Gary Payton, who became an All-American at Oregon State, an NBA All Star, and Basketball Hall of Famer, wanted to sign with Don Haskins and the UTEP Miners.
Here is a deeper look at the Memorial Gym and The Bear regions from the bracket of the best 64 basketball players in the history of Texas Western and UTEP.
UTEP announced today that Antonio Davis, Seth Joyner, Blessing Okagbare, Cynthia Ruelas-Macias and Paul Stankowski will be inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
It has been an unpredictable season for the Miners thus far. At times they have looked brilliant dominating their opponents, and in certain games they have looked mediocre. UTEP looked anything but mediocre in their 70-56 victory over East Carolina on Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center.
"...The result was a rebounding bloodbath that the Miners were only too happy to claim. UTEP out-boarded ECU, 14-5, in the first half and by 20 in the game, 39-19..."