#82 New Mexico Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
 
New Mexico Lobos
 
2025-2026 Overall Rank: #82
 
Conference Rank: #5 Mountain West
 
 
2024-25 Record: 27-8, 17-3
2024-25 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Eric Olen
Coach Record: 0-0 at New Mexico, 240-119 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Donovan Dent, Guard, 20.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 6.4 apg
Nelly Junior Joseph, Center, 14.2 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.5 bpg
Tru Washington, Guard, 11.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.9 apg, 2.1 spg
Mustapha Amzil, Forward, 11.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.4 apg
CJ Noland, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.1 apg
Filip Borovicanin, Forward, 5.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.1 apg
Jovan Milicevic, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
None
 
Key New Players:
Deyton Albury Senior, Guard, Transfer from Utah State
Tomislva Buljan, Freshman, Forward
Antonio Chol, Junior, Forward, Transfer from JC
Jake Hall, Freshman, Guard
Luke Haupt, Senior, Guard, Transfer from DII
Chris Howell, Senior, Guard, Transfer from UC San Diego
Sir Marius Ones, Freshman, Guard
Tajavis Miller, Senior, Guard, Transfer from North Dakota State
Kallai Patton, Freshman, Guard, Transfer from USC
Kevin Patton Jr., Junior, Guard, Transfer from USC
Timeo Pons, Freshman, Guard
JT Rock, Sophomore, Center, Transfer from Iowa State
Uriah Tenette, Freshman, Guard
Milos Vicentic, Senior, Forward, Transfer from UC San Diego
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.5 (32nd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.6 (134, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.0 (107, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.8 (116, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.9 (263, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.7 (137, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.9 (282, 8)
Rebound Margin: 3.7 (72, 2)
Assists Per Game: 14.9 (88, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.4 (150, 6)