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What UConn great Rebecca Lobo said about Huskies, Tennessee The third and final game of the Wichita regional will take place on Tuesday, July 20. 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). March 1, 2003. Kai Sotto Scandal: Basketball Player Leaked Video Goes Viral 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. The following senior season, Lobos won the WAC title and went to the NCAA tournament. He averaged a double-double that year with 14.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. TV broadcast information will be announced soon. 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. 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. The team competed in Guanajuato, Mexico in August 1992. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Show More Show Less 2 of 4. 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 29, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union) Lori Van Buren / Albany Times Union Show More Show Less 3 of 10 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. 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. 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[The alumni] can probably give you a lot more knowledge than I can, so make sure you get to know them. ''None were put off scholarship if they wanted to stay, but most of 'em drifted away.''. More than 100 colleges recruited Lobo, but she chose the University of Connecticut due to proximity and her belief in its academic excellence. 17-15 Record: 21-9 4-10/10-4: Away/Home: 5-5/15-4: sunbelt . One of those courses was Fundamentals of 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. I seem to remember it was only 24. New Mexico Basketball Is Back Home and Better Than Ever Here are the top five former Lobos who starred in Albuquerque before taking their talents to the professional ranks. 03 Mar, 2023. That PDF linked at the start does have some interesting info. 2) Michael Cooper SG 77-78. Former Florida State Basketball Star suffers another devastating At New Mexico State, a meltdown that runs beyond basketball As for how he ended up at New Mexico the 2020-21 freshman season of the highly recruited prep star didnt turn out as he had hoped after playing just 11 games at Kansas that came down to a prior relationship with Pitino. Even though he wasnt part of the team any more doesnt mean hes not the great kid he is. Lobo sophomore Kurt Wegscheider defends Nevadas Grant Sherfield on Jan. 2 in Lubbock, Texas. 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. Randy Harrison: For Lobo men's basketball fans, there's a - Yahoo The Enchantment, the fourth seed in the New Mexico Regional, are once again organized by former Lobos men's basketball coach Brandon Mason and Ryan Berryman, UNM's Associate Athletic Director for Business Operations. She was born in Connecticut and played high school basketball. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. The Lobos forced 27 turnovers, outscored the Monarchs 32-16 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to ODU's eight. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. All deserving to be on the Top 50 Lobos list. On Dec. 21, 2021, it was announced Muscadin had left New Mexicos program via mutual decision of Muscadin and Lobos coach Richard Pitino. 'Lobo' numbers increased last year in New Mexico, but concerns remain A Mexican gray wolf in a crate after being captured at Ted Turner's Ladder Ranch near Hillsboro, New Mexico, Monday, November 21, 2022. As of Tuesday evening, there was no word on potential memorial services. Student. I will restore Hardin to the top 30 as he was a very special player and I should have trusted my original research better. 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. Muscadin initially chose Kansas over Memphis, Louisville, Kansas State, Minnesota and Texas Tech. A SCANDAL THAT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE - SI.com I just don't understand it. Its one of those things where I felt the energy was cool, I think they got a nice squad in [Jalen House and Jamal Mashburn Jr.] because I played with Jalen Houses dad, Eddie House, and I played against Jamal Mashburn Sr. John Bridgers, short but sturdy, was a defensive line coach for the 1958 Baltimore Colts that won the National Football League championship. Muscadin started playing basketball when he was 15 and moved to the U.S. when he was 16. WALK-ONS MOVE ON: Two Lobo walk-ons in the past week have made their transfer plans known. First team to the Target Score, wins. Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Swen did appear in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in late January where he led Team American with 73 yards on the ground -- 49 alone on the game-winning drive -- on just eight attempts. 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. 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. So they got a lot of talent on this team, its just a matter of if theyre going to implement it on a consistent basis.. I recruited him when he entered the portal. Copyright 2023 The University of New Mexico. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. ''Ellenberger's around, I see him from a distance, but I've never spoken to him,'' John Bridgers says. Greene's 21.1 ppg in the 1986-1987 season is among the highest single-year scoring averages in Lobo basketball. 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. I recruited him coming out of high school very hard at Minnesota. Video of the melee . The authorities of that day. Thank you for the laughs ! 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. into a possible gambling scandal involving Norm Ellenberger and a former assistant coach, John Whisenant, but no indictments developed. According to an associate athletic director during the Norm Ellenberger regime, Ike Singer Jr., ''around 25 percent'' of the Lobo basketball players graduated. His high school coach is a friend of mine. Get original content and the most important sports news from trusted sources delivered to your inbox. Rebecca Lobo among headliners in Basketball Hall of Fame class KC Star reporter Shreyas Laddha breaks down the hoops matchup between KU and Texas, set for a Saturday afternoon tip. 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. Your infectious personality, the way you made people feel and that smile of yours will always stay with me. 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. 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. 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Not quite. I support them all in their next destination, wherever it is.. 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 Love you G ! 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. Muscadin, 20, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his girlfriend. Muscadin was recruited by Pitino to Minnesota and Thomas also had plenty of recruiting connections himself, both with current and past coaches at UNM. Toggle Notable former Lobo athletes and coaches subsection 6.1 Basketball. 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. So young. The NCAA wont allow a return of in-person recruiting for college coaches until late June. Players of men's basketball at the University of New Mexico. She is currently awaiting extradition. McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. Our program is as honest and clean as there is in college athletics.''. We are just praying for him we really are. 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. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Lobo alumni basketball game returning to the Pit - AOL 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 victims name has not been released as of this writing. The next season she was traded to the Connecticut Sun, where she retired in 2003. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. RIP., Southern Assault AAU coach Vonzell Thomas wrote on Twitter: Rest in peace Gethro ! ''With many fans and people here, he's still their Robin Hood, he's still a hero.''. [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. Love you G ! 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. And the scandal is still referred to here as Lobogate. Thank you for submitting a news tip to BVM Sports. BYU basketball: Steve Cleveland on Cougars' struggles at WCC tourney Rebecca was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the United States on October 6, 1973. He will always be a teammate of ours. Coach Pitino hopes his players were able to learn something from the Lobos who made it to the next level and wants them to know they are part of something bigger than a basketball team. Were praying for him in a big way.. 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.'' She played college basketball too. Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice. So young. (Courtesy UNM Athletics)And then there were 13. Some extra notes, quotes, news and notes from the Lobos Friday night basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado. MARCH MADNESS BABYYY. The team will be coached by former New Mexico Star and NBA veteran Kenny Thomas (1995-99). May 8The Lobos got a big man. He had averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game at UNM. 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. #heartbroken #unbreakablefamily., Jeremy Kipness, Muscadins coach at Aspire Academy in Louisville where Muscadin played as a senior in high school, wrote on Twitter: Rest in eternal peace Gethro. 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. ''I wrote that man a letter and tried to explain the situation to him,'' John Bridgers said. Players; 2023 Top Recruits . College Basketball (W) News / Field . . We could tell he felt at home and seemed so happy. [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]. So sad. UNLV tops final power rankings | Women's Basketball | wyomingnews.com 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. 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.
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