After four seasons at Wichita State, Morris Udeze — a 6-foot-8, 240-pound college graduate — had a choice to make.
Get started on a professional playing career overseas or take a chance on one more run in college – one more try to show the world he has a little more to his game than the career stats he posted with the Shockers of 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
UNM — under second-year head coach Richard Pitino, who sold Udeze on a rebuilding program and a building in a state he’d never been to, where fans flock to cheer on their team despite it going on nearly a decade since it’s made the postseason — gave him that chance.