It's officially UTEP men's basketball gameday, as the Miners host McMurry for their first game of the season on Monday night at 7 p.m. at the Don Haskins Center.
Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins will return for his seventh season in charge of the Huskies despite four straight years without an NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Tim Floyd era satisfied itself by recruiting the average overlooked prospect and pitched to top prospects across the nation to join a storied program like UTEP. But for a program that has not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1992, it was a challenge to convince recruits to come out to a West Texas city, which was more than likely far away from their hometown and family...
It has been three years since voters approved the $473 million quality of life bond election. That included a new multi- purpose downtown arena, which had not been discussed much since it passed in 2012. The arena, which will also be a cultural and performing arts center is expected to seat between 10,000 and 12,000 people...
Today marked the first day of the late signing period and the UTEP men's basketball team added some much needed scoring by signing Josh McSwiggan to a national letter of intent. The 6-7 guard/forward becomes the first British basketball player to ever sign with the Miners, and will join the team as a freshman for the 2015-16 basketball season...
Earlier today, UTEP received word that small forward Vincent Hunter signed a letter of intent to play for the Miners. The addition of Hunter capped off an unbelievable early signing class for head coach Tim Floyd.
UTEP's road woes have been well documented. Before today, the young Miners hadn't achieved victory away from the Haskins Center. Yes, they did win a couple games in Hawaii over the holidays, but not a true road game.
The Miners got off to an inauspicious start...