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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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Minnesota’s Jamal Mashburn Jr. shoots over Ohio State’s CJ Walker (13) at the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis on March 11. Mashburn on Friday became the second player in as many days from a major school to say he’s coming to UNM. (Michael Conroy/Associated Press)
Another day, another highly regarded point guard announcing his desire to transfer to play for the New Mexico Lobos.
Jamal Mashburn Jr., a 6-foot-2 former four-star recruit who started eight games and averaged 8.2 points and 1.6 assists this past season as a true freshman for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, announced on social media Friday that he will follow his old coach, Richard Pitino, to Albuquerque and play for the Lobos.