‘Coach’ Moccia to lead Panamaniacs

Former NMSU Aggie player Brandon Mason, second from left, presents NMSU Athletic Director Mario Moccia with a jersey during the June 2016 Battle of the Rio Grande alumni all-star game held in the Pit. (Photo courtesy of Mario Moccia)Shortly after the successful June 2016 Battle of the Rio Grande UNM/NMSU alumni basketball game Brandon Mason helped organize in the Pit, the former Aggies player and Lobos assistant coach had an idea.

That in itself wasn’t anything new. Mason always seems to have an idea about some project down the road.

Not only was Mason already locked in on figuring out a way to one day put together a Lobos alumni team to compete in the annual $1 million winner-take-all TBT…