The diminutive 5-foot-7 guard was 51 years old and is survived by two daughters — and by a passionate Lobo fan base who will never forget his two seasons in cherry and silver.

UNM's retooled roster includes seven fresh scholarship players and one new walk-on.

Albuquerque native Dylan Chavez will join the team as a non-scholarship walk-on for the upcoming season.

Success breeds opportunity.

JT Toppin, a highly touted 6-foot-8 power forward, will have at least three years of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders, a team that reached the 2019 national championship game.

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team continues to be busy in the NCAA transfer portal. The Lobos got a commitment Tuesday from Georgia Tech forward Ibrahima Sacko.

 UNM got a verbal commitment from 6-foot-10 center Atiki Ally Atiki on Thursday.

The man who has resurrected Lobos hoops in just three seasons signed a deal that’s good through the 2028-29 season, a year longer than the extension he signed with the school just one year ago.

For everyone anticipating a St. Michael’s-Las Vegas Robertson showdown Tuesday for District 2-3A baseball supremacy, the Santa Fe Indian School Braves would like a word with you.

The Mountain West is moving to a 20-game conference schedule next season, up from 18 in years past and 16 a little more than a decade ago.

He averaged 27.96 points per game his senior season, the second-highest scoring average in school history and, at the time, the best in the country for Division I teams.

UNM lost Braden Appelhans but gained former Colorado State standout John Tonje.

The Lobos announced Monday the addition of 6-foot-4 guard CJ Noland from North Texas.

A giant sign greeting fans at the stadium entrance read, "Earned Not Given," a slogan that has come to define the first few months of the coach Bronco Mendenhall era.

The 6-foot-10 Nigerian told CBS analyst Jon Rothstein on Thursday morning he intends to wear a Lobo uniform one final time in 2024-25.

He averaged 15.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in two seasons at UNM, earning first-team all-WAC honors both years.

He was on the University Stadium field Saturday afternoon for an intrasquad scrimmage before a small gathering of the players’ families.

Jaelen House, a three-time all-Mountain West selection and arguably one of the most electric players in Lobos history, is one of 21 seniors from around the nation to be selected for the Reese’s Division I All-Star Game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

That’s not a sense of security you’re experiencing, Lobos fans.

Gutierrez, the reigning Class 4A state champion in the 100 meters and a first-team 5A selection in football, has signed to play with the University of New Mexico football program this fall.

As expected, Lobo basketball player Jamal Mashburn Jr. entered the NCAA transfer portal Monday, as did 7-foot center Sebastian Forsling.

In no time at all, the momentum gained from a Mountain West championship the week before, the attention the team got in the days leading into the tournament — it was all gone.

Many Santa Feans who donned their Lobos cherry gear had waited a decade for a chance to cheer their team when the 11th-seeded Lobos played No. 6 Clemson.

At 26-9, the Lobos have shown it’s all about matchups.