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New Mexico vs. Clemson odds, prediction, betting trends for 2024 March Madness First Round game | Sporting News
No. 6 Clemson plays No. 11 New Mexico in the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Friday. Don’t let the seeds fool you, as the Lobos are favored to win this West Region game at Fed Ex Forum in Memphis.
The Tigers (21-11) enter their 14th NCAA Tournament with a signature road win over No. 1 seed North Carolina this season. The Lobos (26-9) boast the highest scoring offense in the Mountain West Conference at 81.7 points per game.
Clemson’s dropped three of its last four games including a 76-55 defeat to Boston College in the ACC Tournament.
Let’s get to New Mexico vs. Clemson odds and an ATS prediction for Friday’s March Madness matchup.
New Mexico vs. Clemson odds
Here’s a look at live odds for New Mexico vs. Clemson at top-rated sportsbooks:
New Mexico is riding a four-game winning streak. That included a 68-61 win over San Diego State in the Mountain West Tournament championship game. A record six Mountain West teams made the NCAA Tournament including San Diego State, which lost to UConn in last year’s national championship game. Only five ACC teams are participating in March Madness 2024.
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Three betting trends to watch
- Clemson has two intriguing betting trends to watch heading into this matchup. The Tigers are 6-1 ATS as an underdog this season. On the flip side, Clemson is 1-3 ATS in neutral site games.
- New Mexico not only won all four of its conference tournament games. It also covered ATS in all four contests.
- The Lobos went UNDER in all four Mountain West Tournament games. When it comes to totals, the Lobos are 17-17 overall on the season.
New Mexico key players
The Lobos have four players averaging double-digits in point production.
- Jaelen House (16.9 ppg)
- Jamal Mashburn Jr. (14.4 ppg)
- Donovan Dent (14.3 ppg)
- JT Toppin (12.5 ppg)
House and Toppin are also standouts on the defensive end of the floor. House leads the Mountain West with steals on the season at 70. Nobody had more blocks in conference play than Toppin with 66.
Clemson key players
Center P.J. Hall is one of the best big men in the ACC. The senior center averages a team-high 18.8 points per game. He also leads the Tigers with 1.6 blocks per game.
Syracuse transfer Joe Girard III follows with 15.7 points per game. Girard led all ACC players with a 95.4% shooting percentage from the free-throw line. Backcourt mate Chase Hunter is the only other Tiger scoring in double figures at 12.3 ppg.
Best individual matchup: P.J. Hall vs. Nelly Junior Joseph
This will be a fun battle to watch between the opposing centers. At 6-foot-10, Hall is adept at scoring in the low block and from behind the arc. Junior Joseph will have to be able to shadow him in both spots, but Toppin might be matched up on Hall at times, too.
Hall’s made 48 3-pointers on 31.6% shooting from long range. He’s blocked 50 shots on the season. Junior Joseph averages 8.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.
Hall was dominant in Clemson’s 80-76 road win at UNC. Going up against the ACC’s top big man in Armando Bacot, Hall scored a game-high 25 points and hauled in nine rebounds. If he has another game like that on Friday, Clemson will be tough to beat.
New Mexico vs. Clemson stat to know
It’s been awhile since New Mexico has competed in March Madness. The Lobos last participated in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Check out this stat: New Mexico is 17-1 SU in games when the Lobos have score 80+ points this season.
Clemson yields just 71.3 points per game. This game could come down to New Mexico’s ability to thrive with its up-tempo offense that led the MWC in scoring this season.
Third-year coach Richard Pitino’s team also benefits from depth. New Mexico’s rotation includes eight players who average 17+ minutes per game.
New Mexico vs. Clemson ATS prediction
New Mexico is a trendy sleeper pick after the Lobos won the MWC Tournament in a conference that’s been solid this season. Conversely, Clemson has buckled of late and it’s coming off a bad loss to Boston College and early exit from the ACC Tournament. The Lobos are the lowest NCAA Tournament seed to be favored, but we’re backing Clemson.
Prediction: Clemson 75, New Mexico 71. Clemson (+2.5) covers in a game that goes UNDER the total (149)
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Native Vote 2026
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Laguna Pueblo woman is the front runner to be New Mexico’s next governor.
Shortly after polls closed Tuesday night, Deb Haaland was declared the winner over Bernalillo County district attorney Sam Bregman in the state’s semi-open Democratic Party primary. As of 11:00 p.m., Haaland carried support from 72% of the Democratic primary voters to Bregman’s 28%, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
“We’re showing everyone that a better future in New Mexico is possible,” she told supporters gathered in Albuquerque’s historic Old Town Plaza. “New Mexicans want a leader who will stand up for working people, and who is ready to take on Donald Trump. I proudly accept your nomination as a Democratic nominee.”
Haaland spoke for 13 minutes, at times through a scratchy throat that required her to pause for water breaks. “Excuse me, I’ve been talking with voters all day,” she said while grabbing a water bottle before hitting her campaign stump notes on affordability, health care and public safety.
She will face Republican Gregg Hull, a former mayor from suburban Rio Rancho that won his party’s three-way primary with 47% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
Haaland will be the Democratic Party nominee in a state dominated at every level by Democrats, and is expected to be heavily favored in the general election. With that insight she said her campaign message does translate to Republicans and Independent voters.
“We want our kids to thrive. We want our kids to have a quality, public education. We want every New Mexican to have health care. Everybody wants to feel safe in their neighborhoods, and everybody wants to be able to afford to put a hot meal on their table every night and have a roof over their children’s heads,” she said. “Those issues transcend whatever political spectrum we’re trying to slice and dice people into.”
Shortly after the race was called, Haaland campaign staff, major donors, surrogates, and their families walked from a building on the west side of Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza to the historic plaza core, where the Haaland campaign had set up a stage and reserved the entire plaza for its victory celebration.
“We are now witnessing history in the making,” New Mexico state Rep. Derrick Lente (Sandia Pueblo) said to supporters immediately after Haaland was declared the winner.
Denise Wilie (Dine) also joined the celebration of Haaland’s victory. Wilie said she worked on get-out-the-vote efforts with the Native American Voters Alliance in McKinley County.
“It just is so exhilarating to even think about, a woman and a Pueblo woman,” she said. “Indigenous all the way, is how I feel. I’m like, yes, let’s get more of our voices.”
Haaland was introduced by her two sisters and walked to the stage escorted by a mariachi band.
Speaking to reporters after the event Haaland reflected on voting for a Pueblo woman (herself) for governor.
“I got emotional, quite frankly, when I went to vote for myself because you do that when you’re a candidate,” she said. “We’ve never had a Native American governor in New Mexico. We’re a multicultural state. I think representation matters, especially in a political era such as this one. So, I’m really proud and honored to carry on the legacy of my ancestors, who worked so incredibly hard to make sure that I had a place here today.”
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