A former Lady Lobo standout basketball player has been arrested in the weekend shooting death of her boyfriend in Louisiana. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. Here are the top five former Lobos who starred in Albuquerque before taking their talents to the professional ranks. Hall of Fame coach Billie Moore, who guided two schools to national championships and was the coach of the first U.S. women's basketball team, has died at 79. La Rocque is in her third season at UNLV, and she keeps taking . Some extra notes, quotes, news and notes from the Lobos Friday night basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado. GO LOBOS! For me, I'd remove Olney and Hobson from the most elite tier and replace them with Greene and Hardin. Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 at 6:09PMUpdated: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 at 12:25AM. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, Taylor scores 28, leads No. PF-Kenny Thomas. Slick and smooth, he now operates a nightclub called Ned's and coaches the Albuquerque Quicksilvers of the Continental Basketball Association. McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. He gets a positive mark from me for his outstanding 1st half defensive performance against Allen Iverson in an NCAA tournament game vs Georgetown. At 5-11, the season looked lost. He appeared in 16 basketball games that one season for the Lobos and scored 86 total points. If it MUST be the NIT, UNM basketball has University of New Mexico Hospital launching health care listening tour, Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro to reopen after three years, Maxwell Museum exhibit focuses on Native American basketry from its collection, Harwood exhibit looks at the overlooked history of the Black cowboy. https://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/26000/old_site/pdf/m-baskbl/mbb-mg-1011-sec-7.pdf?SPSID=616930&SPID=87115&DB_OEM_ID=26000. Were just trying to give them as much knowledge as possible and good vibes. 1. If the Lobos' three-year probation had not expired, the Final Four would have been moved to another site. In the early morning hours of Dec. 30, 2021, after attending a Kansas-Nevada basketball game as a fan, he was the passenger in a car driven by a 21-year-old female friend when the car left the roadway and rolled several times. 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. The authorities of that day. 6.4 Track and Field. Tickets for TBT summer events can be found at thetournament.com/tickets. I don't believe there is a player from the last 60 years I haven't considered, but let me know if there is a glaring omission. Statistically he doesn't measure up. American professional women's basketball player, Breast cancer advocate and health spokesperson, Stated on Finding Your Roots, PBS, September 30, 2014, Big East Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year, Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 points, List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 rebounds, "McGrady, Self, Lobo headline 2017 HOF class", "Wall full of local Warriors - Bellingham, MA - Country Gazette", "Celebrate Hispanic Heritage! He had been unresponsive since the car accident last December. If you forgot your password, no worries: enter your email address and we'll send you a link you can use to pick a new password. Muscadin was recruited by Pitino to Minnesota and Thomas also had plenty of recruiting connections himself, both with current and past coaches at UNM. Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Menu Betting Apps . Granted, earlier in the year a healthy UCONN team beat St Johns by 30 in New York. Another was convicted of credit-card fraud. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. 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.''. 50 retired", "Lobo: I'm just 1st of many Huskies heading to Hall", "The Home Team: Of Mothers, Daughters, and American Champions (9781568361994): Ruth Ann Lobo, Ruthann Lobo, Rebecca Lobo: Books", "Where are they now? Players of men's basketball at the University of New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - As Richard Pitino continues to rebuild the UNM men's basketball program, he is teaching his team the importance of Lobo history. Lobo suffered a setback in 1999, tearing her left anterior cruciate ligament and her meniscus in the first game of the season. [9] Lobo was named the 1995 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation. They also founded the RuthAnn and Rebecca Lobo Scholarship, which offers a scholarship to the UConn School of Allied Health for Hispanic students. Lobo was awarded the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup for 199495, presented to the athlete "most deserving of recognition as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year". 24 Texas A&M over No. Our program is as honest and clean as there is in college athletics.''