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2017–18 New Mexico Lobos Men's Basketball Team
The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Paul Weir (basketball), Paul Weir. They played their home games at The Pit (arena), Dreamstyle Arena, more commonly known as The Pit, in Albuquerque, New Mexico as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated 2017–18 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Wyoming and 2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Utah State to advance to the championship game of the 2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament, Mountain West tournament where they lost to 2017–18 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team, San Diego State. Previous season The 2016–17 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, Lobos finished the season 17–14, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Weir (basketball)
Paul Michael Weir (born June 12, 1979) is the athletic director at Eastern New Mexico University. He is the former head men's basketball coach of the University of New Mexico, having been named head coach on April 11, 2017 as the successor to Craig Neal, his second head coaching position at the college level.Geoff GrammarLobos hire NMSU’s Paul Weir as next men’s basketball coach Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2017 Weir was also the head coach of New Mexico State University (NMSU) for one season, going 28–6 and winning the Western Athletic Conference tournament. He was an assistant at NMSU from 2007 to 2016, including five seasons as associate head coach.Profile New Mexico State Sports Official Site Prior to that he spent two years as an assistant coach under Steve Alford at the University of Iowa, and served as director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |