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. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. She is charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. [27] Lobo was the 1996 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund raiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. Thank you for the laughs ! These guys are proud Lobos, and we want to make them proud.. Hey thanks lavida, and yes I'm interested in seeing how others would adjust the order. 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. 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. Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me. Its devastating. 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. All rights reserved. He was an assistant and later head coach of New Mexico Military Institutes junior college team from 2009 to 2018. Lobo and Rushin host a weekly podcast called the Ball & Chain Podcast. In a story Friday in an Albuquerque newspaper, he assessed Lobogate by saying: ''We broke some N.C.A.A. The Enchantment will be competing in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena from July 16-20. He also won gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games as part of the US men's national basketball teams. The team will be coached by former New Mexico Star and NBA veteran Kenny Thomas (1995-99). Shaiquel McGruder (16 points) led four UNM players in double figures, and UNM effectively played to its strengths for most of Monday's contest. 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. He had 19 blocks. Nearly a year after his older sister's murder, the Aztecs guard is learning to cope with loss: "I think about her every day" Portions of Calif. home hang over cliff after landslide. NCAA had still not expanded their tournament. The Enchantment, which will host an exhibition alumni game on July 11 at 6 p.m. in The Pit (Tickets), is organized by former New Mexico assistant Brandon Mason and coached by former Lobo star and NBA veteran Kenny Thomas (UNM: 1995-99). 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. In addition, former Lobo men's basketball director of operations and current associate AD at UNM, Ryan Berryman, will serve as the team's assistant general manager. #heartbroken #unbreakablefamily, was the Twitter post from his AAU coach Vonzell Thomas in Texas, who Muscadin lived with before going to college. Muscadin, the No. I recruited him coming out of high school very hard at Minnesota. Muscadin started playing basketball when he was 15 and moved to the U.S. when he was 16. If the Lobos' three-year probation had not expired, the Final Four would have been moved to another site. [1], Lobo was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the youngest daughter of RuthAnn (ne McLaughlin) and Dennis Joseph Lobo. Lobo started . The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. Rebecca Lobo, shown in 2019, will be on the call for the UConn-Tennessee game Thursday night on ESPN. New Mexico and ABQ News, Sports, Business and more, By Geoff Grammer / Journal Staff Writer 14, but as a super senior, the unofficial term for college athletes who would have exhausted their eligibility in 2020-21 had it not been for COVID, the NCAA has ruled he would not count against the Lobos scholarship limit of 13. [6] She helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 350 record. MLB including Negro League records is special to former Lobo basketball player. . Were praying for him in a big way.. Her father was a basketball coach and she had the record of scoring the highest points in high school basketball in her state for 18 years. 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. Former players have joined for 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. He had averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game at UNM. The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. I support them all in their next destination, wherever it is.. BYU coach Steve Cleveland looks on from the sideline of the BYU-Utah game at the Marriott Center in Provo. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Hes been great, said Pitino of Maluach, who has practiced all spring with the team, even as recently as last week. The Lobos forced 27 turnovers, outscored the Monarchs 32-16 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to ODU's eight. 3) Info from the plaques located on the Pit concourse, 4) Much online research including articles and stats, 5) Statistical comparisons between players. Joining the program as offensive line coach is former UAB/South Alabama lineman Cam Blankenship. Mar. Former head coach Don Flanagan (1999-2011) is the most successful coach in terms of wins. I did my best. Love you G ! 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. John Bridgers, short but sturdy, was a defensive line coach for the 1958 Baltimore Colts that won the National Football League championship. In my rankings from 10 years ago, I had him #22. Life is so fragile; its a really really difficult reminder of that; its gonna be a fight., After Muscadin decided to leave KU on March 31, 2021, coach Self said: We certainly wish him the very best and know that he will be successful and he knows that well always cheer for him.. 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. De-extinction is a, Roundhouse Roundup: Paramilitary rules, youth parole, Rio Bravo Park cleanup will take longer than expected, More from KRQE NEWS 13 - Breaking News, Albuquerque News, New Mexico News, Weather, and Videos, Gun safety bill passes Senate, faces one more hurdle, Restaurants still struggling to recover from COVID, Roswell PD: Woman steals, drives wrong-way to get, State basketball tournament: Girls first round recap, BCSO: Kids were living in dirty home containing drugs, Local casino hosts National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show, Victims identified in ABQ neighborhood murder suicide, Bear found in Red River dumpster on way to recovery, Elderly man who killed sister takes plea deal, Whats happening around New Mexico Feb. 24 Mar. PF-Kenny Thomas. 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. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Major League baseball righted a wrong this year. 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. He was a 1rst Team JUCO AA as well when Whisenant signed him up for the Lobos. 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. Rebecca Lobo is a former women's basketball player who played for the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2003. 3) Kenny Thomas PF 96-99 4) Danny Granger SF 04-05 They also broke some laws. , 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? Copyright 2023 The University of New Mexico. Hardin was hard to stop defensively with some great moves down low. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Norm Ellenberger's assistant, Manny Goldstein, was a major figure in arranging the fraudulent system. We are saddened by the news of Gethros passing, UNM head coach Richard Pitino said in a statement sent to the Journal. The Pit. SF-Mike Winters. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. After playing 12 games with the Lobos, he and the team announced he was leaving the program on Dec. 20 after . I would agree with almost all 50 but change the order somewhat. In 1999, she was selected to the inaugural WNBA All Star team but could not play because of the injury. The Lobos need a win over Colorado State and a loss by San Jose State on Saturday at Air Force to secure the No. The big news out of Lobo mens basketball on Wednesday was the program, for now, has a roster for the 2021-22 season that no longer exceeds the NCAAs maximum scholarship limit of 13. And why is it on my car? I'd probably bump Gibson off the list make room for him. The team competed in Guanajuato, Mexico in August 1992. GO LOBOS! Flipboard. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. 