College Basketball - Mountain West Conference
New Mexico Lobos
| Location: Albuquerque, NM University Founded: 1889 Enrollment: 24,092  Nickname: The Lobos Mascot: Louie and Lucy School Colors: Cherry and silver Joined the MWC: 1999 Varsity Teams: 16 U. President: David L. Schmidly Director of Athletics: Rudy Davalos Basketball Head Coach: Steve Alford Conference Titles: Tournament: 2005 Basketball Arena: University Arena Current Capacity: 18,018 First Year of Basketball: 1899 |
The men's basketball team is known as “Los Lobos” and the team won the 2005 post season conference tournament.
They are founding members of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA Division I.
The team’s strongest rival is New Mexico State University.
With a good 24-9 record last 2007-08 season, the team ended in the NIT.
Coach Steve Alford wants to be on the top three this 2008-09 period, but rivals such as BYU and UNLV will be battling as well to end up in the NCAA Tournament. Alfrod brings one of the strongest and experienced recruiting classes for this campaign.
New Mexico 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 14-Nov | UC Riverside | W 67-51 |
| 17-Nov | at New Mexico State | W 97-87 |
| 20-Nov | Nicholls State | W 83-59 |
| 21-Nov | Louisiana Tech | W 81-52 |
| 22-Nov | Miami (OH) | W 85-60 |
| 28-Nov | at Hawaii | W 83-71 |
| 2-Dec | No. 25 California | W 86-78 |
| 5-Dec | New Mexico State | W 75-58 |
| 9-Dec | at San Diego | W 82-78 |
| 12-Dec | vs. No. 18 Texas A&M* | W 84-81 |
| 16-Dec | Northern Arizona | W 96-57 |
| 19-Dec | Creighton | W 66-61 |
| 23-Dec | at Oral Roberts | L 75-66 |
| 29-Dec | No. 24 Texas Tech | W 90-75 |
| 1-Jan | Dayton | W 68-66 |
| 5-Jan | at San Diego State | L 74-64 |
| 9-Jan | UNLV | L 74-62 |
| 13-Jan | Utah | W 74-57 |
| 16-Jan | at Wyoming | W 70-68 |
| 20-Jan | at Air Force | W 73-50 |
| 23-Jan | Colorado State | W 82-64 |
| 27-Jan | No. 10 Brigham Young | W 76-72 |
| 30-Jan | at TCU | 6:00 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | San Diego State | 6:00 PM ET |
| 10-Feb | at UNLV | 11:00 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | at Utah | 9:00 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | Wyoming | 9:00 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | Air Force | 3:30 PM ET |
| 23-Feb | at Colorado State | 10:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at No. 10 Brigham Young | 4:00 PM ET |
| 3-Mar | TCU | 8:30 PM ET |
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