LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) A former multi-sport athlete for the Longview Lobos has been charged with murder in Louisiana. I tried to keep him, but certainly understand what he wants to do going forward. Choose your favorite sports and teams to follow to be able to see all of the content you want to enjoy first. Meet Pat Mora", "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL;Lobo Receives Another Award", "Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor", "Second Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 1992", "Third FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship -- 1993", "PRO BASKETBALL; Torn Ligament Ends Lobo's Season Early", "Rebecca Lobo to help celebrate Connecticut Sun's 15th anniversary", "Lobo Named Recipient of NCAA Silver Anniversary Award", "Mike Anthony: Rebecca Lobo back at center of UConn women's basketball world she helped create as her No. At 5-11, the season looked lost. Stay connected with BVM Sports: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram, {"rules": {"password": "required", "password_confirm": {"equalTo": "#registerPassword"}}}. All rights reserved. He appeared in 16 basketball games that one season for the Lobos and scored 86 total points. 1. Its a family out here in Lobo land., Im only used to a certain kind of culture, which is winning, especially here, said Kenny Thomas. Wow, I hadn't realized that Hunter Greene was one of the all-time steals leaders at UNM. Starting in 2000, Lobo served as national spokesperson and backer for Body1.com, a consumer-targeted network of sites providing interactive content-rich information on medical technologies that treat ailments and diseases specific to body parts. Will Ruling On NCAA Student-Athlete Payments . Hes been great, said Pitino of Maluach, who has practiced all spring with the team, even as recently as last week. 6-5 Bernard Hardin coming out of NYC HS BB, Wingate HS, was rated a 3rd Team AA, Top 15, by Gibbons All-Star Report and the Street & Smiths Annual. I seem to remember it was only 24. Originally, because of Lobogate, the idea of having this year's Final Four in The Pit was almost like having the Miss America contest in a 42d Street porno theater. RIP., Southern Assault AAU coach Vonzell Thomas wrote on Twitter: Rest in peace Gethro ! The 22-year-old from Haiti who played at Kansas before transferring to UNM last season. We are just praying for him we really are. The locker room was very very very somber today. Ron Nelson, Ron Sanford, Bernard Hardin, Mark Saiers, and Dairese Gary are 5 of them. Cam (@Coach_Cam71), . Growing up without a dad, only having mom, it was really hard. As of Tuesday evening, there was no word on potential memorial services. Portions of Calif. home hang over cliff after landslide. Sotto's father, Ervin, is a former professional basketball player. 2023 BVM Sports. Always fun to reflect. Currently, the Maxwell Museum is displaying 'Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections,' through Jan. 10, 2024. New Mexico Lobos (-4) at Colorado State Rams It is not typical to play two road teams during the same slate, but New Mexico is the best option on the slate for Friday. He died in Wichita, according to his AAU coach. I would agree with almost all 50 but change the order somewhat. Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. 7 See also. On July 7, 1981, Norm Ellenberger was convicted by a jury in State District Court on 21 of 22 counts of fraud and making false public vouchers. But not many other coaches would even dare to recruit some of the renegades Norm Ellenberger and Manny Goldstein had the nerve to identify as student-athletes, the renegades who inspired a T-shirt that read, ''I are a college student at UNM.''. Gone way too soon but never forgotten!, The vehicle according to the Kansas Highway Patrols crash log went off the road (Kansas Turnpike), rolled multiple times, and came to rest on the fence line.. Kansas one of three schools in running for California small forward Marcus Adams Jr. Expect a lot of fun: Kansas football QB room continues to grow after breakout 2022. Not long ago, when this season's Lobos were on their way to a 13-15 record under Coach Gary Colson, a local loyalist took out an advertisement in one of the Albuquerque newspapers that beseeched John Bridgers to rehire Norm Ellenberger as coach. Martin's 12 steals grabbed against LeTourneau on Feb. 11 are tied for the most steals in a game alongside former Lobo, Holley Halbrooks, who set the record on . [9] Lobo was named the 1995 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation. Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. Well, at least one former Lobo helps beat UCONN. 8 References. The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. Bad feet kept him out of the NBA. They also broke some laws. Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin (born October 6, 1973) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. May 8The Lobos got a big man. The University of New Mexico's 50 greatest Men's Lobo basketball players through 2020 1) Mel Daniels PF 65-67. Thinking about her makes me want to push harder. . McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. A former Lady Lobo standout basketball player has been arrested in the weekend shooting death of her boyfriend in Louisiana. She is charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. 24 Texas A&M over No. Hardin was a beast on the boards and had a nice shooting touch outside when they doubled-teamed him down low. Best Version Media, LLC. John Bridgers, short but sturdy, was a defensive line coach for the 1958 Baltimore Colts that won the National Football League championship. [6] She held this record for 18 years until it was eclipsed by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir of the new Leadership Charter School in Springfield on January 26, 2009.[7]. For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Major League baseball righted a wrong this year. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log from December 20, 2021, Muscadin was the passenger in a car driven by a 21-year-old female friend when the car went off the road, rolled multiple times and came to a rest in the fence line. The crash was reported at 3:10 a.m. on Interstate 335 about 14 miles south of Topeka. Not quite. They each rank #1 or #2 all time at UNM in a particular statistical category and/or received all conference honors at some point during their Lobo playing career. Get the latest on New Mexico Lobos RB Christian Washington including news, stats, videos, and more on CBSSports.com CBSSports.com 247Sports MaxPreps . So sad. Thus, he is not up for evaluation. FILE - Former Davidson basketball player, coach, and Athletic Director, and former Virginia coach, Terry Holland, smiles during a ceremony to retire his jersey number 42 following an NCAA college basketball game between LaSalle and Davidson on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Davidson, N.C. Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence during 16 seasons as coach and later had . Can KU basketball close out regular season with win over Texas Longhorns? According to an associate athletic director during the Norm Ellenberger regime, Ike Singer Jr., ''around 25 percent'' of the Lobo basketball players graduated. Toggle Notable former Lobo athletes and coaches subsection 6.1 Basketball. In 27 games for Udeze this past season at Wichita State, the Houston native . And why is it on my car? Nov. 2Gethro Muscadin, the former University of New Mexico Lobo basketball player who had been hospitalized since being in a single-vehicle crash 10 months ago in Kansas, died Monday night. I understand that this list is about how these gents did as Lobos, but winning 3 NBA championships with MJ and Pippen has got to count for something beyond a big gold trophy. I just don't understand it. John Bridgers, formerly the athletic director at Florida State, was hired late in 1979 after the Lobogate scandal surfaced. The team won their first four games, then lost 8070 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. Im devastated heartbroken and just hopeful. Lobo said she was surprised . If The Enchantment advances to the second round, the team will face the winner of Eberlein Drive and NG Saints on Sunday, July 18 at 8 p.m. CT (7 p.m. MT). Stay tuned! This is The Pit, the University of New Mexico's arena where the Final Four yesterday was reduced to tomorrow night's Title-Game Two, the 17,121-seat arena that inspired one of college basketball's most notorious scandals, the arena where the coach who dealt in forged transcripts and phony credits, Norm Ellenberger, is still hailed by many Lobo rooters as a mod version of Albuquerque's original conqueror, the Spanish explorer Coronado. ''The Final Four stayed here,'' the new athletic director, John Bridgers, was saying, ''because the N.C.A.A. The seven newcomers who are part of the 2021 recruiting class include four guards Jamal Mashburn Jr., a transfer from Minnesota; Jaelen House, a transfer from Arizona State; Taryn Todd, a transfer from TCU; and K.J. On July 11, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., the alumni team will participate in an exhibition game in University Arena The Pit against other notable Lobo alumni. Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 8:23PMUpdated: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 11:17PM. The smiles ! Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time, read the Twitter post. I agree with the OPs top 4, but would switch Longley for Spider. