He was bruised, battered and bloodied in his basketball career, but it was Australian rules football that flowed in those veins long before he ever hit his first 3-pointer.
Former Lobo Hugh Greenwood, the four-year starting point guard for the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team who is now living back home in his native Australia, is reportedly hanging up the high tops and leaving a professional basketball contract with the Perth Wildcats to pursue a career in the AFL (Australian Football League), fulfilling a promise he made years ago to his late grandfather, a legend in the sport.