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New Mexico has a lot of holes to patch up but also has two key cogs returning in coach Steve Alford's third campaign as coach.

Like many Mountain West Conference teams, the Lobos were hit hard by departures. Three players who scored in double figures last season—Tony Danridge, Daniel Faris and Chad Toppert—have moved on.

But two important returning players are back, and that has created optimism that the Lobos can be an upper-tier team in the Mountain West.

Senior forward Roman Martinez (10.6 points per game) is a gritty player who always seems to know where to be on the court. He'll have more responsibility and will likely average just five or six points a game this season.

Junior point guard Dairese Gary will run the offense again, and he...]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:07 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-nam:1 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:07 PDT