New Mexico Falls to Fourth-seeded Louisville 59-56 in Third Round

Fifth-seeded New Mexico saw its tournament run come to an end in the third round with a deflating 59-56 loss to fourth-seeded Louisville in Portland. Louisville never dominated, with a small 26-25 halftime lead and found a way to hold on to the lead at the end.


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OverallConf
 1New Mexico 28-7 10-4
1 San Diego State 26-8 10-4
3 UNLV 26-9 9-5
4 Colorado State 20-12 8-6
5 TCU 18-15 7-7
6 Wyoming 21-12 6-8
7 Air Force 13-16 3-11
7 Boise State 13-17 3-11
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#4 Chad Adams Jr G/F 6-6 190
#24 Kory Alford Fr G 6-4 175
#41 C. Bairstow So F 6-9 253
#5 D. Dunning Fr G 6-4 198
#13 Jamal Fenton Jr G 5-9 168
#32 Drew Gordon Sr F 6-9 245
#3 Hugh Greenwood Fr G 6-3 209
#00 A.J. Hardeman Sr F 6-8 235
#53 Alex Kirk So C 6-11 242
#23 P. McDonald Sr G 6-5 200
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#21 Tony Snell So G 6-7 195
#40 D. Walker So G 6-2 200
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