Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, video and whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Monday's overtime thriller between the Aggies and Lobos in the Pit.
When Nevada beat Pepperdine 79-66 on Tuesday, the Wolf Pack (4-4) did so without head coach Steve Alford and assistant Craig Neal, both former New Mexico hea.
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Lobo basketball can’t play ’em all in the Pit, no matter how much they’d like to.
So come November, they’ll be playing at least a pair of non-conference games in their second most common location: Las Vegas, Nevada.
UNM has signed on to be one of four teams in the 2021 Las Vegas Classic basketball tournament Thanksgiving week in the Orleans Hotel & Casino. The other three teams were not announced.
As part of the contract for the event signed earlier this month by UNM and Basketball Promotions & Events LLC, the company that puts on the tournament, the Lobos will pay $30,000 to participate and get two games – Nov. 25 and Nov. 26 – in addition to lodging for the team and travel party.