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1997-98 New Mexico Lobos Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-8 (11-3, 2nd in WAC MBB Mountain)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dave Bliss

PS/G: 75.7 (62nd of 308)

PA/G: 65.9 (50th of 308)

SRS: 14.98 (22nd of 306)

SOS: 5.17 (75th of 306)

ORtg: 114.9 (7th of 308)

DRtg: 100.0 (168th of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in South)
Won South First Round (79-62) versus #13 Butler
Lost South Second Round (56-46) versus #5 Syracuse

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AP Poll Summary

1997-98 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
New Mexico	11	11	10	8	14	14	14	12	12	15	17	14	12	11	11	16	20	18

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Tue, Nov 11, 1997	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	2.12	W	98	76		1	0	W 1	University Arena
2	Wed, Nov 19, 1997	REG		New Mexico State	Big West	3.76	W	80	79		2	0	W 2	University Arena
3	Fri, Nov 21, 1997	REG		Texas Southern	SWAC	-9.81	W	90	67		3	0	W 3	University Arena
4	Sat, Nov 22, 1997	REG		Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.22	W	61	51		4	0	W 4	University Arena
5	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	REG		San Jose State	WAC	-11.12	W	86	57		5	0	W 5	University Arena
6	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG	@	UCLA (15)	Pac-10	13.03	L	58	69		5	1	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
7	Tue, Dec 9, 1997	REG	@	New Mexico State	Big West	3.76	W	62	59		6	1	W 1	Pan American Center
8	Sat, Dec 20, 1997	REG		Texas Tech	Big 12	4.07	W	81	62		7	1	W 2	University Arena
9	Mon, Dec 29, 1997	REG		Holy Cross	Patriot	-16.58	W	112	61		8	1	W 3	University Arena
10	Tue, Dec 30, 1997	REG		Yale	Ivy	-9.71	W	69	44		9	1	W 4	University Arena
11	Sat, Jan 3, 1998	REG		Air Force	WAC	-5.45	W	92	59		10	1	W 5	University Arena
12	Mon, Jan 5, 1998	REG		TCU	WAC	22.29	W	98	77		11	1	W 6	University Arena
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	5.53	L	55	58		11	2	L 1	Arena-Auditorium
14	Mon, Jan 12, 1998	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	6.28	W	78	64		12	2	W 1	Moby Arena
15	Thu, Jan 15, 1998	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	W	79	61		13	2	W 2	University Arena
16	Sun, Jan 18, 1998	REG	@	Arizona (5)	Pac-10	24.56	L	70	89		13	3	L 1	McKale Center
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	0.57	W	76	69		14	3	W 1	Don Haskins Center
18	Thu, Jan 29, 1998	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	-0.11	W	72	54		15	3	W 2	Marriott Center
19	Sun, Feb 1, 1998	REG		Utah (3)	WAC	17.08	W	77	74		16	3	W 3	University Arena
20	Thu, Feb 5, 1998	REG		Wyoming	WAC	5.53	W	89	59		17	3	W 4	University Arena
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1998	REG		Colorado State	WAC	6.28	W	77	62		18	3	W 5	University Arena
22	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG	@	Air Force	WAC	-5.45	W	96	72		19	3	W 6	Clune Arena
23	Mon, Feb 16, 1998	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	W	75	66		20	3	W 7	Thomas & Mack Center
24	Thu, Feb 19, 1998	REG		UTEP	WAC	0.57	W	95	71		21	3	W 8	University Arena
25	Sat, Feb 21, 1998	REG	@	TCU (19)	WAC	22.29	L	64	95		21	4	L 1	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
26	Thu, Feb 26, 1998	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	-0.11	L	62	83		21	5	L 2	University Arena
27	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG	@	Utah (5)	WAC	17.08	L	55	65		21	6	L 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 5, 1998	CTOURN	N	Tulsa	WAC	6.41	W	60	59		22	6	W 1	Thomas & Mack Center
29	Fri, Mar 6, 1998	CTOURN	N	TCU (13)	WAC	22.29	W	80	73		23	6	W 2	Thomas & Mack Center
30	Sat, Mar 7, 1998	CTOURN	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	L	51	56		23	7	L 1	Thomas & Mack Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 13, 1998	NCAA	N	Butler	MW Coll	4.87	W	79	62		24	7	W 1	Rupp Arena
32	Sun, Mar 15, 1998	NCAA	N	Syracuse (21)	Big East	11.87	L	46	56		24	8	L 1	Rupp Arena