University of New Mexico players celebrate as UA players walk off the court at McKale Center in the UA's loss to NMU, 70-68. Photo by David Sanders/ Arizona Daily Star taken on 12/21/99.

 David Sanders/ Arizona Daily Star 1999

The series: The once-fiery and regularly contested Arizona-New Mexico series has been idle since 1999-2000, when the Wildcats lost a two-point game at McKale Center right before Christmas break that season. The teams split six games throughout the 1990s, with Arizona winning once in Albuquerque and New Mexico winning the 1999-00 game in Tucson.

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