Gamer from the Pit...
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Hot-shooting Rams lead wire-to-wire, topple late-to-adjust Lobos on Senior Night. www.abqjournal.com/sports/hot-s... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Gamer from the Pit...
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Hot-shooting Rams lead wire-to-wire, topple late-to-adjust Lobos on Senior Night. www.abqjournal.com/sports/hot-s... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
VIDEO: UNM Lobo coach Eric Olen and senior guards Luke Haupt and Deyton Albury talk to media after losing to CSU, 82-74, on Senior Night in the Pit on Wednesday. youtu.be/3eLRt3-kQ-I?... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
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BREAKING: UNM promotes 32-year-old Ryan Berryman to be new Athletics Director
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Albuquerque native goes from student manager for Lobo basketball to department's top administrator www.abqjournal.com/sports/unm-p... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
The UNM Lobos were the big winners Tuesday, despite not playing. Now if UNM wins tonight vs. a red-hot Colorado State team (7 wins in a row) it sets up a winner-take-all game Saturday in Logan, Utah, for the Mountain West regular season championship.
Wednesday:
β’ CSU (+8.5) at UNM, 8 MT (CBSSN)
Unique Senior Night for an appreciative Luke Haupt, Lobos teammates www.abqjournal.com/sports/uniqu... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
04.03.2026 17:38 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Lobo hoops notebook: Popular retro jerseys raise revenue-share funds through auction. Which jersey got the highest bid?
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Plus, three takes on one pass from UNM's win over San Diego State, plus Jaelen House on the move... www.abqjournal.com/sports/lobo-... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Around the Mountain: The seeding possibilities for each Mountain West team heading into final week
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Also notes on league's hottest team, senior moments, league player awards, the Weekly Nique and my top games to watch www.abqjournal.com/sports/aroun... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Emptying the Notebook: Buljan's big bounce back could be coming at right time for Lobos
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Ranking his 24/18 game, UNM's turnover turnaround, tale of the tape after 100th SDSU/UNM game played, seeding probabilities and much, much more. www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
With stakes high for high-noon showdown in the Pit that brings to a close the SDSU Aztecs/UNM Lobos hoops rivalry, we revisit the best game of the series ever played in the Pit in the words of two of the players involved www.abqjournal.com/sports/stake... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
28.02.2026 06:04 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0UNM Lobos coach Eric Olen and guard Uriah Tenette ahead of SDSU game (Feb. 27, 2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVX8... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
27.02.2026 19:27 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Emptying the Notebook: Lobos offense stalls in one of season's biggest moments in road loss at Nevada
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Squandered opportunity, updated MW Tournament seeding probabilities, Hall's new record, Rock on, and more www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Around the Mountain: Before league splits, Mountain West delivering epic final two weeks of regular season
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Plus: Player awards, games to watch, ratings update, and even a discussion of which might be the worst team in MW history www.abqjournal.com/sports/aroun... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Alburyβs edge fuels Lobos before Reno showdown
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Senior point guard led UNM's second-half comeback at Fresno State, Jake Hall wins another league award www.abqjournal.com/sports/albur... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Emptying the Notebook: 'Copy & Paste Jake' game winner keeps once improbable Lobo title hopes alive
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Updating wild day of Mountain West action, UNM's largest comebacks, baby races and more! www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty...
ABQJournal Sports Live! β’ WEEKLY β’ Sponsored by Sandia Sportsbook β’ The Journal's Geoff Grammer and Sean Reider talk UNM sports and take your questions and comments on air. Tell us what you're thinking in the comments! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnSp...
20.02.2026 21:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
DΓ©jΓ vu all over again?
Eric Olen, UNM talking future as coach-poaching rumors begin, but uncertainty abounds as national searches for university president and athletics director continue www.abqjournal.com/sports/dej-v... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Emptying the Notebook: Lobos flash big-big wrinkle with Buljan, Rock on court together in blowout
Also... Olen gets 20th win in first season, UNM sets MW record in Air Force sweep, Lobos hit season-high 3s, and lots more www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Around the Mountain: Life outside power conferences requires winning in the margins
Weekly look around the Mountain West includes player awards, stats the games of the week
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Polee was the hero of the 1-3-1 game.
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Emptying the Notebook: Lobos 'D' zones out, Jake Hall's 'O' zone nets dramatic road win
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UNM hardly used a zone defense in more than 2 months until pulling it out to close Wednesday's win; Jake Hall sets MW freshman record; lots more. www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Gamer: UNM holds on for tough win at Grand Canyon
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UNM Lobo coach Eric Olen and freshman guard Jake Hall after beating GCU on the road (Feb. 11, 2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUZA...
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Do Lobos have the fire to avoid three-game skid against Lopes, hostile Havocs on road?
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Chol's length alone I was somewhat defensive of criticisms of him because his offensive dip hadn't been really hurting defensively much... until recently. You're right, it seems to be slipping on both ends lately.
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Emptying the Notebook: Has the Mountain West figured out the Lobos once daunting D?
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Two-straight home losses, three straight awful defensive games for UNM has team at pivotal point
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Narrator: It was not π₯π₯π₯.
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Fraschilla, Rice, Dickau and look back at the 2002 Pit game that changed (recent) Lobo history
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A 'Big Monday' overtime loss to Gonzaga in front of 17,000 Lobo fans was a 'turning point' for UNM hoops www.abqjournal.com/sports/frasc... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Episode 65 of Basketball in the Mountains is live. Super pumped to have @geoffgrammer.bsky.social on to talk all things New Mexico, the Lobos' success in Eric Olen's first season and the Mountain West as a whole after UNM's loss to Utah State this week.
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Emptying the Notebook: Taking away the outside gave Utah State inside track to blowout in the Pit
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UNM's season low on 3s, home win streak ends, a Chol low, flipping the script (X2) and lots more... www.abqjournal.com/sports/empty... via @abqjournal.bsky.social
Wednesday's first place showdown in the Pit has intrigue on court and on both benches.
Utah State's Jerrod Calhoun, UNM's Eric Olen are rising coaching stars who honed their craft away from the Division I spotlight. www.abqjournal.com/sports/plent... via @abqjournal.bsky.social