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High and UNM graduate Isaiah Brooks-Sena and former UNM Lobos assistant and New Mexico Military Institute head coach Ralph Davis.
Here is a list of some of those New Mexico connections to the 2023 Big Dance:
ARIZONA WILDCATS: Sports Information Director Matt Ensor (former UNM basketball sports information director)
CREIGHTON BLU JAYS: Assistant Alan Huss (former UNM assistant); assistant Ryan Miller (former UNM assistant); strength coach Jeremy Anderson (former UNM strength coach)
GRAND CANYON ANTELOPES: Forward Isaiah Carr (Las Cruces High School) IONA GAELS: Guard Berrick JeanLouis (NMSU)
KANSAS JAYHAWKS: Director of player development Joe Dooley (former UNM assistant)
NEVADA WOLF PACK: Head coach Steve Alford (former UNM head coach); assistant Craig Neal (former UNM head coach) MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS: Head coach Chris Jans (former NMSU head coach); assistant James Miller (former NMSU assistant, NMJC head coach); assistant Davie Andwar (former NMSU assistant); assistant to head coach Scott Padgett (former UNM assistant); director of basketball operations Jovan Austin (former graduate assistant at NMSU); graduate assistant Shunn Buchanan (former NMSU player); forward Will McNair (NMSU)
MONTANA STATE BOBCATS: Assistant Andy Hill (former UNM assistant)
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS: Assistant Aki Collins (former UNM director of operations)go
SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS: Assistant JayDee Luster (former NMSU player)
TCU HORNED FROGS: Assistant Tony Benford (from Hobbs, former UNM assistant); assistant Duane Broussard (former UNM assistant)
TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI ISLANDERS: Assistant Ralph Davis (former UNM assistant, former NMMI head coach); video coordinator Isaiah Sena-Brooks (Capital High School graduate, former UNM manager)
TEXAS LONGHORNS: Guard Sir’Jabari
Rice (NMSU)
TEXAS SOUTHERN TIGERS: Guard Isaiah Marin (UNM)