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On what should have been a successful but uneventful night of hoops at the Haskins Center, junior McKenzie Moore went from leading scorer to lede story. The Miners' top gun was suspended by head coach Tim Floyd for UTEP's next game against New Orleans.

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PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS – Perry Ellis scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half, as second-ranked Kansas survived another scare and held on for a 67-63 win over UTEP on Saturday in the Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game.

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PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS – Iowa had runs of 13-0 and 21-6 in the first half, and UTEP was buried early in an 89-53 loss to the Hawkeyes in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals on Friday night in the Bahamas.

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Fight on, Part Two.

A day after my speculation that UTEP head coach Tim Floyd laid into USC's Andy Enfield mostly because of what Enfield's comments in the Men's Journal did to sully the reputation of his city, his school and Floyd himself, Floyd stated that was exactly the point.

Then he took it further. A lot further.

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(PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS) – UTEP closed the first half with a 16-7 run to take control of the game, and withstood a late rally by Tennessee to stun the Volunteers, 78-70, in round one of the Battle 4 Atlantis late Thursday night in the Bahamas.

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KC Ross Miller scored 26 points and Daniel Mullings chipped in with 17 as NM State beat UTEP for the second time in nine days, 77-68, on Saturday night in the Don Haskins Center.  Head coach Tim Floyd and Miners Cedrick Lang and Justin Crosgile commented on the loss.

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The UTEP Miners have made it a point to be more physical this season under Tim Floyd. Tuesday night it showed against an old WAC foe as the Miners downed Colorado State, 82-74. Check out the post-game reaction from Floyd, plus UTEP's Julian Washburn and Vince Hunter.

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UTEP earned a 33-10 win over Florida International to win on Senior Night, improving to 2-8 on the season, and earning head coach Sean Kugler his first home win.

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There was no mistaking the look on Sean Kugler's face. In his shortest interview to date -- 8-and-a-half-minutes of mostly awkward silence between brief, staccato answers -- the UTEP head coach's mug spoke volumes: cold, steely and pained.

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The UTEP Miners (1-5, 0-3 Conference USA) face a tough test this weekend as they take on one the of the hardest-running teams in Conference USA, if not just the USA, in the Rice Owls (5-2, 3-0 C-USA). Head coach Sean Kugler talked about the game with his eyes wide open.

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