Through a back-and-forth championship game, UTEP was able to prevail over UC Irvine, 67-61, winning the 58th Annual WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational for the first time in five years.
One question many people were asking last night was why UTEP was playing Colorado State in the first game of the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational?
The UTEP Miners had to come back from Hawaii feeling pretty good about themselves. They downed Clemson and Auburn and hung tough with a talented Kansas State team. Always the diplomat, Tim Floyd was concerned about facing Colorado State in the opening game at the 50th edition of the Bank of the…