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First congrats to the winners. The metro area boasts three champions this year, the La Cueva and Hope Christian boys, and Sandia's girls.

Here are the scores, with a few notes (all are boys games) ...

The good news is that three Albuquerque Public Schools teams advanced to their respective state title game.

Results were much better on Day 2 of the state basketball tournament for metro area teams.

The first day of the 2010 State Basketball Championships did not end well for metro area schools.

When a team has a surprisingly successful season, there usually aren't many surprises when it comes to postseason awards.

First, we've seen them play closer-than-expected games against mediocre (or worse) TCU, Colorado State and Air Force in recent weeks.

Sure Darington Hobson had better numbers than Roman Martinez's 19 points, five rebounds and two steals. But it was Martinez, as usual, who made the biggest plays in key moments.

It should be an emotional night for a lot of Lobos fans. In my limited amount of time covering UNM, I can't think of a more beloved athlete than Roman Martinez.

In the ESPN.com story Watson had a nice little anecdote about some t-shirts given to the Lobos after they beat then-No. 18 Texas A&M in Houston. Written across the chest: "They Know Now" Hmmm.