Former Burges High and East Carolina star Tristen Newton is receiving calls from some of the top college basketball programs since he entered the portal.
Sources tell 600 ESPN El Paso that Jamal Bieniemy has hired an agent and he has notified the NBA that he will forgo his final year of eligibility to play professionally.
Tomorrow, members of the 1966 TWC championship team will interact with each other and Miners fans in a special free two hour Zoom Question and Answer session.
Five Southern Utah Thunderbirds scored in double figures, led by Nick Fleming who scored in double figures for just the second time in his college career to dominate UTEP 82-69 in the second round of the Basketball Classic.
Joe Golding will need to bring in difference makers in order to build on this season for UTEP. Jawaun and Tristen Newton have both flourished away from El Paso.
The UTEP basketball managers, known as "The Golding Boys," are participating in a nationwide voting competition on Twitter, the 2022 Manager Games Championships.
The UTEP-Western Illinois first round matchup of The Basketball Classic postseason tournament has been pushed from a Tuesday tip to a Saturday afternoon contest due to travel issues within WIU.
Following internal deliberation, the UTEP men's basketball team has accepted a bid to join The Basketball Classic postseason tournament, and the Miners will lace up their sneakers this Tuesday for a 5 p.m. tip against an opponent to be determined.