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:
 
2023NITFirst Round loss to Utah Valley
2014NCAARound of 64 loss to Stanford
2013NCAARound of 64 loss to Harvard
2012NCAARound of 64 win over Long Beach State
2012NCAARound of 32 loss to Louisville
2011NITFirst Round win over UTEP
2011NITSecond Round loss to Alabama
2010NCAARound of 64 win over Montana
2010NCAARound of 32 loss to Washington
2009NITFirst Round win over Nebraska
2009NITSecond Round loss to Notre Dame
2008NITFirst Round loss to California
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Villanova
 
*all team stats through 3/10