Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Aggies vs. Lobos

It starts with a fact or two, but, before long, many discussions of basketball superiority between Lobos and Aggies fans usually end with insults.

On message boards that means ALL CAPS, a troop of exclamation points and a few of these ...

%*&!

But which program really is better?

I researched the men's basketball programs from both schools, comparing them in several important categories. All information is current through today. Here's what I found ...

Wins
UNM 1,289, NMSU 1,272

Winning percentage
NMSU .570, UNM .562

Head to head wins
UNM 106, NMSU 94

20-win seasons
NMSU 22, UNM 21

NCAA Tournament invitations
NMSU 17, UNM 11

NCAA Tournament wins
NMSU 10, UNM 6

NCAA Tournament winning percentage
NMSU .344, UNM .333

NCAA Tournament milestones
NMSU:
Final Four (1970), Sweet 16 (1992)
UNM: Has yet to advance past second round

NMSU wins six of the eight categories, which surprised me. Nothing against the Aggies, but when I thought of the categories, I figured it would be closer. It's always been a very entertaining rivalry.

However look how close the schools are in the categories.

It will be interesting to see how this looks in five years.

1 comment:

nmsu69 said...

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