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On Wednesday night, December 28th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted the Colorado State Rams in the first game of the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. Gabriel McCulley led the Miners with 13 points but the Rams won the game 56-53

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On Saturday night, December 17th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted the Southern University Jaguars at the Don Haskins Center. Julyan Washburn and Gabriel McCulley each scored 19 points as the Miners won the game 87-57

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On Wednesday night, December 21st, the UTEP Miners women's basketball team hosted UC Santa Barbara at the Don Haskins Center. More than 2,000 fans were in attendance, but the Miners loss their first game of the regular season 49-48

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On Sunday afternoon, December 11th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted I-10 rivals New Mexico State at the Don Haskins Center. At halftime, former Texas Western great Nolan Richardson had his jersey number 42 retired and hung from the rafters

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UTEP head football coach Mike Price will stay head football coach for at least one more season, according to Miners' Director of Athletics, Bob Stull.

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"...What will stand out among the records of all the next coaches who'll spend three or four autumns in El Paso, then either move on or get moved on, will be the mark of one who has stubbornly stood amidst the Sun Bowl's fickle winds winds and, for eight years, has tried to will this program into something more than what it is..."

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On Saturday night, November 26th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted Stephen F. Austin at the Don Haskins Center. The Lumberjacks won the game 53-35.

A few weeks ago, I predicted the UTEP Men's basketball team would win between 16-18 games this season. I heard good things about some of the new recruits, but had no idea how much talent head coach Tim Floyd had brought to UTEP.

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Miss last Saturday's UTEP-Tulsa game? Well, you didn't miss much if you're a Miners fan. But if you're feeling guilty that you didn't suffer along with the other 15,000-or-so last Saturday in the Sun Bowl or the tens of...tens viewing on TV, fear not.

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"...They're bucking history. Not soaring above it, not at 5-5. But the physicality, the ability to run and hit, the punch is unlike any team Mike Price has had in the high desert..."

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