Notes from Memphis: The cherry and silver lining behind beloved Lobo Josiah Allick's transfer to Nebraska

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Home is where Josiah Allick’s heart is. Home just wasn’t Albuquerque.

But the Lobo love and appreciation for his one season at UNM hasn’t dipped much, if at all, over the past season since the 6-foot-8 power forward transferred back home to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who are the No. 8 seed in the South Region playing No. 9 Texas A&M on Friday in Memphis — the same location, though in a different pod of games — as the Lobos.

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Caught up with former UNM Lobo Josiah Allick (@allick_josiah), who transferred to Nebraska after last season. The Huskers are in the South Region and Lobos in the West, but for this first weekend, both are playing heir games here in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/mC9YkMcNh5
— Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) March 21, 2024

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We know he did not sleep, because this is March. But I'm trying to confirm rumors that @JonRothstein, who worked the First Four games in Dayton and flew to Memphis overnight, may have napped on the plane.

For now, here is Jon Rothstein talking UNM Lobos and Mountain West hoops. pic.twitter.com/DfSI3h7f93

— Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) March 21, 2024

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