近距离内射合集

One year ago, the first transfer to announce he was joining Eric Olen's UNM Lobos roster was former UC San Diego guard Chris Howell.

Tuesday delivered a unique double dose of d茅j脿 vu for the Lobos with another UCSD transfer and another announcement about being a Lobo from Howell.

First, UC San Diego freshman Hudson Mayes, a 6-foot-5 guard with a lot of upside after really hitting his stride late this season for the Big West's Tritons, announced on social media he would shoot down power conference overtures and become Olen's first transfer of this offseason 鈥� the second year in a row the UNM transfer addition process has started with a UCSD player.

近距离内射合集 on Monday of St. John's forward Imran Suljanovic of Austria transferring to UNM has not been confirmed by the school or player, and while there is not an indication that those reports are wrong, until the player or school announces he has signed, we'll go with Mayes as the first "official" transfer of the season.

Just minutes after Mayes' announced transfer, though this news was known around the program for a week, Howell announced that the NCAA granted a UNM medical hardship waiver appeal allowing him to return for next season after playing 11 games, all starts, for the Lobos before an oblique injury ended his would-be final college season.

The new guy

Mayes brings to Albuquerque not just the experience earned in a heck of a freshman season at UCSD 鈥� averages of 11.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.0 steals and starting 11 of the team鈥檚 last 12 games while earning all-Big West Conference Honorable Mention 鈥� but some pretty well-known sports DNA, as well.

The 6-5 guard from Los Angeles, who was recruited when Olen and much of UNM's staff was still at UCSD a year ago, is the son of Derrick Mayes, the former Notre Dame All-America wide receiver and Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion, and Gayle Brown-Mayes, the daughter of Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Roger Brown.

Roger Brown played for the ABA's Indiana Pacers and was teammates there with UNM legend Mel Daniels, also a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer.

"Coming into the portal, I obviously had pretty much every power five conference and every other conference trying to get me to commit there," Mayes told USA Today on Tuesday night of his decision to play at UNM. "They were throwing me different offers. I kept money out of my decision and made a basketball decision."

According to the article, Baylor, Syracuse and Notre Dame all were among the programs heavily recruiting Mayes.

How Howell did it

"Chris Howell running it back in ABQ!" read the UNM Lobos' social media post announcing Howell's news, though no mention of the medical redshirt was included.

The Journal has verified that Howell's medical hardship waiver was one that seems to have benefited from the Lobos' run to the semifinals of the NIT.

According to NCAA bylaws, a men's basketball player can apply for a medical hardship waiver if he has a documented injury and didn't play more than 30% of the season.

Howell injured his oblique in the first half of UNM's 11th game of the season (Dec. 14 vs. Florida Gulf Coast).

After the Mountain West Tournament, UNM was 23-10. Howell had played at that point 33% of his team's games.

By winning three National Invitation Tournament games and playing in the April 2 NIT semifinals in Indianapolis, the Lobos completed 37 games this season. At that point, Howell's 11 games had dropped to representing just 29.7% of games, making the appeal doable.

Howell started all 35 games for Olen at UCSD in 2024-25, helping lead the Tritons to the Big West championship and the NCAA Tournament. He started all 11 games he played for UNM this season after following Olen, and older brother and UNM assistant coach Mikey Howell, to Albuquerque.

In 11 games, Howell averaged 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game, described by Olen as one of the team's two "connectors" on the floor along with senior guard Luke Haupt.

Remember these guys?

At the end of the 2024-25 season, there were two high school seniors signed with the Lobos: point guard Jaylen Petty of Seattle and combo guard Issac Williams of Moreno Valley, California.

When Richard Pitino left to take the coaching job at Xavier, Petty instead ended up playing at Texas Tech and Williams at UNLV.

This week, Petty announced he is leaving Tech to transfer to UCLA to replace former Lobo Donovan Dent as the Bruins' point guard and Williams on Tuesday announced he has re-upped with Josh Pastner and the Rebels in Las Vegas.

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