent review suggested many other players should be higher than him, thus I moved him down significantly. Posted : February 28, 2023 9:44 pm. [The alumni] can probably give you a lot more knowledge than I can, so make sure you get to know them. 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. . ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Major League baseball righted a wrong this year. I am looking forward to building something with this group of guys.. New Mexico basketball scores, news, schedule, players, stats, photos, rumors, depth charts on RealGM.com 6.5 Golf. [6] She helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 350 record. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Muscadin, the No. KC Star reporter Shreyas Laddha breaks down the hoops matchup between KU and Texas, set for a Saturday afternoon tip. 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. What is mud rain? We are just devastated as a program. As a fan and Lobo basketball historian, about 10 years ago I put together a top 50 Lobos of all-time list ranked 1-50. He joined the Lobos in 2018 as video coordinator before bumping up a year later to Director of Operations then this past season as assistant coach. The top five seeds get first-round byes into the . ''With many fans and people here, he's still their Robin Hood, he's still a hero.''. Hey thanks lavida, and yes I'm interested in seeing how others would adjust the order. One of those courses was Fundamentals of Basketball. ''I don't know where they are,'' John Bridgers said. Read, rate and discuss on Football Alliance - the Ultimate Football Network The Enchantment enters the tournament the #8 seed and will take on the #9-seed Stillwater Stars in the teams first-round game on Saturday, July 17 at 7 p.m. CT (6 p.m. MT). I moved Phil Abney down from 36 to just outside the top 50. [14], Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010. STATE TOURNAMENT: Though fans will be allowed in a limited capacity in the Pit this week for the state high school basketball tournament, and the court is quite literally across the hall from Pitinos new office in the Rudy Davalos practice facility, neither the new Lobos coach nor anyone on his staff will be allowed to sneak a peek at any of the action. 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. The trust you gave to me and my family !! The current roster is comprised primarily of UNM alumni including: Being a head coach for The Enchantment New Mexico alumni team is an honor, former Lobo, NBA great and The Enchantment head coach Kenny Thomas said. Another was convicted of credit-card fraud. 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. 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. After Lafayette police obtained an arrest warrant for McAfee, she turned herself into Longview Police in Texas. 2020 The Lair NM. Thank you for submitting a news tip to BVM Sports. For venue-specific safety protocols, please visit thetournament.com/regions. John Bridgers, short but sturdy, was a defensive line coach for the 1958 Baltimore Colts that won the National Football League championship. RALPH DAVIS NEW GIG: Former Lobo assistant coach Ralph Davis earlier this week was introduced as a new assistant coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. In a story Friday in an Albuquerque newspaper, he assessed Lobogate by saying: ''We broke some N.C.A.A. , VIDEO: Giant I-40 light poles sway in strong ABQ, Taxidermy birds used to make drones at New Mexico, PHOTOS: Storm leaves parts of state covered in snow, PHOTOS: Winter storm moves through NM leaving snow, PHOTOS: Storm causes snowy, icy roads across New, Map: New Mexico Veterans Monuments and Memorials, 13 Broadcast Pl SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. They finished third in the district at 7-3, beat Mesa Vista once in overtime, and snuck into the state . Good job but I would rate Willie Long in the top 10. Sotto's father, Ervin, is a former professional basketball player. 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. 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. 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. ''The Final Four stayed here,'' the new athletic director, John Bridgers, was saying, ''because the N.C.A.A. I understand that this list is about how these gents did as Lobos, but winning 3 NBA championships with MJ and Pippen has got to count for something beyond a big gold trophy. Gone way too soon but never forgotten!, The vehicle according to the Kansas Highway Patrols crash log went off the road (Kansas Turnpike), rolled multiple times, and came to rest on the fence line.. Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 8:23PMUpdated: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 11:17PM. Can KU basketball close out regular season with win over Texas Longhorns? Currently, the Maxwell Museum is displaying 'Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections,' through Jan. 10, 2024. In 1999, she was selected to the inaugural WNBA All Star team but could not play because of the injury. TV broadcast information will be announced soon. Lobo played college basketball at the University of Connecticut, where she was a member of the team that won the 1995 national . (Courtesy UNM Athletics)And then there were 13. 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. Lobo coaches and players, including some who shared an apartment with Muscadin at Lobo Village until he left the team in December, shared their thoughts on the passing if their friend n social media accounts, posting photos and videos of him. I didnt pick up, Self explained, because I didnt have my phone with me. Once the kid accepts it, he loses respect for the coach, so the coach already has lost him as a player.''. Hospital CEO Kate Becker says 'we really want to hear from our community about what, In March 2020, Nob Hill mainstay Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro closed due to the, Currently, the Maxwell Museum is displaying 'Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of. 