Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me. I moved Phil Abney down from 36 to just outside the top 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 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. 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. This list may not reflect recent changes. [6] She helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 350 record. The Basketball Tournament the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks revealed Monday that The Enchantment, the New Mexico alumni team, has been admitted into TBTs 64-team field. 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? Funeral arrangements have not been announced yet. Lobo was awarded the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup for 199495, presented to the athlete "most deserving of recognition as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year". Considering the courses some of them took, or were supposed to have taken, that's not a high percentage. Players of men's basketball at the University of New Mexico. Bad feet kept him out of the NBA. 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. 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. by Frank Mercogliano. Flipboard. Designed by Urban Walrus Creative. I am looking forward to building something with this group of guys.. 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. 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. Lobo averaged 7.7 points per game and recorded six blocks, highest on the team.[12]. RIP., Southern Assault AAU coach Vonzell Thomas wrote on Twitter: Rest in peace Gethro ! So all time UNM team with NM players. 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. Tickets for TBT summer events can be found at thetournament.com/tickets. Gethro 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. Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 8:23PMUpdated: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 11:17PM. 16The last Lobo men's basketball game played in the Pit was Feb. 29, 2020. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. 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). Texas mom accused of leaving 3-year-old in car while shopping at Target. That PDF linked at the start does have some interesting info. 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. Our program is hurting today as we remember him and send our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends during this difficult time.. Cleveland is as puzzled as anyone that the Cougars haven't won a conference tournament title since 2001. '', 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. In 1995 Lobo passed through tryouts to join the national team, which later became the US team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. Late in the 2nd half I remember thinking Brown was going to rally the Lobos, but then his shot wouldnt fall very unusual for him. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) As Richard Pitino continues to rebuild the UNM mens basketball program, he is teaching his team the importance of Lobo history. In 2008, Patrick Ewing was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for his individual career. It was an impressive and emotional bounce-back both for the team and fans an energetic 12,520 on Tuesday. Always fun to reflect. 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 . One preseason poll is skeptical, KU Jayhawks football coach Leipold sends text of congratulations to K-States Klieman. They finished third in the district at 7-3, beat Mesa Vista once in overtime, and snuck into the state . It was a win over a Utah State team that went on to win the Mountain West Tournament the following week and . I had both him and Larry Belen written on my paper as a player just outside the top 50, but didn't list them above so as not to make the list too long. 03 Mar, 2023. 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. Mitchell was named to the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame in 1991 and to the UNM Alumni Lettermen's Hall of . 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. It was a great experience because culture is very big in any program that youre in, J.R. Giddens said. Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. We are just devastated as a program. Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . 1 of 21 NBA player and former Connecticut basketball player Ray Allen, right, hugs WNBA and former Connecticut basketball player Sue Bird as former player Rebecca Lobo, left, watche, during at the . The authorities of that day. Per an earlier comment, I should move Marlow White and Greg Brown up a few notches, perhaps Kendall Williams and Willie Long as well. 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. [2] Her father is of Cuban descent, while her mother was of German and Irish heritage. Love you G ! Former Dolores, Quezon mayor Danilo Amat - July 2022. The smiles ! What is mud rain? 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. 15 Richest LGBTQ+ Athletes & Former Athletes in the US. They also founded the RuthAnn and Rebecca Lobo Scholarship, which offers a scholarship to the UConn School of Allied Health for Hispanic students. BYU coach Steve Cleveland looks on from the sideline of the BYU-Utah game at the Marriott Center in Provo. The next season she was traded to the Connecticut Sun, where she retired in 2003. We are just praying for him we really are. ''Ellenberger's around, I see him from a distance, but I've never spoken to him,'' John Bridgers says. The third and final game of the Wichita regional will take place on Tuesday, July 20. 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. Student. The Lobos forced 27 turnovers, outscored the Monarchs 32-16 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to ODU's eight. 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. 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. 