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gethros loved ones. The smiles ! Family of cold-case victim gets justice after 40, 3 arrested after reported stolen gun, drugs found, Meet the Ellen Trout Zoos newest addition, Axelle, VIDEOS: Possible tornado, storm damage in ETX, How East Texans can stay safe during flash flooding, Man sentenced for assaulting officer, 3 other felonies, Troup student hosts drug safety seminar for peers, East Texas man reunites with EMTs who saved his life, Man arrested for alleged Overton burglary, Man in custody after standoff with SWAT in Smith, KETK Rise & Shine CTCU Coffee Mug Giveaway, Sloan Firm: What Matters to You Matters to Us, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Email addresses are used solely for verification and to speed the verification process for repeat questioners. Seven basketball players and three football players had been ruled . Their additional three locations remain open. But on the positive, he was a good defender, was the floor general for 4 great Lobo teams, and ran the Dave Bliss offense with precision. The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice. Interesting list, but I'd include two other players into the elite tier and add a few other players to the Top 50 that were omitted: Both Hunter Greene and Bernard Hardin should be ranked among the top players at UNM ever. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. I moved Phil Abney down from 36 to just outside the top 50. 22-year-old Destiny McAfee is a former all-district basketball and volleyball player for the Lobos and graduated in 2019. [10] Lobo was the first player in the Big East Conference ever to earn first team all American honors for both basketball and academics. 14, but as a super senior, the unofficial term for college athletes who would have exhausted their eligibility in 2020-21 had it not been for COVID, the NCAA has ruled he would not count against the Lobos scholarship limit of 13. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Lafayette, Louisiana police were called to a home Saturday morning just after 11:30 a.m. to conduct a welfare check. For the school's women's players, see Category:New Mexico Lobos women's basketball players. The Lobos forced 27 turnovers, outscored the Monarchs 32-16 in the paint and had 17 fast-break points to ODU's eight. Thanks for the feedback and reminding me of the particulars about Bernard Hardin. It is exciting to have a team representing New Mexico in this years TBT, current Lobo head coach Richard Pitino said. Overall, there have been very few Lobo players with outstanding performances in the NCAA tournament or NIT. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. I recruited him when he entered the portal. KRQE NEWS 13 - Breaking News, Albuquerque News, New Mexico News, Weather, and Videos. Morris Udeze, a 6-foot-8, 245-pound center who played four seasons at Wichita State, including starting every game the past two seasons for the Shockers, announced Sunday he'll use his graduate transfer option to play his final season for Richard Pitino and the University of New Mexico. Designed by Urban Walrus Creative. If defense is a problem then why not play Tavian Percy: Being a freshman is not an excuse. This list may not reflect recent changes. Manage the news you want to see, read exclusive content and explore other subscriber benefits. Seems like UCONN has had a lot of injuries this year but this probably considered an upset (and look out if there is a rematch in that conference tourney). Good list. #heartbroken #unbreakablefamily, was the Twitter post from his AAU coach Vonzell Thomas in Texas, who Muscadin lived with before going to college. Jaguars at Lobos Team Records USA. John Bridgers, formerly the athletic director at Florida State, was hired late in 1979 after the Lobogate scandal surfaced. ''None were put off scholarship if they wanted to stay, but most of 'em drifted away.''. promise50 Verified. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Show More Show Less 2 of 4. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Swen did appear in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in late January where he led Team American with 73 yards on the ground -- 49 alone on the game-winning drive -- on just eight attempts. We could tell he felt at home and seemed so happy. / Terms of Service, Udeze and House Shine in Senior Night Win over Fresno State, Lobos Host Fresno State Tuesday on Senior Night, Buzzer-Beating Three Gives San Diego State 73-71 Win over the Lobos, The University of New Mexico Lobos License Plate, Lobo Radio Network Broadcasts Live via TuneIn Radio, UNM Institutional Spot: Unexpected on Purpose. Our program is as honest and clean as there is in college athletics.''. LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Of all the troubling video made public over a year of crisis at New Mexico State - from the brawl involving basketball players to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old . Prior to departing for TBT, the New Mexico Alumni will practice and train at The Pit and other Lobo Basketball facilities. After the (7 p.m.) game, he called me at 9:56 (p.m.). Topic starter. The TBT Championship game will be August 3, where one player will hit a shot during the Elam Ending to win his team $1 million. Their additional three locations remain open. Pitino also noted that while senior wing Makuach Maluach still has not made a final announcement about his future (Will he leave UNM to pursue his professional career or utilize the extra year of eligibility the NCAA is allowing due to the unusual COVID-related circumstances of the 2020-21 season?)