New Mexico Lobos NCAA Basketball News

New Mexico willed their way to a win Saturday night against Creighton , on a night in which the Lobos shot only 29% from the field.

Creighton assistant Jones remembers The Pit 7:48 p.m.: Mike Jones considers playing in New Mexico's Pit one of the highlights of his basketball careers.

Darington Hobson scored 22 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had six assists as 19th-ranked New Mexico rallied from a 16-point first half deficit to beat Creighton, 66-61, at The Pit.

Roman Martinez scored 17 points and No. 19 New Mexico opened the game with a 14-0 run on the way to a 96-57 victory over Northern Arizona on Wednesday night.

Conference pride, revenge and a perfect record will be on the line as the Lobos take on Creighton Saturday in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge.

New Mexico head coach Steve Alford gets another look at a former conference foe of his as the 19th-ranked Lobos entertain the Bluejays of Creighton in non-conference action in The Pit tonight.

Freshman forward Matt Staff has decided to transfer from the University of New Mexico.

New Mexico apparently has grown tired of its status as this season's best-kept secret.

Ok, so Northern Arizona wasn't the Lobos most difficult opponent of the season. Everybody knew this coming into the game, but wouldn't overly stress it to avoid any jinxing on the recently rated Lobos.

In the Top-25 for the first time since 1999, the 19th ranked New Mexico Lobos will try to remain perfect on the year when they host the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks this evening.

Call it monumental. Call it a program changer. Call it an NCAA Tournamentcommittee eye opener, a welcome-to-the-Top 25 performance and call it survival.

Posted on Dec 13, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Former Iowa and current New Mexico Coach Steve Alford The most polarizing figure in Iowa sports history left amid cheers and catcalls nearlyA three years ago.

The 10-0 teams currently in division 1 basketball: Kentucky and New Mexico. Sure there are other undefeated teams, but they are all either teams like Missouri State and Illinois State, who have played cupcakes all year, or teams like Syracuse and Kansas who were expected to be good.

Erik Rush scored all of his game-high 17 points in the second half as Montana State reached the century mark for the first time in nine seasons in a 103-54 rout of Northern New Mexico Saturday night.

The New Mexico Lobos face their stiffest test of the season this evening, as they challenge the 16th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in a non-conference showdown at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Texas A&M finally got a bit of a reprieve after a busy stretch in its schedule. Getting some extra rest for its next opponent could go a long way.

Roman Martinez wraps his arm around assistant coach Craig Neal after a Dec. 2 win over California.

Now it's 8-0. Sure, the University of New Mexico 's men's basketball schedule hasn't been loaded with NCAA Tournament contenders.

After scoring early and often, the New Mexico Lobos withstood a late comeback by the rival New Mexico State Aggies to win Saturday night.

Roman Martinez scored 21 points to lead four New Mexico players in double figures, helping the Lobos remain undefeated with a 75-58 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night.