. Life is so fragile; its a really really difficult reminder of that; its gonna be a fight., After Muscadin decided to leave KU on March 31, 2021, coach Self said: We certainly wish him the very best and know that he will be successful and he knows that well always cheer for him.. Get the latest on New Mexico Lobos RB Christian Washington including news, stats, videos, and more on CBSSports.com CBSSports.com 247Sports MaxPreps . The Lobos head into their regular season finale on Tuesday in Fresno with a 19-11 overall record and an 11-6 mark in the Mountain West. We could tell he felt at home and seemed so happy. They finished third in the district at 7-3, beat Mesa Vista once in overtime, and snuck into the state . She played college basketball too. Daniel Headdings, the Wasilla, Alaska, guard who spent the past two seasons with UNM, will be playing next season for Pima Community College in Tucson. 4FORT COLLINS, Colo. Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, videos, trends and whatever other odds and ends I cold empty out of the old notebook after Friday night's 92-84 Lobos . He could have received a maximum sentence of one to five years on each of the 21 counts, but Judge Philip Baiamonte deferred sentence for a year at the end of which all counts would be dropped. Flipboard. Hardin was hard to stop defensively with some great moves down low. Guitarist Ottmar Liebert bringing his unique blend of music Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra will perform with the New Mexico Philharmonic at Popejoy Hall on Saturday, March 11. In her senior year, Lobo was the unanimous national player of the year, winning the 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year award, the Wade Trophy, the AP Player of the Year award, the USBWA Player of the Year award, the Honda Sports Award for basketball, and the WBCA Player of the Year award. More than 100 colleges recruited Lobo, but she chose the University of Connecticut due to proximity and her belief in its academic excellence. After playing 12 games with the Lobos, he and the team announced he was leaving the program on Dec. 20 after . Considering the courses some of them took, or were supposed to have taken, that's not a high percentage. Their additional three locations remain open. With regards to David Gibson, that's one I go back and forth on. McAfee signed with Weatherford College in Texas before transferring for one year with the University of Louisiana Rajun Cajuns in the 2020-2021 season. He also won gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games as part of the US men's national basketball teams. Danilo Amat, former mayor of Dolores in Quezon, was gunned down in San Pablo City, Laguna on July 22, 2022, according to an ABS-CBN . If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. Lobos is Spanish for the timber wolves in the Sandia Mountains, which hover over this desert pancake of a city like a side order of sausage. Rankings were determined by extracting and reviewing information from a variety of sources including: 1) My personal observations of the players. According to an associate athletic director during the Norm Ellenberger regime, Ike Singer Jr., ''around 25 percent'' of the Lobo basketball players graduated. Due to her recurring problems with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, (ACL), she campaigned to raise awareness of knee injury risks in women. She was born in Connecticut and played high school basketball. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Thank you for the laughs ! ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) As Richard Pitino continues to rebuild the UNM mens basketball program, he is teaching his team the importance of Lobo history. Muscadins passing was confirmed in a Twitter post by the official Lobo Basketball account. Here are the top five former Lobos who starred in Albuquerque before taking their talents to the professional ranks. ''I wrote that man a letter and tried to explain the situation to him,'' John Bridgers said. BYU coach Steve Cleveland looks on from the sideline of the BYU-Utah game at the Marriott Center in Provo. As a fan and Lobo basketball historian, about 10 years ago I put together a top 50 Lobos of all-time list ranked 1-50. Kurtis (Townsend, assistant) relationship with him and his family played a big role in him coming to Kansas. Lobo started . [22][23], At the induction ceremony, Lobo was introduced by her college coach, Geno Auriemma who praised her for her "impact on the court and off the court" as "one of the founders [of the WNBA]", and "as a representative of our university, [and] as a member of the board of trustees".[24]. This story was originally published November 1, 2022, 10:53 AM. [6] She helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 350 record. He also gets a negative mark for not seeing Lamont Long come open on the baseline and thus not passing him the ball on the game's final play vs Louisville. The Lobo women's basketball team has appeared in the NCAA tournament 8 times. May 8The Lobos got a big man. The Lobos need a win over Colorado State and a loss by San Jose State on Saturday at Air Force to secure the No. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. New Mexico and ABQ News, Sports, Business and more, By Geoff Grammer / Journal Staff Writer Per an earlier comment, I should move Marlow White and Greg Brown up a few notches, perhaps Kendall Williams and Willie Long as well. The locker room was very very very somber today. They published the first episode on October 23, 2017. 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. 6.3 Baseball. Had Hobson not got injured and played his senior year at UNM, it would have been fun to see how the team would have done with him, Drew Gordon & Alex Kirk all playing together. And in almost a silent surrender to the shame that permeates so much of college athletics, the Final Four gathered here in the cathedral of that religion. 6.5 Golf. Were just trying to pass on some of our knowledge to these young guys, talk to them, try to build relationships with them, and help them in any way that we can because theyre a younger version of ourselves. Currently, the Maxwell Museum is displaying 'Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections,' through Jan. 10, 2024. Thinking about her makes me want to push harder. A Kent County circuit judge ruled on Friday that a lower court correctly ruled in binding former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr to stand trial for the April 2022 fatal shooting of . The team will be coached by former New Mexico Star and NBA veteran Kenny Thomas (1995-99). SDSU Should have dropped 2 this week and Not my Steve got owned in WY for some odd reason. Lobo basketball fans will remember Kendall Williams from any number of Lobo highlights throughout his college career. Love you G ! The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. 6.2 Football. [3] Lobo was raised a Catholic. 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. The wild-born wolf was transferred to Mexico with its mate . All things considered I hold him in high regards. 5 seed in the MWC Tournament. In addition, former Lobo mens basketball director of operations and current associate AD at UNM, Ryan Berryman, will serve as the teams assistant general manager. Privacy Policy Coach Pitino hopes his players were able to learn something from the Lobos who made it to the next level and wants them to know they are part of something bigger than a basketball team. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina has hired former Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens as its run-game coordinator and tight ends coach. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Major League baseball righted a wrong this year. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time. Those posts that were posted on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, included an image that showed two pictures of Muscadin in a UNM uniform one of him shooting and one of him smiling, which seems to be a lasting memory for many who knew the lighthearted player. KU coach Bill Self explained what he knew of the accident to the media a day after the crash occurred. He played the position of Point-Forward which is kinda like saying he could play all 5 positions, and he was effective everywhere on the court. I talked to him about finding another school for him, helping him. . Lobos needed extra time against Montana and Zach Ganshaw heroics to win 4-3 in a do or die shootout #GoLobos Lobos hit the ice again tonight for the second game in this series. In a podcast with Zach Schumaker of Schuz Views, Muscadin said he wished to make the folks back in Republic of Haiti proud. Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice. Hes been great, said Pitino of Maluach, who has practiced all spring with the team, even as recently as last week. [The alumni] can probably give you a lot more knowledge than I can, so make sure you get to know them. The University of New Mexico's 50 greatest Men's Lobo basketball players through 2020 1) Mel Daniels PF 65-67. I have a couple of holes where I was out of the country or not close enough in the US to keep track in the pre-internet age:-(. Kitchens spent 16 seasons in the NFL . The Enchantment, the fourth seed in the New Mexico Regional, are once again organized by former Lobos men's basketball coach Brandon Mason and Ryan Berryman, UNM's Associate Athletic Director for Business Operations. Lobo was named the Women's Sports Foundation's Sportswoman of the Year (team category) in 1995. Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 8:23PMUpdated: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 11:17PM. Rebecca Lobo, shown in 2019, will be on the call for the UConn-Tennessee game Thursday night on ESPN. And the scandal is still referred to here as Lobogate. Soon after he declared for the NFL Draft. Its traumatic. But inside, the street level is 45 rows above a basketball court as shiny as Indian jewelry. He died in Wichita, according to his AAU coach. Stats from Negro League teams from . That statement came not long after the Lobo basketball teams official social media accounts posted about his passing: The Lobo community is saddened today by the passing of former New Mexico basketball player Gethro Muscadin. 