{"id":11228,"date":"2026-08-14T06:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/new-mexico-lobo-mens-basketball-outlines-preliminary-schedule-for-2026-27-season\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:09:46","slug":"new-mexico-lobo-mens-basketball-outlines-preliminary-schedule-for-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/new-mexico-lobo-mens-basketball-outlines-preliminary-schedule-for-2026-27-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Lobo men&#8217;s basketball outlines preliminary schedule for 2026-27 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 The New Mexico Lobo men\u2019s basketball team outlined their preliminary schedule for a highly-anticipated 2026-27 season. This is not the final schedule and dates could change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lobos will kick off their season on the road Sunday, Oct. 11 at Oklahoma State in an exhibition game. The first home game is Monday, Nov. 2 against Utah Tech at The Pit, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lobos will kick off Mountain West Conference play Saturday, Jan. 2, at UTEP in El Paso, Texas, and Tuesday, Jan. 5 at The Pit against Nevada. A few more non-conference games could be added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those games will test the Lobos\u2019 strength in their second season with head coach Eric Olen. Last season, Olen led the \u201cnew look\u201d Lobos to a third-place finish in the Mountain West Conference standings. Despite missing the NCAA tournament, they made a deep run in the NIT Tournament that inspired confidence for this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This season presents an interesting wrinkle for the Lobos: They no longer have Utah State and San Diego State to face in Mountain West conference play after finishing behind them in last season\u2019s standings. While that sets the Lobos up as the favorite to win the regular season championship, it\u2019ll make their NCAA tournament hopes interesting as the conference contracts and the tournament expands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Utah State is gone, the Lobos will still get a chance to show themselves against the 2025-26 Mountain West regular season champions. They\u2019ll face each other Sunday, Nov. 29, at The Pit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another big test will come Saturday, Jan. 23, when the Lobos will face Grand Canyon University at home. Like last season, the Lobos and GCU will get a home-and-home slate of games, with the Lobos facing them again Saturday, Feb. 6 in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lobos and GCU\u2019s matchups got fiery at times last season, including one game where referees ejected GCU coach Bryce Drew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of conference play, the Lobos will continue the Rio Grande Rivalry against the New Mexico State Aggies on Saturday, Dec. 5, at The Pit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary season tickets are now on sale. The Lobos have some special gifts for season ticket holders, including commemorative stickers, a letter from coach Eric Olen and a trading card pack of the team.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-full-2026-27-unm-lobo-men-s-basketball-preliminary-schedule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full 2026-27 UNM Lobo Men\u2019s Basketball Preliminary Schedule<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mountain West Conference games denoted in bold and underlined<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sunday, Oct. 11 at Oklahoma State<\/li>\n<li>Monday, Nov. 2 vs. Utah Tech<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Nov. 7 vs. Northern Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, Nov. 10 vs. Little Rock<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Nov. 14 at Santa Clara \u2013 Santa Clara, California<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Nov. 21 at Wichita State \u2013 Wichita, Kansas<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Nov. 25 vs. Mississippi Valley State<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Nov. 29 vs. Utah State<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Dec. 5 vs. New Mexico State<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Dec. 12 vs. Saint Mary\u2019s<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Jan. 2 at UTEP in El Paso, Texas<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Nevada<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. UC Davis<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, Jan. 12 at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Jan. 16 at Air Force \u2013 U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. San Jose State<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Jan. 23 vs. Grand Canyon University<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Air Force<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, Feb. 2 at San Jose State in San Jose, California<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Feb. 6 at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Feb. 13 at UNLV<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, Feb. 16 at Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. UTEP<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wednesday, Feb. 24 vs. Hawaii<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Feb. 27 at UC Davis in Davis, California<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuesday, March 2 at Wyoming<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, March 6 at Nevada in Reno, Nevada<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wednesday, March 10, to Saturday, March 13: Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumb\"><strong>For Related Stories:<\/strong>\u00a0Jonathan Fjeld\u00a0\u00a0UNM Lobos<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 The New Mexico Lobo men\u2019s basketball team outlined their preliminary schedule for a highly-anticipated 2026-27 season. This is not the final schedule and dates could change. The Lobos will kick off their season on the road Sunday, Oct. 11 at Oklahoma State in an exhibition game. The first home game is Monday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5187,9997,4578,7100,9707,9998,2812,2690],"class_list":{"0":"post-11228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upcoming-games","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-lobo","10":"tag-mens","11":"tag-mexico","12":"tag-outlines","13":"tag-preliminary","14":"tag-schedule","15":"tag-season"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}