What will the Hoosiers see when they take the court Thursday against New Mexico State?
-The Aggies are 26-9 on the season and finished the regular season in second place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 10-4 record.
-The Aggies are a veteran laden team with nine foreigners on their roster.
-The Aggies have won nine of their past 10 games.
-The Aggies were 1-3 against teams in the top 50 of the RPI.
-Senior forward Wendell McKines leads the way for the Aggies averaging 18.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. At 6'6" and 230 pounds, McKines leads the WAC in both points and rebounding this season.
-NMSU is the 6th best rebounding team in the nation at 40.3 boards a game.
-NMSU is the 11th best scoring team in the nation at 78.5 points a game.
-The Aggies shoot just 32 percent from three-point range and 66 percent from the foul line.
-Head coach Marvin Menzies has been at the helm since 2007 and took NMSU to the tournament in 2010.
-The Aggies lost 70-67 to No. 5 seed Michigan State during 2010 and bring back four of the eight players who saw the floor that day.
-Menzies was previously an assistant coach at a variety of college out west before joining Rick Pitino's staff at Louisville for the 2005-2007 seasons.
-In Menzies five seasons in Las Cruces, NM, the Aggies have finished no worse than third in the WAC.