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. Go Lobos!. Gethro 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. [11], Lobo continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). For the Lobos, he averaged 20.5 minutes a game. Quarterfinal games will be played on July 31, and semifinals on August 1. John Bridgers, formerly the athletic director at Florida State, was hired late in 1979 after the Lobogate scandal surfaced. The following senior season, Lobos won the WAC title and went to the NCAA tournament. 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She was born in Connecticut and played high school basketball. [9] Lobo was named the 1995 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation. In 1999, she was selected to the inaugural WNBA All Star team but could not play because of the injury. We all loved Gethro on his visit, Self said after the big man signed with KU. He appeared in 16 basketball games that one season for the Lobos and scored 86 total points. We are saddened by the news of Gethros passing, UNM head coach Richard Pitino said in a statement sent to the Journal. 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. BOSTON, Mass. He hit 48.8% of his shots, including 2 of 5 threes and 30 of 39 free throws (76.9%). He played his senior high school season at Aspire Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, where he started 11 of 17 games. May 8The Lobos got a big man. BOISE, Idaho Each Mountain West Conference school keeps an unadorned championship trophy, without year or team or sport, for immediate photo ops in the event that someone clinches a conference . One of those courses was Fundamentals of Basketball. But inside, the street level is 45 rows above a basketball court as shiny as Indian jewelry. Fans will be able to watch (broadcast info TBA) or can purchase tickets to attend in Wichita (thetournament.com/tickets). 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The driver reportedly sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. Were praying for him in a big way.. Once the kid accepts it, he loses respect for the coach, so the coach already has lost him as a player.''. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. Get in-depth, sideline coverage of Kansas City area sports - only $1 a month. C-Daniel Santiago. Stay connected with BVM Sports: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram, {"rules": {"password": "required", "password_confirm": {"equalTo": "#registerPassword"}}}. The most recent review suggested many other players should be higher than him, thus I moved him down significantly. ''I don't know where they are,'' John Bridgers said. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time, read the Twitter post. Lobo said she was surprised . 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. Lobo is 48 years old and measures 6 feet 4 inches tall as of 2022. 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. I feel Im here for a reason now: to be the best I can be., I am humble, friendly, open to anybody, grateful for this opportunity. He also does local television commercials and hosts tours. For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. 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. Manage the news you want to see, read exclusive content and explore other subscriber benefits. Ervin was known for shooting from outside the arc and played for teams such as Shell Turbo Chargers, Barangay Ginebra Kings, the Air21 Express, and Alaska Aces. 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. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. GO LOBOS! Since his tragic accident last December, we have all been praying for a miracle. 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. 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. Wow, I hadn't realized that Hunter Greene was one of the all-time steals leaders at UNM. Thank you for the laughs ! 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. Regarding Darington Hobson, I rate him very high for the following reasons. Pitino noted: I was very close to Gethro off the court. The 22-year-old from Haiti who played at Kansas before transferring to UNM last season. 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. 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. KU coach Bill Self wrote on Twitter: Gethro Muscadin passed away late last night. 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. Will Ruling On NCAA Student-Athlete Payments . The trust you gave to me and my family !! 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) MLB including Negro League records is special to former Lobo basketball player. The Enchantment will be competing in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena from July 16-20. First team to the Target Score, wins. I'd probably bump Gibson off the list make room for him. Get original content and the most important sports news from trusted sources delivered to your inbox. 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. Toggle Notable former Lobo athletes and coaches subsection 6.1 Basketball. 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. 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. Hardin was a beast on the boards and had a nice shooting touch outside when they doubled-teamed him down low. Lobo shared her story with others suffering from the same type of injury and strongly advocated for patient self-education via the Internet. McAfee allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the victim then left in his car. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. For now, the Lobos have six returning scholarship players in guards Jeremiah Francis, Javonte Johnson and Saquan Singleton; and three forwards in Emmanuel Kuac, Rod Brown and Valdir Manuel. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. After Lafayette police obtained an arrest warrant for McAfee, she turned herself into Longview Police in Texas. 1. For the school's women's players, see Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players. With the dynamic PBA and scouting and improvement programs, the National Team is reviving past success. Kitchens spent 16 seasons in the NFL .
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