We have made it to Saturday for the Championship game between the 6-seed New Mexico Lobos (25-9) and the 5-seed SDSU Aztecs (24-9). This is the first Title Game for the Lobos since 2018 when they lost to SDSU. Lobos will have a sick Donovan Dent who will try to give it a go, so Jaelen House and Jamal Mashburn Jr. will be expected to carry a heavy load today. Very simple for the Lobos, win and you take all questions away before the selection show.
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Zach’s running blog MW Tournament: Semifinals 6 UNM vs. 7 CSU
We are back for the third day in a row for the Semifinal match-up between the 6-seed New Mexico Lobos (24-9) and the 7-seed Colorado State Rams (24-9). The Lobos have handled both their first two games extremely well against two completely different teams in Air Force and Boise State. The game has become even more important than it looked like it would a few days ago with a lot of similar teams winning in their Conference Tournaments. Before everyone freaks out, we have no idea what the committee thinks about the teams after the top 20ish. We will be updating this as the game goes along.
Zach’s running blog MW Tournament 2024 Quarterfinals: 3 Boise State vs 6 New Mexico
We are back for the nightcap of the Mountain West Quarterfinals, in what should be a good one with the 3-seed Boise State Broncos 22-9 vs. the 6-seed New Mexico Lobos 23-9. Boise State has won the first two match-ups between the two teams this year, the Lobos are looking to change that and make it more likely for a NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since year one of the Craig Neal Era in 2014. It’s crazy to think that it has been a decade since the Lobos have played a meaningful game post-Mountain West Tournament. It is a different opponent and more talented team, but if the Lobos can play like they did on Wednesday against Air Force, it could be a fun night for the Lobo Faithful.
Zach’s running blog MW Tournament 2024: Lobos vs. AFA
We are live from media row, next to Albuquerque Journal’s beat writers for men’s and women’s basketball. Geoff Grammer and the radio guys have improved their seating from the regular season game against UNLV. I will update this blog throughout the game and do this for every game the Lobos play in the Mountain West Tournament.
Let’s talk MW Tournament Seeds
We are entering the last 5 games of the Mountain West Schedule, we have four games with potential seeding implications and one game that doesn’t matter for seeding in next week’s Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas. Many different things can happen depending on the outcome of the different games. Let’s look at all the different scenarios that can happen on Friday and Saturday. (Editors note: We won’t touch on the Fresno State vs. Wyoming game in any scenarios since they are both locked into their seeds.)
Standing:
- Utah State 13-4
- Nevada 12-5
- UNLV 12-5
- Boise State 12-5
- SDSU 11-6
- New Mexico 10-7
- CSU 9-8
- Wyoming 7-10
- Fresno State 4-13
- AFA 2-15
- SJSU 2-16
Running Blog: NIT First Round Lobos vs. Utah Valley
The Lobos (22-11) open thier post season as they host Utah Valley University (25-8). This is the first post season game for the Lobos since 2014 when they lost to Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It will be interesting to see how the Lobos come out to start this game, we already saw the 1 seed Rutgers lose in the first round. This is a running blog and will be updating as the game happens.
Usual Starters for the Lobos: House, Mashburn Jr., Johnson, Allick, Udeze.
Running Blog: Lobos vs Utah State QF MW Tournament
We are back for the last game of the Quarterfianl round of the Mountain West Tournament. The Lobos (22-10) look to build on their second half against Wyoming, as they take on the 3 seed Utah State (24-7) in the second meeting between the two teams. In the first meeting the Aggies were able to find easy buckets around the rim, leading to a blow out win. The Lobos and Aggies have had some absolute battles in their MW Tournament Match-up. I will be updating this as the game goes on.
Running Blog: Lobos vs. WYO MW Tournament
We are ready in Las Vegas for the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament. The Lobos (21-10) will face off against Wyoming (9-21). The two teams split the regular season, with both teams winning on the others home court. The winner of this game will face Utah State tomorrow in the last Quarterfinal Game on Thursday. The other matchups for the games on Thursday are SDSU vs. CSU, Nevada vs. SJSU, Boise State vs. UNLV. This will be updating during the game.
Live Blog: Lobos vs. WYO
The Lobos (19-6, 6-6) look to return to their winning ways as they welcome Wyoming (7-17, 2-10) to The PIT. The Lobos will be without Jaelen House for the second straight game as he is healing from a hamstring injury. The Lobos will look to turn up their defense after struggling on the side of the ball against AFA. Feel free to join in on the conversation.
Live Blog: Lobos vs. Nevada Alford’s Return
The Lobos (19-4, 6-4) return home to welcome two former Lobo Men’s Basketball Head Coaches Steve Alford, Craig Neal and their Nevada Wolf Pack (18-6, 8-3) in a massive Mountain West game. Feel free to join in on the conversation.