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An embarrassing loss to Harvard in a game that mattered most should not define the 2012-13 season for the New Mexico Lobos.

That was the message a sometimes defensive Steve Alford hammered home time and again Wednesday when he met with local media to put a bow on his team’s 29-6 season that included Mountain West Conference regular-season and tournament championships and ended with his No. 3-seeded Lobos getting upset last week in Salt Lake City in its first game of the NCAA Tournament by No. 14 Harvard.

<a href=http://www.abqjournal.com/sports/2013/03/28/alford-final-loss-shouldnt-define-season.html>Read more</a>

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