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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... UNM Special Assistant Dave Pilipovich, left, talks with assistant coach Dan McHale before a game last week at Dixie State University’s Burns Arena in St. George, Utah. (Courtesy UNM Athletics) Kelly Pilipovich figured her husband’s debit card had been hacked. When the wife of Dave Pilipovich, the longtime Air Force head coach who this season has spent the past couple months living out of hotels as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach for the UNM Lobo men’s basketball team, saw last month’s statement, she called her husband and had a question. “What are all these charges for $2 or $1.50 to a company in New Jersey?” recalled Dave Pilipovich of the recent phone call. “I said, ‘Kelly, $1.50 for the wash and $2 for the dryer. I’m washing clothes pretty much every night or every other night. … Our like fifth hotel we were in this year finally took a debit card ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team lines up prior to its Wednesday home game in Lubbock, Texas, vs. Utah State. (Courtesy John Moore for UNM Athletics) Here are some extra notes, quotes, tweets, stats and other odds & ends I managed to empty out of the old notebook after Wednesday’s 77-45 Lobos loss to Utah State in a game played in Lubbock, Texas: Well, shoot A couple games ago, it was the free throws what some would say is the easiest shot in basketball since there is nobody defending you that the Lobos just couldn’t seem to hit (they went 15-of-35 at the line against Nevada on Dec. 31). ....