.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... New Mexico coach Paul Weir gestures during the second half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Fresno State in the first round of the Mountain West Conference men’s tournament Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Paul Weir never did don that Cherry blazer. Four seasons after the young, hotshot coach plucked away from rival New Mexico State was introduced as the new head coach of University of New Mexico men’s basketball — at an unconventional press conference during which he quoted a Greek philosopher and bucked the program tradition of wearing a cherry blazer until he felt he earned it — Weir walked alone off the Thomas & Mack Center court on Wednesday for the final time as the Lobos’ coach.