the university of new mexico 15 NCAA Tournament Appearances WAC Champions: 1964, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1996 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL Six Mountain West Tournament Championships: 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 2019-20 SCHEDULE 2020 Mountain West Championships - First Round DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (MT) Nov. 6 Eastern New Mexico MWN W, 92-71 NEW MEXICO Media Information Nov. 9 CSUN MWN W, 97-70 Tipoff: .............................................2:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. MT Lobos Location: ................................................Thomas & Mack Center ............................................................................ Las Vegas, Nev. Capacity: ..........................................................................19,522 Legends Classic (Albuqerque, N.M.) 2020 MOUNTAIN WEST Live TV: ................................................Mountain West Network Nov. 13 Green Bay MWN W, 93-78 Record ................................................ 18-13, 7-11 MW Play-By-Play ........................................................ Nate Kreckman ConferenceMEN’S .......................................... BASKETBALLMountain CHAMPIONSHIP West Analyst .................................................................Marty Fletcher Nov. 16 McNeese MWN W, 90-80 WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 4-7 Radio: ................................................................... 770 KKOB-AM Head Coach ..................................Paul Weir (York, ‘04) ....................................................................Lobo Radio Network Record at UNM ............................THOMAS &51-46 MACK (Third CENTER Season) Play-By-Play ........................................................ Robert Portnoy Nov. 19 at UTEP CUSATV L, 66-63 Analyst .................................................................Hunter Greene Career Record ............................LAS VEGAS,79-52 (FourthNEVADA Season) Nov. 21 at NM State AggieVision W, 78-77 Live Stats: ....................................... GoLobos.com MBB Schedule WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Legends Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) MARCH 4 MARCH 5 MARCH 6 MARCH 7 Nov. 25 No. 18/19 Auburn ESPNews L, 84-59 No. 1 San Diego State Nov. 26 (RV) Wisconsin ESPN2 W, 59-50 No. 8 Fresno State Game 4 Game 4 Winner 11:30 a.m. Dec. 1 Montana AT&TSN W, 72-63 Dec. 4 Boise State* STADIUM W, 80-78 Game 1 Game 1 Winner Dec. 7 at Wyoming* AT&TSN W, 79-65 Noon Dec. 14 NM State AT&TSN W, 69-62 Game 8 Game 8 Winner No. 9 Air Force Dec. 17 Grand Canyon MWN W, 91-71 6 p.m. Dec. 22 Houston Baptist MWN W, 107-88 No. 4 UNLV Dec. 29 UC Davis MWN W, 74-69 Jan. 1 at San José State* MWN L, 88-85 Game 5 Game 5 Winner 2 p.m.** Jan. 7 Fresno State* ESPNU W, 78-64 Jan. 11 Air Force* STADIUM W, 84-78 No. 5 Boise State Jan. 15 at Colorado State* ESPN3 L, 105-72 No. 2 Utah State Game 10 Jan. 18 at UNLV* CBSSN L, 99-78 2:30 p.m. 2020 CHAMPION Jan. 21 San José State* AT&TSN W, 86-59 Jan. 25 at Nevada* CBSSN L, 96-74 No. 7 New Mexico Game 6 Game 6 Winner 6 p.m.** Jan. 29 No. 4 San Diego State* CBSSN L, 85-57 Feb. 1 at Fresno State* AT&TSN L, 82-77 Game 2 Game 2 Winner Feb. 8 Wyoming* STADIUM W, 97-68 2:30 p.m.** Feb. 11 at No. 4 San Diego State* ESPN2 L, 82-59 Game 9 Game 9 Winner No. 10 San José State Feb. 15 UNLV* CBSSN L, 78-73 8:30 p.m.** No. 3 Nevada Feb. 18 Nevada* ESPNU L, 88-74 Feb. 23 at Boise State* CBSSN L, 74-61 Feb. 26 at Air Force* ESPN3 L, 60-58 No. 6 Colorado State Game 7 Game 7 Winner 8:30 p.m.** Feb. 29 (RV) Utah State* CBSSN W, 66-64 Game 3 Game 3 Winner 5 p.m.** 2020 MW Championship (Hosted by UNLV) All times Pacific and subject to change. Mar. 4 vs SJSU (First Round) MWN 3:30 p.m. MT ** There will be a minimum of 24 minutes between games, should the first No. 11 Wyoming Mar. 5 Quarterfinals TBA TBA game go into overtime or run more than 2 hours. Mar. 6 Semifinals TBA TBA Lobos in the First round The Lobos took down (RV) Utah State on Saturday night inside Dreamstyle Arena - The Pit by a score of 66-64 to improve to Mar. 7 Championship TBA TBA 15-3 on the season at home. UNM posted its fourth-best second-half comeback in program history (14 points) for the win. The victory avenged last season’s two-point loss (68-66) to the Aggies at home that came in the final seconds after an errant Bold denotes home game at Dreamstyle Arena Lobo back court call. (15,411) UNM takes on SJSU in the first round of the 2020 Mountain West Championships after splitting with the squad this season. italics denotes tournament The Lobos fell 88-85 on the road before earning an 86-59 win at home on Jan. 21. *denotes Mountain West game The last and only time the Lobos and the Spartans saw each other in the conference tournament (WAC) was on March 5, Game times listed are Mountain Time and subject 1997 when the Lobos won 103-70. to change The Lobos are 2-3 in the first round of conference tournaments including a 1-3 mark since becoming a member of the Mountain West. UNM’s first MW first-round victory came last season against Wyoming (78-68) on March 13. Chelsea Pitvorec | Associate Director of Athletic Communications Email: [email protected] | Cell: 352-422-2875 - New mexico men’s basketball | www.golobos.com - 1 new mexico Notes Last time out 54 straight starts by the numbers (MW) UNM executed its fourth-best second-half Junior Makuach Maluach has started 54 Updated Stats through the regular season comeback in program history of 14 points straight games for the Lobos heading Statistic All Games - MW MW Games to send its seniors off with a victory over into the tournament as the only member Scoring: 76.8 ppg - 2nd 74.3 ppg - 4th (RV) Utah State, 66-64, on Saturday night of the squad that has been a Lobo since Scoring Defense: 75.5 ppg - 10th 78.5 ppg - 9th inside Dreamstyle Arena - The Pit. With the beginning of Paul Weir’s tenure. Scoring Margin: +1.3 - 7th -4.2 - 8th the win, the Lobos clinched the seventh Field Goal %: .470 - 3rd .452 - 4th seed in the Mountain West Tournament. He has also registered 74 career starts Def. Field Goal %: .450 - 8th .462 - 9th which currently ranks seventh among a list 3-Point FG %: .331 - 8th .327 - 7th Senior Corey Manigault sealed the Lobo of prolific Lobo starters in the last decade Def. 3-Point FG %: .351 - 8th .382 - 11th victory with a dunk to tie the game 63- of UNM hoops. Since the 2009-10 season, Free Throw %: .716 - 8th .714 - 8th 63 with 44 seconds left and an and-one to the following former Lobos occupy the top Off. Rebounding: 9.4 orpg - 5th 8.7 orpg - 8th put UNM up 64-63. Just 20 seconds later of the list: Kendall Williams (132), Hugh Def. Rebounding: 25.6 drpg - 8th 24.4 drpg - 9th he stole the ball and took it coast-to-coast Greenwood (126), Obij Aget (94), Alex Kirk Reb. Margin: -0.8 rpg - 9th -4.3 rpg - 9th to put UNM up by three, 66-63 with 21 (86), Sam Logwood (80) and Tony Snell (76). Assists: 15.0 apg - 4th 14.4 apg - 5th seconds left en route to the two-point win. Turnover Margin: 0.2 - 4th +0.6 - 4th Maluach’s starts are particularly impressive Asst/TO Ratio: 1.0 A/TO - 7th 1.1 A/TO - 7th stats stack up given that in Coach Weir’s first two seasons, Steals: 8.0 spg - 1st 8.0 spg - 1st STATISTIC UNM SJSU Lobo starters were based on number of Blocks: 2.9 bpg - 5th 3.2 bpg - 4th Scoring Offense 76.8 70.0 defensive deflections in the previous game Scoring Defense 75.5 81.5 and UNM had the highest number of starting Scoring Margin +1.3 -11.4 lineups in the nation (21) in Weir’s first season. Kenpom.com Field Goal Pct. .470 .389 Field Goal Pct. Def. .450 .475 Lobos in the nation 3-Point FG Pct. .331 .300 Below is a look at how the Lobos rank in 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .351 .360 some of the national stats: Free Throw Pct. .716 .717 Rebounds per Game 35.0 34.7 18th - total steals (249) Rebound Margin -0.8 -5.9 18th - free throws made (485) Steals per game 8.0 6.2 19th - free throw attempts (677) Blocks per game 2.9 3.3 23rd - total assists (466) Assists per game 15.0 13.0 31st - field-goal percentage (47.0) Turnovers per game 14.4 13.8 34th - assists per game (15.0) Turnover Margin +0.2 -0.9 35th - steals per game (8.0) Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 0.9 38th - scoring offense (76.8) a new identity Shooting vs defending Head coach Paul Weir in his first two seasons Despite the Lobos’ recent struggles in the had a squad that lived and died by the three. win-loss column, UNM’s offense continues Last season, UNM posted 15 games in which to stand as one of the strongest and most the Lobos scored 10 3-pointers or more. productive in the nation. Heading into the 2020 MW Championships, the Lobos average Throughout the first 19 games of 2019-20, the 31st-highest field-goal percentage in the Lobos focused their energy on getting the the nation at 47.0 and average 76.8 points ball inside to the post, and as a consequence per game to rank second in the Mountain posted just one game of 10+ 3-pointers West. It’s the Lobo defense that has fallen (14 against Grand Canyon on Dec.