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North Texas used two late 3-pointers and dominated on the glass en route to their 58-51 win over the Miners on Thursday night in the Don Haskins Center.

UTEP hopes to get their first Conference USA win at home tonight, but they will be heavily challenged against a North Texas squad that has started off 15-1 and has won seven in a row.

Seeking to avenge their first two losses in C-USA play, the Miners (5-8, 0-2 Conference USA) will have their week set on preparing to host North Texas (15-1, 3-0) and Rice (7-9, 2-1) on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

Under the Dana Dimel regime, the word “improve” gets tossed loosely around press conferences, postgame practices and pretty much anytime you need a positive adjective to describe the UTEP football team on a weekly basis.
Not once has the team showed quite of an improvemen…

UTEP interim head coach Phil Johnson was ejected and UNT rallied for a 63-62 win over UTEP in the Conference USA opener for both teams in the Haskins Center.

Former McDonald's All American guard Keith Frazier has committed to UTEP and Tim Floyd, according to a report from CBS Sports Jon Rothstein.

Another stunning rushing and defensive performance ensured bowl eligibility for the UTEP Miners as they got their sixth win of the season with an impressive 35-17 victory over North Texas.

It took just 16 carries for El Paso native Aaron Jones to earn 177 yards, becoming the first Miners RB to break 1,000 yards in a season since Donald Buckram in 2009.
More significantly, it took Sean Kugler just 22 games to get his alma mater bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010.
The highlights …

On July 1, 2013 the Old Dominion Monarchs will leave the Colonial Athletic Association for Conference USA.  The Monarchs, who restarted their football program three seasons ago, will compete at the FBS level starting in 2015.
Old Dominion becomes the second school to leave the CAA this week...

The UTEP Miners might be getting a new rival(s) in the near future.  UTSA has decided it want to be a player in college athletics.
They started playing D-I football (FCS) in 2011, and were on the fast track to join the WAC.  That move was scheduled for July 1st, 2012...