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Arizona Basketball to Renew Rivalry with New Mexico Tonight

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Tonight, Arizona Basketball will hit the hardwood once more just before the Holidays. In this non-conference game, they will perhaps renew a bit of a rivalry between two schools that haven’t played in quite some time.

Believe it or not, Arizona and New Mexico are two teams that once use to have a bit of history. It has been 17 years since the Wildcats and Lobos squared off, and perhaps for good reason based on how the last game between these two teams ended.

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On Jan. 16, 1999, while playing in Albuquerque, the Lobos trailed by a point with 4.