UTEP transfer portal

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.

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.

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.

Now that the UTEP men's basketball roster is starting to take shape for the fall, let's catch up with the nine players that departed from the program earlier this offseason.

Following his visit to El Paso nearly two weeks ago, South Plains Community College transfer Malik Zachery announced his commitment to the UTEP basketball program on social media Monday morning.

Following three productive seasons at UTEP, graduate transfer forward Tydus Verhoeven will spend his final season in college basketball at Northwestern, he announced on social media Thursday.

Southern Miss transfer guard Tae Hardy announced today that he will be committing to play at UTEP.

Miner fans have been anxiously awaiting news of possible commits and signees.

The Miners will be tasked with replacing four starters in hopes of continuing the momentum from the 20-win season in 2021-22.

UTEP guard Keonte Kennedy ended weeks of speculation and announced he was entering the transfer portal, leaving the Miners with three players from last season.