近距离内射合集

All Eric Olen did in Year 1 was build a men鈥檚 basketball roster and coaching staff from scratch 鈥� after every player and coach left from the previous season 鈥� and lead the Lobos to 26 wins,  which included a regular-season finale playing for a share of the Mountain West title, a conference tourney semifinal loss and an NIT semifinal loss. 

Not bad. 

Now do it again. 

Playing into April for the first time in program history, Olen and the Lobos haven鈥檛 had much time to take a breath between the final buzzer (a painful sound Thursday night in Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis) and the opening of the transfer portal on Tuesday.

The Journal has learned the program plans to focus on keeping a core of freshman guards Jake Hall and Uriah Tenette.

Until Sunday, it was thought the retention efforts would also be heavily focussed on keeping 7-foot-1 center JT Rock in the fold, too, as the praise heaped on him by the staff had grown tremendously and the potential of the former Top 100 national high sch0ol recruit seemed to start coming to fruition. But Rock had a surprising Sunday night announcement that he was entering the transfer portal, several hours after the far more anticipated announcement that freshman center Tomislav Buljan was entering the portal. 

So, to fill in around that backcourt duo (and to be clear, the transfer portal opens on Tuesday, so anything can happen), the general wants and needs are clear:

• Rebounding (they're losing the league鈥檚 best in Buljan and now don鈥檛 have Rock, the starter they thought would be here).

• Size (they鈥檙e losing some good size in Buljan, Rock and graduating senior Luke Haupt. If Hall and Tenette are the core, the Lobos could use some big guards to help out on defense).

• Depth (they needed more of that this season).

• Skill (players who can shoot from the outside, handle the ball and defend without fouling are valued more than players who can jump out of the gym and block shots).

• Basketball IQ (one of Olen鈥檚 favorite terms is about his team's need to 鈥渕ake good end-of-drive decisions,鈥� which is to say players on offense make the plays that lead to the highest success rates and on defense force their opponents to go away from their first choice).

A good start toward bringing in players who fit what Olen is looking for would be to get commitment announcements from one or both of the international big men who took recruiting visits to the Pit this season 鈥� 6-9 Benny Schuch of Austria and 6-11 Fynn Lastring of Germany.

Keeping Hall a priority

Clearly, Hall鈥檚 bond with Olen (who recruited him since the age of 14, knows the family well and has even offered younger brother, combo guard Dax Hall, a scholarship) is UNM鈥檚 best shot at keeping the Mountain West Freshman of the Year. Also, there鈥檚 no system that鈥檚 a better fit for Hall鈥檚 skillset than what Olen and Tom Tankelewicz are rolling out there.

Still, Lobos will have to pay up to keep Jake Hall, whose revenue share value increased significantly this season.

The program is aiming for a rev share budget of $3 million or more for 2026-27. Paying Hall may need to be done outside that budget (remember the good ol鈥� days, like last year, when all the money to pay players came from outside school sources?). But it鈥檚 doable because UNM has done tremendously in the rev-share and NIL space in recent years relative to the conference it鈥檚 in, and moving to 2026-27 is no exception.

Who鈥檚 leaving?

The Journal asked Olen about his plan around recruiting and retention on Thursday, after the Lobos鈥� loss to Tulsa in the NIT semifinals

鈥淲e got to figure out what everybody鈥檚 doing, so we'll have conversations with those with eligibility remaining,鈥� Olen said.

鈥淭he two guys next to me (senior guards Deyton Albury and Luke Haupt), who are done with their college careers, they brought a lot of rim pressure, they brought a lot of defensive play-making, they鈥檙e both good rebounders from the guard position. So you know, those are things off the top of my head, that that we鈥檙e losing from those guys.

鈥淏eyond that, we will have to see what everybody鈥檚 decisions are, and once we know who鈥檚 coming back then we鈥檒l build from there.鈥�

Not surprisingly to most in the program, Buljan announced Sunday he would be entering the portal. Rock鈥檚 news was a surprise to most. 

Senior guard Tajavis Miller, like reserve forward Milos Vicentic and the aforementioned Albury and Haupt, are all out of eligibility. 

About Chris Howell ...

Guard Chris Howell, whose older brother Mikey Howell is a UNM assistant, has been with Olen for several years. 

The 6-foot-6 guard was an every-game starter for Olen鈥檚 UCSD team that made the 2025 NCAA tournament and was a starter for UNM until mid-December, when he suffered an oblique injury and was out for the season. He was the 鈥渃onnector,鈥� as Olen liked describing him and Haupt, before the latter took over the starting role and flourished in Howell鈥檚 absence.

Howell is now hopeful he might get another chance to play with the Lobos.

But it'll be tricky.

The oversimplified scenario is this: A men鈥檚 college basketball player who, for medical reasons, plays less than 30% of his season can request a medical redshirt waiver.

Howell鈥檚 injury came in Game 11.

The team played 31 games at the end of the regular season, 33 at the end of the Mountain West Tournament and 37 (finishing at 26-11), including the NIT.

Do postseason games count in the calculation of 30 percent of the season? 

The Mountain West conference denied UNM鈥檚 first appeal for Howell鈥檚 medical redshirt season, so the team has now moved on to the NCAA to make a final ruling.

鈥淪till waiting (on a decision),鈥� Howell told the Journal Thursday in Indianapolis. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not a no, but it hasn鈥檛 been a yes. ... I鈥檓 not too sure if those (postseason games) counted towards that number.鈥�

How long does he wait?

鈥淚鈥檓 going to ride it out until a decision (comes),鈥� Howell said. 鈥淚 want to play (again), not just in general, but want to be here. It鈥檚 a special place.鈥�

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