Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men"s basketball team was selected to host Long Beach State, Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m., in the O"Reilly ESNPU BracketBuster. The two-day tournament features 100 teams from 16 conferences.
Head coach Marvin Menzies said he was happy with the selection, which is close to home for the Hamilton, Calif., native, but was discouraged the Aggies were not chosen for one of the 14 nationally televised games.
"I"m excited," he said. "I think it"s a great travel game for us next year. It allows us to get to Southern California, which is obviously one of my focal points in recruiting.
"I"m a little disappointed we didn"t get the chance to get on TV but I don"t know if we earned that with our wins this year." Continue Reading This Post >>