Realist wrote:No prob, and I'm not trying to trash Mckay either to everyone else, I just think it's absurd to herald him as some top tier coaching talent when it's pretty obvious it is not the case. I think LU will be better off with him, and that may be good enough to win a title depending on how Peele keeps WU going and whether Lundy ever learns how to win a big game.
wow you are ridiculous... YOu need to get out of your little bubble
Picked to finish fourth in the MWC preseason poll, UNM started the conference season at 1-3. However, the Lobos finished 10-4, placing second behind Utah. The 10 wins came on the heels of four straight losing records in conference play and were the most by a New Mexico team since 11 victories in the Western Athletic Conference in 1998.
A nine-game winning streak got UNM back into postseason play. The run started against Air Force on Valentine's Day when the quintet of David Chiotti, Troy DeVries, Danny Granger, Alfred Neale and Mark Walters started together for the first time. The nine-game skein remains the longest for a Ritchie McKay-coached team and is the Lobos' best run since taking nine straight in 2000-01. The 2004-05 Lobos also won five straight games away from Albuquerque, a feat last achieved in 1977-78.
Granger was the standout on a team saturated with unselfishness. The gifted do-everything Lobo was a third team All-American and MVP of the Mountain West Tournament. Granger's hard work at New Mexico ws rewarded handsomely as the Indiana Pacers made him the 17th overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.
The winning continued in 2005-06 as the Lobos went 17-13 and barely missed out on postseason play. Walters earned a spot on the All-MWC first team. That made five straight years for UNM representation on the MWC first team, a claim no other school in the conference can make.
- By Sly Fox