The Lobos (6-6, 2-0) return to action after their second straight dominating performance to start out Mountain West play. Neither the game at Fresno State nor against San Diego State were ever in question. In fact, the only thing that made you hold your breath during either game was when Lobo wing Alex Lapeyrolerie was face down on the floor for an extended period. Good news for the Lobos is Lapeyrolerie should only miss a couple of games due to concussion protocol, instead of it being something far more serious. Tonight, the Lobos will host a solid Utah State Aggies (8-5, 1-1) team, who are looking for a huge road win. The Lobos must find players to fill the void left by the Lapeyrolerie injury, but I think that the Lobos should be able to handle the Aggies in The PIT.
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Men’s Basketball Game 15 Preview: Utah State
After pulling out a huge road win against San Deigo State, the Lobos are back at it Wednesday night, where they’ll head to Logan, UT to take on the Utah State Aggies. Last year, the Lobos had this same road trip, but instead of a great win, they were coming off a deflating, controversial loss and came out flat. Hopefully this game will also be the exact opposite as last year’s.
Men’s Basketball Game 14 Preview: San Diego State
Fresh off a conference-opening win against Fresno State, the Lobos will open 2017 with a visit to San Diego State. The Aztecs are again the conference favorites, so a win would be great for the Lobos, and for pretty much every team in the conference not named San Diego State.
Our Top Lobo Memories from 2016
2016 is finally, mercifully behind us. And while the year has been a rough one in a lot of ways, we still ended up with a lot of great memories from following the Lobos over the past 12 months. Without further ado, here are our favorite Lobo memories from the past year.
Women’s Basketball at Fresno State Preview
The Lobos (4-6) have finished their non-conference schedule (depending on whether or not the Eastern Illinois game is rescheduled), and will open their Mountain West schedule on the road against the Fresno State Bulldogs (7-4). This game has a chance to be a building block for the Lobos, as a win at Fresno State will give them a huge conference road win and a leg up on the conference. While I don’t think the Lobos are in the top tier of the conference right now, road wins would help push the Lobos into that conversation. One thing that will be interesting to watch in this game is which team is can force their tempo on the other team. The Lobos so far this season have done a great job of dictating their tempo and playing around 78 possession per game, while Fresno tends to try to slow things down. Whichever team gets the tempo they want could decide the outcome of the game.
Women’s Basketball Conference Preview
With non-conference play now finished for the Mountain West women’s basketball programs, each team is ready for the grind of conference play. The Lobos (4-6) look to be in the middle of the conference ladder right now, but conference play can change things in a hurry. While the non-conference schedule didn’t give the results everyone wanted to see, they did show great promise in a few of the games, including the drumming of NMSU at home. The Lobos have the talent to make things difficult for the top contenders for the conference title, and could find themselves in the top tier of the conference. With the lack of advanced statistics on the women’s side, it’s a little difficult to compare how the teams have performed, but I’ll give it a shot.
Men’s Basketball Game 13 Preview: Fresno State
After a, let’s say, rocky non-conference season, the slate gets wiped clean and the Lobos will now turn their attention towards a conference championship. Their first test will be Fresno State, the reigning conference tournament champions. They also have their sights at the top of the conference standings, so this will likely be an emotional, competitive game.
Men’s Basketball Midyear Conference Reset
Now that conference play is about to start up, we figured that it’s time to take a step back to see how all of the teams in the conference fared so far this year and then try to figure out what we think will happen these next few months. There are no terrible teams in the conference this year, but there also aren’t any great teams either, which means that this year has the potential to be pretty wild.
Men’s Basketball Midyear Player Report
Now that we’re done with non-conference play, it seems like a worthwhile time to take a step back and see how all of the players are performing so far. As we did in our season preview for the players, we’ll be looking at some advanced stats to try to get a sense of what’s working, and what’s not working, for each player.
Some Scattered Thoughts about Men’s Basketball
After last night’s drubbing at the hands of Arizona, the Lobos head into the holiday break at a definitive low point. In lieu of actually recapping that atrocity of a game, here are a few scattered thoughts about what’s happened so far this season.