With the newly crowned champion of NCAA Men's Basketball being UConn - lead by El Pasoan Tristen Newton - it got me thinking about getting the ball rollin' on El Paso Sports. Check out these local Twitter accounts and give them a follow if you know what's good for you.
Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry, who spent three seasons as the Miners' head coach, will face his former star guard at UTEP in Souley Boum and the Xavier Musketeers on Friday evening in the Sweet 16.
The fact that 18 former Miners are playing Divison I basketball is an accurate reflection of how the transfer portal has impacted UTEP over the last half decade.