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The Miners were competitive through three quarters against C-USA leaders UAB on Friday night before the Blazers went on a 16-1 run to open the fourth quarter en route to the 84-64 victory.  UAB's impressive run in the final quarter resulted in the Blazers outscoring UTEP by a whopping 30-12 margin during the final ten minutes of the contest...

The Miners played their most complete half of basketball this season en route to an easy 59-39 win over interstate foe UTSA on Saturday night.  UTEP swept their three game home stand by taking full advantage of a Roadrunners squad who shot quite poorly throughout the contest...

The Miners sent seniors Tevin Caldwell, Hooper Vint, Earvin Morris, and Victor Mbachu off in style with an 81-74 win against UTSA to conclude the regular season.  UTEP finished the season on a strong note by winning 7 or their final 9 games, and will head to Birmingham tomorrow for the C-USA tournament championships...

The UTEP women's basketball team continues their season for the ages with a win over interstate rival UTSA on Sunday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center.  The Miners moved to 14-1, 5-0 in C-USA play, matching their best start in program history, and improved to 10-0 at home...

Before UTSA's first-ever Conference USA game against UTEP in the Sun Bowl two years ago, the former KVIA-TV sports director had been talking with Roadrunners' officials about what I had thought would be -- should be -- a burgeoning rivalry between the two UT System schools. Wildman said the UTSA staffers were very clear about their feelings on the schools becoming I-10 rivals, and those feelings were: meh.

Here's what we know from watching the UTEP offense over the last six quarters that Ryan Metz has quarterbacked the team: Without Aaron Jones, they have not been able to run the ball with much effectiveness. The Miners suddenly have an explosive pass offense ... Read More ...

The UTEP Miners men's basketball team has won seven straight games and they face their biggest test of conference play Thursday night at Louisiana Tech. A win puts UTEP in sole possession of first place and the team would have the inside track to the number one overall seed. ...

The Miners overcame a sluggish start to beat UTSA 69-62 for their seventh consecutive win on Saturday night.  The third largest crowd of the season of 10,884 witnessed their team's resilient ability to erase an early UTSA lead of 24-12 in the first half where the Roadrunners hit 11 of their first 15 shots...

Slowly, but surely, Sean Kugler has been trying to teach his team. Toughness. Pride. Teamwork. But maybe the biggest lesson is that those are only words unless you work to give them definition. The Miners may not yet fully comprehend, but after dominating UTSA for their first road shut out since their coach played here, you can safely say they've cracked open the dictionary to find out.

After six games, the UTEP football team had shown obvious signs of improvement from last season. Nobody expected what happened tonight in San Antonio. In a shocking performance, the Miners came off their bye week and manhandled UT San Antonio 34-0 in the Alamodome...