http://blogs.dailylobo.com Stories from New Mexico Daily Lobo en-us Gryphon 2.2.2-dsw (woodward)/Foundry5 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:34:18 -0600 web@dailylobo.com http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/missing_unm_student_turns_up_near_socorro A missing UNM student is now safe and sound after taking a road trip across five different states. Student Sheena Jain drove through New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas by herself, said Hector Terrazas, UNM Police Department officer. Jain went missing on March 6 and was last seen at her family’s home in Las Cruces, said Dan Trujillo, Las Cruces Police Department spokesman. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:34:18 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/missing_unm_student_turns_up_near_socorro http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/guard_steals_spotlight_in_final_game SAN JOSE, Calif. — As he sat there, hands folded in the locker room, a pained expression on his face, Dairese Gary recounted the agony he felt when the UNM men’s basketball team’s magic-carpet-ride season was expiring before his eyes. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:13:47 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/guard_steals_spotlight_in_final_game http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/curtains_close SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an Iditarod-style basketball game, the Husky outran the Lobo. The languishing Lobos watched their Sweet 16 hopes dissipate, as No. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:48:48 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/curtains_close http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/wristky_business There’s no question Darington Hobson is a performer. He’s also a master when it comes to histrionics, evidenced by his exaggerated tendency to peacock inside The Pit. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:52 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/wristky_business http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/friends_in_times_of_peace_enemies_in_war *Men’s basketball vs. Washington 2 p.m MT. on CBS* SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s like one of those unfortunate war stories — two men obliged with the task of taking out their best friend, in the name of confounding patriotism. War has no sentimental boundaries. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:01:53 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/friends_in_times_of_peace_enemies_in_war http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/_lack_of_size_nearly_shortchanges_lobos Men’s basketball vs. Washington Saturday on CBS SAN JOSE, Calif. — A.J. Hardeman’s jersey number about said it all — double zero. Not that Will Brown did much better. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:23:47 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/_lack_of_size_nearly_shortchanges_lobos http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/all_in_jest Today’s game will settle New Mexico and Montana’s war of words SAN JOSE, Calif. — The battle of the court jesters has already begun. Entertaining as New Mexico’s Darington Hobson and Montana’s Anthony Johnson have been on the hardwood, they made for better-than-advertised entertainment away from it at Wednesday’s media session at the HP Pavilion. NCAA March Madness maniacs can only hope the two will make for great television tonight, when the third-seeded Lobos battle No. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:12:03 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/all_in_jest http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/_no_way_its_san_jose The Lobos look to make a lengthy postseason run in the NCAA Tournament after enjoying unparalled regular-season success. This time around, the UNM men’s basketball team doesn’t have endure March Sadness. No, it’s official. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:15:51 -0600 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/_no_way_its_san_jose http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/whitewash LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Billy White’s performance in the first half of the Mountain West Conference semi-finals looks like his typical stat sheet. Ten points per game, five rebounds, a couple of assists and, if he was lucky, a 3-pointer. But on Friday, the Aztecs luminary forward had a performance like the bright lights on the Las Vegas Strip. Even better, White’s career-best basketball recital came while he was hobbled by injury. Against UNM in San Diego on Jan. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:20:46 -0700 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/whitewash http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/farewell_for_now LAS VEGAS — Take one: UNM point guard Dairese Gary takes the ball, drives the length of the court, nearly loses the ball inside the paint, regains control and misses a layup, banking it too hard off the glass. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:16:11 -0700 http://blogs.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/03/farewell_for_now