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. Meet Pat Mora", "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL;Lobo Receives Another Award", "Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor", "Second Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 1992", "Third FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship -- 1993", "PRO BASKETBALL; Torn Ligament Ends Lobo's Season Early", "Rebecca Lobo to help celebrate Connecticut Sun's 15th anniversary", "Lobo Named Recipient of NCAA Silver Anniversary Award", "Mike Anthony: Rebecca Lobo back at center of UConn women's basketball world she helped create as her No. KU coach Bill Self wrote on Twitter: Gethro Muscadin passed away late last night. [11], Lobo continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). We could tell he felt at home and seemed so happy. Ron Nelson, Ron Sanford, Bernard Hardin, Mark Saiers, and Dairese Gary are 5 of them. . In March 2020, Nob Hill mainstay Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also founded the RuthAnn and Rebecca Lobo Scholarship, which offers a scholarship to the UConn School of Allied Health for Hispanic students. I would have Makuach somewhere on the list. In a podcast with Zach Schumaker of Schuz Views, Muscadin said he wished to make the folks back in Republic of Haiti proud. Our program is as honest and clean as there is in college athletics.''. 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. If it MUST be the NIT, UNM basketball has University of New Mexico Hospital launching health care listening tour, Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro to reopen after three years, Maxwell Museum exhibit focuses on Native American basketry from its collection, Harwood exhibit looks at the overlooked history of the Black cowboy. The report says the man was involved in a domestic altercation with his live-in girlfriend in the early morning hours.. Im going to keep praying. 24 Texas A&M over No. 2) Michael Cooper SG 77-78. The third and final game of the Wichita regional will take place on Tuesday, July 20. 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. Lobo averaged 7.7 points per game and recorded six blocks, highest on the team.[12]. But now where are those seven players who were declared ineligible - Craig Gilbert, Larry Belin, Larry Hubbard, Andre Logan, Larry Tarrance, Paul Roby and Jerome Henderson? New Mexico Lobos (-4) at Colorado State Rams It is not typical to play two road teams during the same slate, but New Mexico is the best option on the slate for Friday. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - As Richard Pitino continues to rebuild the UNM men's basketball program, he is teaching his team the importance of Lobo history. Hall of Fame coach Billie Moore, who guided two schools to national championships and was the coach of the first U.S. women's basketball team, has died at 79. Im devastated heartbroken and just hopeful. 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? Since his tragic accident last December, we have all been praying for a miracle. With regards to David Gibson, that's one I go back and forth on. For me, I'd remove Olney and Hobson from the most elite tier and replace them with Greene and Hardin. The NCAA wont allow a return of in-person recruiting for college coaches until late June. On July 11, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., the alumni team will participate in an exhibition game in University Arena The Pit against other notable Lobo alumni. 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. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. The coach was later acquitted on all seven counts of a Federal indictment that resulted from Federal Bureau of Investigation charges. So young. Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin (born October 6, 1973) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. [28], On April 12, 2003, Lobo changed her last name to Lobo-Rushin after marrying Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. MARCH MADNESS BABYYY. was convinced that we've done everything we could to straighten the program out. It was an impressive and emotional bounce-back both for the team and fans an energetic 12,520 on Tuesday. 16The last Lobo men's basketball game played in the Pit was Feb. 29, 2020. 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.. 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. 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.. Muscadin, 20, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his girlfriend. Rankings were determined by extracting and reviewing information from a variety of sources including: 1) My personal observations of the players. One of Norm Ellenberger's earlier players enrolled at New Mexico while on parole for a rape conviction in Arizona, where he attended Scottsdale Community College even though he had never graduated from high school; he had spent some of his high school years in several New York state reformatories instead. 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. Mike Lucero was a standout prep player at Santa Fe High and for the Lobos in the early 1960s. Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . Love you G ! Subscribe now to access decluttered news, chosen by you. Here are the top five former Lobos who starred in Albuquerque before taking their talents to the professional ranks. He started nine of 12 games. So young. 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. Toggle Notable former Lobo athletes and coaches subsection 6.1 Basketball. Considering the courses some of them took, or were supposed to have taken, that's not a high percentage. Interesting list, but I'd include two other players into the elite tier and add a few other players to the Top 50 that were omitted: Both Hunter Greene and Bernard Hardin should be ranked among the top players at UNM ever. Sotto's father, Ervin, is a former professional basketball player. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position for much of her career. He gets a positive mark from me for his outstanding 1st half defensive performance against Allen Iverson in an NCAA tournament game vs Georgetown. Choose your favorite sports and teams to follow to be able to see all of the content you want to enjoy first. He hit 48.8% of his shots, including 2 of 5 threes and 30 of 39 free throws (76.9%). If Maluach does decide to return, he would be scholarship player No. Game Totals: An average of 158.80 pts in the previous 10 games Game Totals on the Road: An average of 153.40 pts in the previous 10 games on the road Over 153.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games Over 153.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road Team Totals: Have scored an average of 79.50 pts and allowed 79.30 pts in the last 10 games As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Two teams will advance from each of TBTs four regionals to compete in Championship Weekend in Dayton, Ohio at UD Arena. Soon after he declared for the NFL Draft. 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 . Good list. 1. 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. For venue-specific safety protocols, please visit thetournament.com/regions. To get this news is heartbreaking. 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. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [10] Lobo was the first player in the Big East Conference ever to earn first team all American honors for both basketball and academics. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. Video of the melee . For the school's women's players, see Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players. 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. UNM is coming off a 111-55 win over Utah State on Saturday and has won five straight games. He will always be a teammate of ours. Tickets will be sold at limited capacity in accordance with all local health and safety regulations. 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. 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.
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