The NMSU men's basketball team has won 12 of its last 13 games against UTEP as the two schools prepare for their first meeting tomorrow night in El Paso.
The UTEP football season is going downhill fast which means the Miners men's basketball team needs a huge turnaround to try and salvage the 2019-20 season.
The tranfers of sophomore guards Evan Gilyard and Kobe Magee combined with Paul Thomas graduating officially marks the end of the Tim Floyd Era at UTEP.
Is it irony that after harping for years on players who quit his UTEP program Floyd himself quit just six games into his eighth season?
Or is it something else?
In an unprecedented move, UTEP coach Tim Floyd announced his retirement following the Miners' 66-52 loss to Lamar on Monday night. The Miners have now lost their last five games and are 1-5 on the season. Without question this is a mind boggling move by Floyd to retire on the same day that Jim Senter was introduced as UTEP's new athletic director...