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New Mexico Football: Q&A with Lobos coach Bob Davie
New Mexico coach Bob Davie was kind enough to share 30 minutes of his day with me during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what he had to say about the Lobos’ spring session, which is currently still underway until April 27.
1. I know you still have some time left for practice. How do you feel the spring has gone thus far and what would you like to see accomplished...
New Mexico's Tony Snell Will Enter Draft
New Mexico guard Tony Snell is entering the NBA Draft, forgoing his senior season.
Snell leaving Lobos for NBA draft
New Mexico guard Tony Snell will forgo his senior season to enter the NBA draft.
The 21-year-old Snell made the announcement at a Monday news conference on the school's Albuquerque campus.
The 6-foot-7 Snell says ''in my heart, I feel like it's a good decision to leave now.''
Newly hired Lobos coach Craig Neal was at Snell's side when he announced his...
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April 08, 2013
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Lobos guard Tony Snell enters NBA draft
New Mexico guard Tony Snell will forgo his senior season to enter the NBA draft.
The 21-year-old Snell made the announcement at a Monday news conference on the school's Albuquerque campus.
The 6-foot-7 Snell says ''in my heart, I feel like it's a good decision to leave now.''
Newly hired Lobos coach Craig Neal was at Snell's side when he announced his...
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April 08, 2013
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Emotions high for new UNM coach Craig Neal
After being officially named the 20th head coach of the New Mexico Lobos, Craig Neal was overcome by emotion early on but eventually moving to the point of telling jokes to the delighted standing-room only crowd on the Club Level of The Pit Wednesday afternoon.
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April 04, 2013
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Craig Neal named New Mexico head coach
Craig Neal, associate head for the New Mexico Lobos under
former head coach Steve Alford for the past six years, has accepted
the head
coaching position at UNM the school announced by a brief press
release later
Tuesday afternoon.Alford's abrupt
departure Saturday, when he was announced as the new head coach of
the UCLA
Bruins - replacing Ben Howland at the Los Angeles-based school.
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April 02, 2013
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UCLA finds 'perfect fit' with Alford
Afterrumored flights to Indiana and even being turned down as far Virginia, UCLAathletics director Dan Guerrero only had to go to New Mexico to get what hedeemed the perfect fit for his program.NewMexico head coach Steve Alford has been hired to the same position at UCLA, theschool announced. Ihave been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead oneof the greatest...
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March 30, 2013
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New Mexico Beat Writer Quits Job Via Column After Lobos Loss to Harvard Thursday
There’s a big difference between a journalist and your run-of-the-mill blogger — objectivity. While journalists (generally) abide by an ethical code that’s maintained to keep the integrity of their work, bloggers tend to get emotionally involved with their subject.
Case in point is Dennis Latta, a New Mexico Lobos beat writer for Loboland.com.
According to Latta, he’s been...
Harvard Heavy Underdogs Against New Mexico in Opening Round of NCAA Tournament
If Harvard’s basketball team is going to win its first NCAA tournament game it will be a big surprise, as the Ivy League champion Crimson open as 11-point underdogs against Mountain West champion New Mexico for Thursday’s game in Salt Lake City.
Could Thursday’s game be the last for Harvard coach Tommy Amaker? No. 14 Harvard definitely has its work cut out against the third...
UNM takes UNLV, 2nd straight MWC Tourney
The No. 14 New Mexico Lobos became the first Mountain West Conference 1-seed to win the MWC Tournament since 2006 Saturday, beating UNLV 63-56 before a record-breaking MWC Tourney audience on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nev. With the win, the Lobos secured the MWC’s automatic bid to next week’s NCAA Tournament, a second consecutive tournament title and the sixth MWC championship in...
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March 16, 2013
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No doubt who's best in Mountain West
Steve Alford still had the net around his neck when the lobbying began for his New Mexico Lobos.
No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference, for sure. But how about a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament?
Improbable, yes, if only because this is the Mountain West after all. But Alford made it clear Saturday he wasn't going to settle for just being a No. 2.
''We've got...
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March 16, 2013
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No. 15 New Mexico 63, UNLV 56
Tony Snell scored 13 straight points for New Mexico during a second-half run as the No. 15 Lobos pulled away late Saturday to beat UNLV 63-56 and add the Mountain West tournament title to their regular season crown.
Snell carried New Mexico (29-5) down the stretch, making three 3-pointers and adding a pair of field goals as the Lobos took over in the last 8 minutes of the game to...
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March 16, 2013
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UNM shoots past SDSU 60-50 in MWC Semifinals
The top-seeded New Mexico Lobos will play in a second consecutive Mountain West Tournament championship game after defeating San Diego St. Aztecs 60-50 Saturday night in the MWC semifinals before a sold out – and pro-UNM crowd – in Las Vegas, Nev. The Lobos, ranked 14th in the Coaches poll plays UNLV in the title game at 4 p.m. MT Saturday . The game will be televised nationally on CBS-TV.
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March 16, 2013
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Top-seeded UNM drops Wyoming 59-46
The No. 14 and top-seeded New Mexico Lobos went on an epic offensive lull against Wyoming on Wednesday night in the 2013 Mountain West Conference Tournament. But as they’ve done all season, UNM turned up the defense and that – as well as the Lobos’ rabid fan following – was the difference as New Mexico prevailed 59-46 in the quarterfinal game at the Thomas & Mack Center...
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March 14, 2013
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No. 15 Lobos on a mission heading into MWC tourney
Although an NCAA berth is virtually assured for No. 15 New Mexico, the Lobos are confident they won't overlook anything entering the Mountain West Conference tournament.
''We need to do as good as we can in Vegas to get the seed that we think we deserve and should get for the Big Dance,'' said conference player of the year Kendall Williams, a junior guard who...
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March 12, 2013
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