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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. 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. 6-5 Bernard Hardin coming out of NYC HS BB, Wingate HS, was rated a 3rd Team AA, Top 15, by Gibbons All-Star Report and the Street & Smiths Annual. The most important thing, obviously, I didnt coach any of these former players, but were all one family, and we want you guys to know that you are a part of this, said Pitino. 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? The report says the man was involved in a domestic altercation with his live-in girlfriend in the early morning hours.. Lobo is 48 years old and measures 6 feet 4 inches tall as of 2022. 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. La Rocque is in her third season at UNLV, and she keeps taking . Be sure to vote for your favorite athlete out of the ones listed below! [9] Lobo was named the 1995 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation. Rebecca Lobo, shown in 2019, will be on the call for the UConn-Tennessee game Thursday night on ESPN. I would have have Kendall, Greg Brown, and Marlow White higher, and Hugh Greenwood, Khari Jaxon, and Elijah Brown on the just missed list. All rights reserved. That PDF linked at the start does have some interesting info. And yes, if any one out there adds a player to the top 50, then please tell the group who you are removing. According to our sister station KLFY, officers found a 43-year-old man dead inside. Video of the melee . TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. He gets a positive mark from me for his outstanding 1st half defensive performance against Allen Iverson in an NCAA tournament game vs Georgetown. Prior to going to Florida State, he had been Baylor's athletic director. They also founded the RuthAnn and Rebecca Lobo Scholarship, which offers a scholarship to the UConn School of Allied Health for Hispanic students. 1 of 4. The Lobo community is saddened today by the passing of former New Mexico basketball player Gethro Muscadin. Lobos is Spanish for the timber wolves in the Sandia Mountains, which hover over this desert pancake of a city like a side order of sausage. Mitchell was named to the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame in 1991 and to the UNM Alumni Lettermen's Hall of . Also think you missed naming Phil Abney (leading scorer on 1977-1978 fourth-ranked in nation Lobos); 1975-1976's George Berry and Larry Gray; and F Willie Howard from Norm Ellenberger's great late 1970s squads. In my rankings from 10 years ago, I had him #22. I seem to remember it was only 24. Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American former basketball player who played for popular NBA teams like New York Knicks and Seattle SuperSonics. 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. We are just praying for him we really are. With the End of the Basketball season comes the VYPE HOU Basketball Player of the Year Fan Poll presented by Freddy's. VYPE HOU sorted through all of the stats from around H-town this season and has narrowed it down to some of the top athletes in the area. 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. 24 Texas A&M over No. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. With regards to David Gibson, that's one I go back and forth on. 6.3 Baseball. The team won their first four games, then lost 8070 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. Some extra notes, quotes, news and notes from the Lobos Friday night basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado. SPORTS OF THE TIMES; IN THE PIT, LOBOGATE LIVES, https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/03/sports/sports-of-the-times-in-the-pit-lobogate-lives.html. I hope to be able to grow even more as a person and a player in coming years and represent everybody well.. After playing 12 games with the Lobos, he and the team announced he was leaving the program on Dec. 20 after playing just 12 games. Lobo sophomore Kurt Wegscheider defends Nevadas Grant Sherfield on Jan. 2 in Lubbock, Texas. He had been unresponsive since the car accident last December. Overall, there have been very few Lobo players with outstanding performances in the NCAA tournament or NIT. Nov. 2Gethro Muscadin, the former University of New Mexico Lobo basketball player who had been hospitalized since being in a single-vehicle crash 10 months ago in Kansas, died Monday night. Best Version Media, LLC. So young. Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is a basketball analyst and a former center position player in WNBA. Wow, I hadn't realized that Hunter Greene was one of the all-time steals leaders at UNM. Talk RP Basketball in our Philippines/PBA forum! The school announced the hiring Tuesday, with Kitchens named to replace John Lilly after Lilly joined Frank Reich's staff with the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. If defense is a problem then why not play Tavian Percy: Being a freshman is not an excuse. The 22-year-old from Haiti who played at Kansas before transferring to UNM last season. 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. ''None were put off scholarship if they wanted to stay, but most of 'em drifted away.''. The driver reportedly sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. 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Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. Pitino noted: I was very close to Gethro off the court. I don't believe there is a player from the last 60 years I haven't considered, but let me know if there is a glaring omission. College Basketball (W) News / Field . This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Former WNBA basketball player and olympian Rebecca Lobo is seen analyzing the game between UConn and UCLA in a semifinal for the Albany Regional of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at the Times Union Center on Friday, March . Muscadin was hospitalized since and after news of his passing broke on social media Tuesday morning, his former coach at Kansas, Bill Self, posted in part that Muscadin had been unresponsive since the car accident last December.. