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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

The men’s basketball squad has won seven of their last ten games.

Miners seek seven straight

Juan Carlos Navarette, Staff Reporter February 23, 2016

The Miners are in the driver seat after winning their sixth straight game this past weekend, and with the season winding down, they now travel to take on Old Dominion on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Norfolk, Va. UTEP (17-11, 9-6 Conference USA) will take on...

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Softball prepares for DeMarini Desert Classic

Softball prepares for DeMarini Desert Classic

Christopher Pinones, Contributor February 16, 2016

The Miners’ softball team has started their season to a shaky start. After losing three of their first five games, the Miners hope to bounce back this weekend at the DeMarini Desert Classic at UNLV. In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Miners will take on Nevada...

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The 1966 NCAA Championship Texas Western team poses with trophy March 19, 1966.

The pride and joy of a basketball city

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2016

El Paso has been called a basketball city time and time again. UTEP’s basketball programs are touted as the gems of the athletic programs at the university. It all began with the Texas Western men’s 1966 NCAA basketball championship 50 years ago....

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Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese stands with her players during Monday’s NCAA Tournament game against Princeton. Frese, a national championship-winning coach, makes less than half of men’s coach Mark Turgeon

College coaching: Where women still make pennies on the dollar

Joe Mussatto, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter March 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – One university athletic department is the richest in the nation, while the other, a school spokesman said, is struggling to pay its light bill. The University of Texas and Vanderbilt University have little in common in the college sports...

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