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. 3) Kenny Thomas PF 96-99 4) Danny Granger SF 04-05 A spokesman for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette confirmed to KLFY that McAfee was a former student and is no longer enrolled at the school. The Philippines are slowly regaining the spotlight that once belonged to them: kings of Asian basketball. Love you G ! Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice. A former university official describes the play of one of New Mexico's stars as having been "atrocious," adding that there was no explanation why the player was "so bad." The Feb. 23, 1977 game with Utah at Salt Lake City, during which Ellenberger ordered the favored Lobos into a 10-minute slowdown and which they lost 94-84. This list may not reflect recent changes. I feel Im here for a reason now: to be the best I can be., I am humble, friendly, open to anybody, grateful for this opportunity. 17-15 Record: 21-9 4-10/10-4: Away/Home: 5-5/15-4: sunbelt . It has some good info about some of the players. He attended KU and was born and raised in Chicago, as well as Lisle, Ill. Is KU a contender for a repeat NCAA basketball title? Not quite. ''None were put off scholarship if they wanted to stay, but most of 'em drifted away.''. I grew up without a father, he said. 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. McAfee allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the victim then left in his car. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BVM) Many of the best athletes to ever play basketball for the University of New Mexico didn't begin their college careers at UNM, but they certainly left their mark on the program before moving on to play professionally. Muscadin, a 6-foot-10 native of Gonaives, Haiti, who played in 11 games at Kansas in 2020-21, joined the New Mexico Lobos via the NCAA transfer portal. I had both him and Larry Belen written on my paper as a player just outside the top 50, but didn't list them above so as not to make the list too long. ''The thing is,'' he said, ''99 percent of these recruiting violations don't help you win anyway. With few exceptions, the top 50 players listed below all have 1 thing in common. We all loved Gethro on his visit, Self said after the big man signed with KU. I wonder if he would have had a chance to play 4 years of D1 basketball under Steve Alford at UNM, then maybe he is #2 on the top 50 list behind Mel Daniels. by Frank Mercogliano. ''I never heard back from him. They are proud to represent the cherry and silver even after playing a full professional career, and they feel like they can help bring the Lobos back to the standard that they are used to. Since his tragic accident last December, we have all been praying for a miracle. For the second year in a row, McCurdy found a way to get hot late in the season. Funeral arrangements have not been announced yet. The smiles ! Cleveland is as puzzled as anyone that the Cougars haven't won a conference tournament title since 2001. SF-Mike Winters. 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. Muscadin played at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas and Aspire Academy in Louisville, Kentucky during his high school career. They also broke some laws. MARCH MADNESS BABYYY. UNM is coming off a 111-55 win over Utah State on Saturday and has won five straight games. But just as Richard M. Nixon still doesn't seem to understand why Watergate was wrong, Norm Ellenberger still doesn't seem to understand why Lobogate was wrong. Then the accident I guess occurred pretty soon after that., New Mexico coach Pitino said on his radio show in the wake of the accident that left Muscadin in a coma: We are devastated as a program. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Lobo shared her story with others suffering from the same type of injury and strongly advocated for patient self-education via the Internet. 1 of 21 NBA player and former Connecticut basketball player Ray Allen, right, hugs WNBA and former Connecticut basketball player Sue Bird as former player Rebecca Lobo, left, watche, during at the . 