Tristen Newton announced that he will play next season at UConn. He was recruited by former UTEP star and current Huskies Associate Head Coach Kimani Young.
UTEP standout guard Souley Boum, who is top-10 all-time in career scoring for the Miners, announced today that he will be entering the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility and entering the NCAA Transfer Portal.
After only one season at UTEP, assistant coach Butch Pierre is heading to Wichita State to join Isaac Brown's staff, first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.
A trio of UTEP basketball guards entered the transfer portal on Tuesday, bringing the total to six players set to depart from the program this offseason.
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.
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.