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position for much of her career. We all loved Gethro on his visit, Self said after the big man signed with KU. Tickets will be sold at limited capacity in accordance with all local health and safety regulations. Not quite. I recently came across the following link. His personality along with his talent will make him a fan favorite from day one at Kansas.. This list may not reflect recent changes. Jun. For the fourth year in a row, TBT games will feature the Elam Ending, the end-of-game format adopted by the NBA All-Star game for the past two years that eliminates the game clock after a certain point and features teams playing to a Target Score. Jeremy Kipness, Muscadins former coach at Aspire Academy in Louisville, where Muscadin played his senior season of high school, posted on his Twitter account, in part: Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me., Added Self on Twitter, Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gethros loved ones. [22][23], At the induction ceremony, Lobo was introduced by her college coach, Geno Auriemma who praised her for her "impact on the court and off the court" as "one of the founders [of the WNBA]", and "as a representative of our university, [and] as a member of the board of trustees".[24]. This story was originally published November 1, 2022, 10:53 AM. In March 2020, Nob Hill mainstay Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I just don't understand it. The current roster is comprised primarily of UNM alumni including: Jamaal Smith (2006-08) J.R. Giddens (2006-08) Phillip McDonald (2008-12) Darington Hobson (2009-10) Here is my list. Two other former Lobos also playing basketball in Ukraine's top professional league got out of the country last week both of whom played for teams in two of the . Jaguars at Lobos Team Records USA. Lobo said she was surprised . VYPE. 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. 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). Lobo was named the Women's Sports Foundation's Sportswoman of the Year (team category) in 1995. So young. Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . 6.4 Track and Field. Were praying for him in a big way.. According to an associate athletic director during the Norm Ellenberger regime, Ike Singer Jr., ''around 25 percent'' of the Lobo basketball players graduated. I like the choices. A former Lady Lobo standout basketball player has been arrested in the weekend shooting death of her boyfriend in Louisiana. A Kent County circuit judge ruled on Friday that a lower court correctly ruled in binding former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr to stand trial for the April 2022 fatal shooting of . With the dynamic PBA and scouting and improvement programs, the National Team is reviving past success. 8 References. . into a possible gambling scandal involving Norm Ellenberger and a former assistant coach, John Whisenant, but no indictments developed. Pitino also noted that while senior wing Makuach Maluach still has not made a final announcement about his future (Will he leave UNM to pursue his professional career or utilize the extra year of eligibility the NCAA is allowing due to the unusual COVID-related circumstances of the 2020-21 season?) His block of Noah Hartsock vs BYU, and his short baseline jumper vs top 10 ranked SDSU in the final minute of the game played in the Pit were 2 monumental moments for that years 30-5 team. He will always be a teammate of ours. Destiny Leann McAfee was booked Saturday into the Gregg County Jail on . If the Lobos' three-year probation had not expired, the Final Four would have been moved to another site. In his lenient ruling, the judge described Norm Ellenberger as ''only one cog in the entire machine'' that also had succeeded in having The Pit chosen in 1978 as this year's Final Four site. Go Lobos!. FROM the outside, it's a sprawling dirt brown adobe hut. First team to the Target Score, wins. 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. All rights reserved. Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. He started nine of 12 games. For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. 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. Greene's 21.1 ppg in the 1986-1987 season is among the highest single-year scoring averages in Lobo basketball. Muscadin, 20, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his girlfriend. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Lobo averaged 7.7 points per game and recorded six blocks, highest on the team.[12]. , 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? Email addresses are used solely for verification and to speed the verification process for repeat questioners. Hardin was hard to stop defensively with some great moves down low. Though her minutes on the floor were few, Lobo shared in the gold medal. Statistically he doesn't measure up. Lobo starred for the Huskies when they won a national championship in 1995 following an undefeated season and was also an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA in 1996. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. by Frank Mercogliano. Muscadin initially chose Kansas over Memphis, Louisville, Kansas State, Minnesota and Texas Tech. 3) Kenny Thomas PF 96-99 4) Danny Granger SF 04-05 McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. Rankings were determined by extracting and reviewing information from a variety of sources including: 1) My personal observations of the players. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. University of New Mexico Hospital launching health care listening Hospital CEO Kate Becker says 'we really want to hear from our community about what their health needs are' in order to prioritize resources.
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