Lobos set to face Marquette in 1st round of NCAA Tournament

By KOB
March 16, 2025 - 10:17 PM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Lobos men’s basketball team will head to Cleveland to open the NCAA Tournament this Friday.

UNM (26-7, 17-3), the regular-season Mountain West Conference champion, will be a 10-seed in the South Regional. Seventh-seeded Marquette (23-10) will be the Lobos’ opponent in the first-round matchup, with an exact game time to be announced.

If UNM does advance to the second round, the Lobos could face No. 2 seed Michigan State (27-6), the regular-season Big Ten Conference champion.

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