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Here are the sights from "Senior Night" as the Miners hosted The Herd at the Don Haskins Center.

By Duke Keith, dkeith@klaq.com The picture continues to clear for the UTEP Miners. After suffering their first set-back in Conference USA play in that 100-97 triple-overtime thriller at UAB, the Miners have spelled it out for the rest of the conference. Regular season and post-season, the road to any post-season dancing is running through the defending C-USA champs again in 2011.

Every week, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team continues to impress. Last night, they began the second half with a 16-1 run and cruised to a 66-43 win over Rice. The Miners also limited Rice's top 2 scorers to just 6 combined points.

If you watched UTEP and UAB on CBS College Sports this afternoon, you were treated to one of the most memorable games in years. First, it was Christian Polk's 30-footer to force overtime. About 15 minutes later, Randy Culpepper's desperation 3-pointer from the corner forced a second overtime. It was one of those games that you hoped would never end.