With non-conference play now finished for the Mountain West women’s basketball programs, each team is ready for the grind of conference play. The Lobos (4-6) look to be in the middle of the conference ladder right now, but conference play can change things in a hurry. While the non-conference schedule didn’t give the results everyone wanted to see, they did show great promise in a few of the games, including the drumming of NMSU at home. The Lobos have the talent to make things difficult for the top contenders for the conference title, and could find themselves in the top tier of the conference. With the lack of advanced statistics on the women’s side, it’s a little difficult to compare how the teams have performed, but I’ll give it a shot.
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Men’s Basketball Game 13 Preview: Fresno State
After a, let’s say, rocky non-conference season, the slate gets wiped clean and the Lobos will now turn their attention towards a conference championship. Their first test will be Fresno State, the reigning conference tournament champions. They also have their sights at the top of the conference standings, so this will likely be an emotional, competitive game.
Men’s Basketball Midyear Conference Reset
Now that conference play is about to start up, we figured that it’s time to take a step back to see how all of the teams in the conference fared so far this year and then try to figure out what we think will happen these next few months. There are no terrible teams in the conference this year, but there also aren’t any great teams either, which means that this year has the potential to be pretty wild.
Men’s Basketball Midyear Player Report
Now that we’re done with non-conference play, it seems like a worthwhile time to take a step back and see how all of the players are performing so far. As we did in our season preview for the players, we’ll be looking at some advanced stats to try to get a sense of what’s working, and what’s not working, for each player.
Some Scattered Thoughts about Men’s Basketball
After last night’s drubbing at the hands of Arizona, the Lobos head into the holiday break at a definitive low point. In lieu of actually recapping that atrocity of a game, here are a few scattered thoughts about what’s happened so far this season.
Women’s Basketball Game 10 Preview: Marquette
The Lobos (4-5) return to action Wednesday, when they travel to take on a very good Marquette Golden Eagles (8-2) team. It has been a while since the Lobos have played a game, as their scheduled game against Eastern Illinois on Sunday was postponed due to weather. There is question if that game will be able to be made up, since it is getting close to conference play and the players will be able to head home after the game against Marquette. As for this game, this could very well be the best team the Lobos will face this season, as they will be tasked with challenge of stopping a great Marquette offense. It will be very important for the Lobos to take care of the ball and have a great shooting day, which is a possibility, since Marquette isn’t a great defensive team.
Men’s Basketball Game 12 Preview: Arizona
After facing a clearly-overmatched opponent in Arkansas-Pine Bluff at home, the Lobos head to Tucson, AZ to face a team on the other end of the spectrum. The Lobos will take on the 19th-ranked Arizona Wildcats Tuesday night, looking for what would be a huge upset win that would definitely get their season back on track.
Men’s Basketball Game 11 Preview: Arkansas-Pine Bluff
It’s been a week since the Lobos headed down to Las Cruces, where they put out an uninspiring performance on way to an 84-71 loss. Based on what we’ve heard about their practices this week, that loss may have lit a fire under the Lobos, which could serve them well in the long run. They’ll need to bring the intensity tonight though, as they’re playing an Arkansas-Pine Bluff squad that’s hard to get excited about and with Arizona looming around the corner, this could be a classic trap game.
Catching up with Women’s Basketball
Thanks to travel and holidays, it has been a little while since we have checked in with the Lobos, who are currently sitting at 4-5 on the season. while the results have been uneven so far, there are many encouraging things to take from the first nine games of the season. The team will continue to have ups and downs all season, and will look great during some stretches and not so good during others. One thing that has been easy to see so far is how much faster the pace of play that the Lobos are playing at is compared to last year, which means that when the Lobos are hitting shots, they are able to build huge leads in a hurry.
Men’s Basketball Game 10 Preview: NMSU
After a thrilling come-from-ahead then come-from-behind win against UTEP, the Lobos travel down south to take on the NMSU Aggies again. While the Lobos have been a little up-and-down since the two teams first met a few weeks ago, the Aggies have been on a hot streak. Hopefully the Lobos can snap that streak to come out with a sweep of the season series.