The Miners are losing virtually all of their returning players for the 2026-27 season as they prepare for their first year as a member of the Mountain West Conference.
After a flurry of departures following the 2-10 season, head coach Scotty Walden has been tasked with finding new players to fill roles across the roster.
The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on Monday, and several UTEP Miners men's basketball players wasted no time entering their names in the portal.
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team has locked up their first transfer portal recruit of the offseason as former Sacramento State forward Duncan Powell is heading to Lafayette.
UTEP all-time leading scorer Stefon Jackson's sentiment echoes a broader trend reshaping collegiate sports, where the excitement of NIL deals influence player decisions.
UTEP men's basketball head coach Joe Golding identified the guard position as his top priority this offseason and he has already added two of them for 2023.
While UTEP prepares for another season without their main receiving weapon, Tyrin Smith is a great example of how the football program needs an NIL collective.
On the day before the spring semester classes were supposed to begin at UTEP, sophomore wide receiver Tyrin Smith announced that he will be entering the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining.