THE DREAM SEASON IS OVER FOR THE LOBOS ... AND THE AGGIES TOO. THE 10TH RANKED AND MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, THE LOBO MENS BASKETBALL TEAM ... WAS BOUNCED FROM THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THURSDAY NIGHT. IT FOLLOWED A 68 TO 62 UPSET LOSS TO HARVARD IN SALT LAKE CITY. WESLEY SAUNDERS SCORED 18 POINTS AND LAURENT RIVARD HAD 17 TO HELP THE CRIMSON PULL OF THE BIGGEST UPSET IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT OVER NO. 3 UNM IN THE WEST REGIONAL. UNM FINISHED THE SEASON 29 AND 6.
BUT THE LOBOS WEREN'T THE ONLY NEW MEXICO TEAM LOSING. THE AGGIES WERE ALSO "ONE AND DONE" AFTER BEING DEFEATED BY ST. LOUIS, 64-TO 44.