New Mexico Men’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
New Mexico Lobos
 
Mountain West (26-9, 10-8)
 
 
Big Wins: at Nevada (83-82), vs San Diego State (68-61)
Bad Losses: UNLV (77-80), at UNLV (73-83)
Coach: Richard Pitino
 
Probable Starters:
JT Toppin, Freshman, Forward, 12.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.9 bpg
Nelly Junior Joseph, Senior, Center, 8.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Donovan Dent, Sophomore, Guard, 14.3 ppg, 5.6 apg, 1.6 spg
Jamal Mashburn Jr., Senior, Guard, 14.4 ppg, 1.5 apg
Jaelen House, Senior, Guard, 16.1 ppg, 3.5 apg, 2.3 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Mustapha Amzil, Senior, Forward, 6.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Tru Washington, Freshman, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 1.3 apg
Jemarl Baker Jr., Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 1.1 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.6 (18th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.7 (170, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.3 (79, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.2 (146, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.7 (244, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.9 (188, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.6 (236, 8)
Rebound Margin: 4.3 (53, 3)
Assists Per Game: 14.8 (87, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.2 (43, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NIT First Round loss to Utah Valley
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Stanford
2013 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Harvard
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Long Beach State
2012 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Louisville
2011 NIT First Round win over UTEP
2011 NIT Second Round loss to Alabama
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Montana
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Washington
2009 NIT First Round win over Nebraska
2009 NIT Second Round loss to Notre Dame
2008 NIT First Round loss to California
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Villanova
 
*all team stats through 3/10