16The last Lobo men's basketball game played in the Pit was Feb. 29, 2020. The coach was later acquitted on all seven counts of a Federal indictment that resulted from Federal Bureau of Investigation charges. Topic starter. Good job but I would rate Willie Long in the top 10. That PDF linked at the start does have some interesting info. 8 References. The Connecticut native has a thin build, but her actual weight remains unclear. Lobo starred for the Huskies when they won a national championship in 1995 following an undefeated season and was also an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA in 1996. Rebecca Lobo is a former women's basketball player who played for the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2003. But once districts came around, McCurdy found a team identity, and learned how to play to everyone's strengths on the team. New Mexico basketball scores, news, schedule, players, stats, photos, rumors, depth charts on RealGM.com Thus, he is not up for evaluation. Prior to going to Florida State, he had been Baylor's athletic director. Prior to departing for TBT, the New Mexico Alumni will practice and train at The Pit and other Lobo Basketball facilities. Im going to keep praying. Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. I recruited him coming out of high school very hard at Minnesota. According to our sister station KLFY, officers found a 43-year-old man dead inside. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. It's a stretch with Thomas I know, but he did move Albuquerque in high school and play for AHS his senior year. University of New Mexico Hospital launching health care listening Hospital CEO Kate Becker says 'we really want to hear from our community about what their health needs are' in order to prioritize resources. John Bridgers, formerly the athletic director at Florida State, was hired late in 1979 after the Lobogate scandal surfaced. The Lobo community is saddened today by the passing of former New Mexico basketball player Gethro Muscadin. Inquiries also were made by the F.B.I. In 1995 Lobo passed through tryouts to join the national team, which later became the US team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. Can you bring your vape pen or e-cigarette on a plane? Lobo began working at ESPN in 2004 after retiring . Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Show More Show Less 2 of 4. 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). Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time, read the Twitter post. He averaged a double-double that year with 14.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. '', All along, this roundball Robin Hood has tried to minimize his guilt by saying that he happened to get caught at what other college basketball coaches get away with. Email addresses are used solely for verification and to speed the verification process for repeat questioners. For the fourth year in a row, TBT games will feature the Elam Ending, the end-of-game format adopted by the NBA All-Star game for the past two years that eliminates the game clock after a certain point and features teams playing to a Target Score. 2023 BVM Sports. One of those courses was Fundamentals of Basketball. Tickets for this exhibition game are on sale now at GoLobos.com/TBT. With a BVM Sports account, submitting content to appear on our website is easier to keep track of and share. Im looking forward to watching so many of our storied Lobo alumni in pursuit of the TBT title. 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. Former Dolores, Quezon mayor Danilo Amat - July 2022. As of Tuesday evening, there was no word on potential memorial services. Whether he's scoring 46 against Colorado State or facing New Mexico State at The Pit, Williams never disappointed Lobo Nation with his exciting style of play. The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. His block of Noah Hartsock vs BYU, and his short baseline jumper vs top 10 ranked SDSU in the final minute of the game played in the Pit were 2 monumental moments for that years 30-5 team. The Harwood Museum of Art's exhibition 'Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy' explores this history through archival photographs and contemporary art. 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. Tickets will be sold at limited capacity in accordance with all local health and safety regulations. So sad. Once the kid accepts it, he loses respect for the coach, so the coach already has lost him as a player.''. Lobo and Rushin host a weekly podcast called the Ball & Chain Podcast. His personality along with his talent will make him a fan favorite from day one at Kansas.. Always fun to reflect. I moved Phil Abney down from 36 to just outside the top 50. Ron Nelson, Ron Sanford, Bernard Hardin, Mark Saiers, and Dairese Gary are 5 of them. My mom was with me every day. It was a great experience because culture is very big in any program that youre in, J.R. Giddens said. The Pit. 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. [14], Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010. He will always be a teammate of ours. Lobo, who played at UConn from 1991-95, was at a pre-draft camp for WNBA players and she didn't have childcare for her six-month-old daughter. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Thank you for the laughs ! Feb. 25As the world's attention was focused squarely Thursday on war breaking out in Ukraine, one former Lobo basketball player spent what he called "the craziest day of my life" just trying to get out of a nation under siege.