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The UTEP men's basketball team officially finalized its roster for the upcoming 2023-24 season last week, as the entire squad will go through summer practices at the Foster Stevens Center over the next few weeks.

The UTEP men's basketball program landed a commitment from class of 2023 center Babacar Mbengue (7-foot, 225 lbs) from Olympus Preparatory Academy in New Jersey.

Regardless on who wins the NBA Finals this year, both teams have some strong ties to UTEP.

And with their first pick - the New England Patriots selected Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez (#17 overall) in the 2023 NFL Draft. Check here to find out how Christian has ties to UTEP!

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.

About 24 hours since he entered the transfer portal, former UTEP forward Ze'Rik Onyema has received high-major interest from universities like Texas, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Georgetown, Penn State and UCLA, sources tell 600 ESPN El Paso.

It’s been only one week since the transfer portal opened but both of UTEP’s basketball programs have been hit with an early share of portal activity.

Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry, who spent three seasons as the Miners' head coach, will face his former star guard at UTEP in Souley Boum and the Xavier Musketeers on Friday evening in the Sweet 16.

The fact that 18 former Miners are playing Divison I basketball is an accurate reflection of how the transfer portal has impacted UTEP over the last half decade.

The Miner women's basketball team will be playing their first-round game of the WNIT against Texas Tech (18-14) on Thursday, March 16.