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Lobo sophomore Kurt Wegscheider defends Nevada’s Grant Sherfield on Jan. 2 in Lubbock, Texas. (Courtesy UNM Athletics)And then there were 13.
Or is it 14?
The big news out of Lobo men’s basketball on Wednesday was the program, for now, has a roster for the 2021-22 season that no longer exceeds the NCAA’s maximum scholarship limit of 13.
New head coach Richard Pitino confirmed that sophomore Kurt Wegscheider, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard from Central African Republic who played in 36 games the past two seasons for the Lobos, and 7-1 Assane Ndiaye, a center who was with the team this past season but was never cleared to play in a game, have entered the NCAA transfer portal and will leave the program.
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Bayron Matos (1), shown in action in January for New Mexico, appeared in 20 games this past season, making 15 starts. (Jason Farmer/For The Journal)
Bayron Matos has found a new team.
The physically gifted 6-foot-9 freshman post player who first arrived in Albuquerque to join the Lobo men’s basketball team in the middle of the 2019-20 season announced via social media on Tuesday he will transfer to the University of South Florida.
Matos will have three seasons of playing eligibility remaining.
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“I’m happy to announce that I will be attending the University of South Florida to finish up my last few years,” Matos posted on his Twitter and Instagram social media accounts along with a picture of himself in a USF jersey. He also thanked two men who have helped guide him through the college basketball scene from his native Dominican Republic to the United States, wh
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UNM Special Assistant Dave Pilipovich, left, talks with assistant coach Dan McHale before a game this past season at Dixie State. McHale will be retained by new men’s head basketball coach Richard Pitino. (Courtesy UNM Athletics)
The staff is now complete.
Richard Pitino on Tuesday announced via a school press release that he has hired former Arizona State and UNLV staffer Eric Brown as his third assistant for the Lobo men’s basketball team. He joins Isaac Chew and Andy Hill as the three assistant coaches on Pitino’s first staff at UNM.
The school said Pitino would be available on Wednesday afternoon to media to discuss the hire.