UTEP's Efe Odigie returned to the floor for the first time in nearly six week, and he responded with 27 points off the bench in two home wins over Charlotte.
Rather than play a home game against a weak team or no game at all next week, UTEP made the right move by scheduling a road contest against 17th ranked Kansas.
A positive test of COVID-19 and subsequent contact tracing within the UTEP men’s basketball team has led to the cancelation of their upcoming road series against Florida Atlantic, per the athletic department.
Citing concerns with travel due to the winter storm that hit the southern states this week, both UTEP men's and women's basketball games against Florida Atlantic have been pushed from their original Friday-Saturday games.
Following a series sweep at UAB, the Miners will hope to bounce back and get some confidence as they host the bottom team in the C-USA East Division in Florida International.
The UTEP men's basketball team has lost seven of their last nine games, and fans were caught off guard by head coach Rodney Terry's one year contract extension.
Budget cuts have rocked the college athletics world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus prompting furloughs and salary cuts across the country. Football coach Dana Dimel and men's basketball coach Rodney Terry—UTEP's highest-paid coaches—took a combined $271,000 salary reduction, reported ABC-7...
The Miners needed a split against a quality team but fell short of the feat, as UAB dominated the slumping road team on Saturday (75-60) to sweep the series.