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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... J.R. Giddens dunks in the first half of Saturday’s TBT game for The Enchantment in Wichita, Kansas. (Cole Cooper/TBT) UNM hoops has had its share of misery in that other basketball tournament that takes place each March. Saturday night in The Basketball Tournament, though not directly affiliated with the NCAA or the University of New Mexico, a roster of past Lobo greats felt that familiar sting. ...

He hit 3-pointers. Lots of them. Mathis was one of two players on Thursday night to advance in the Wichita Regional’s 3-point contest that is part of the 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament (TBT). He competes Aug. 1 as part of the TBT final four on ESPN with seven other players for a chance to win $33,333. And Mathis hoping he won’t be alone. He and a roster of fellow former Lobos – The Enchantment – begin their journey toward that same Final Four and beyond in the single-elimination TBT on Saturday night against the Stillwater Stars – a team comprised prim...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... It’s been more than a decade since Darington Hobson wreaked havoc on opponents in an still-under-construction Pit during the Lobos’ 30-win 2009-10 season. Lest anyone forgot, “Butta” doesn’t lack confidence. With Sunday night’s Enchantment alumni all-star game tied 131-131, and with the unique Elam Ending game-ending format in play that in the final minutes set the game-winning score at...

Roman Martinez’s face never cracked a smile. Asked Saturday for a prediction for Sunday night’s 3-point contest that will be a part of the “Enchantment” alumni all-star basketball game in the Pit, the 33-year-old former UNM star fired back with a deadpan stare and the same sort of confidence he and his 30-win 2009-2010 Lobos carried on the court most nights. “You mean who’s going to finish second?” Martinez asked. ................................................................ Moments later, the Lobo fan favorite who had three seasons of better than 41% 3-point shooting in the ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Kenny Thomas, right, embraces Anthony Mathis Thursday at Bosque School as the two UNM alumni are preparing for Sunday’s Lobos-on-Lobos exhibition basketball game at the Pit. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Brandon Mason’s text message on Friday afternoon read like a cry for help. “I can’t walk. Played 2 games. I’m hurting bad.” Mason, the 39-year-old former New Mexico State Agg...