Lobos men’s basketball 2022-23 non-conference schedule unveiled

By KOB

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The UNM Lobos men’s basketball team announced its 2022-23 non-conference schedule Tuesday.

The schedule features ten regular-season, non-conference games and one exhibition game at The Pit.

Nine of the non-conference games will be against teams that played in the post-season last year as New Mexico State, Saint Mary’s and Jacksonville State were each in the NCAA Tournament, Southern Methodist University and Iona played in the NIT, Southern Utah and South Alabama made the semifinals of the Basketball Classic and Northern Colorado was a semifinalist in the CBI.

Some of the notable games include the first road game Nov. 15 against SMU, the Nov. 25-27 Lobo Classic, the first trip to Saint Mary’s Nov. 30 and the Pitino vs. Pitino home matchup Dec. 18 vs. Iona.

The Lobo Classic will be a round-robin event featuring a doubleheader each day with matchups TBA. The Lobos will play Jacksonville State, North Dakota State and Northern Colorado

The full non-conference schedule is as follows:

Oct. 29 vs. CSU Pueblo
Nov. 7 vs. Southern Utah
Nov. 11 vs. South Alabama
Nov. 15 at SMU
Nov. 19 vs. New Mexico State
Nov. 25-27 Lobo Classic
Nov. 30 at Saint Mary’s
Dec. 3 at New Mexico State
Dec. 6 vs. Western New Mexico
Dec. 10 vs. University of Texas at San Antonio
Dec. 18 vs Iona
Dec. 21 vs. Prairie View A&M