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The UTEP men’s basketball team will take the court against another opponent for the first time this season against Sul Ross State on Oct. 28..

Men’s basketball opens exhibition play this weekend

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter October 23, 2017

In preparation for the 2017-18 men’s basketball season, UTEP will be hosting two exhibition games at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners will welcome Sul Ross State University on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m., and then on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m., UTEP will battle Western...

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Ability Awareness Week brings wheelchair basketball

Ability Awareness Week brings wheelchair basketball

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 9, 2017

To celebrate Ability Awareness Week (Oct. 16-20), the UTEP Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS), along with the Division of Student Affairs, will be hosting the El Paso Air Wheelers vs. Ft. Bliss Wounded Warriors wheelchair basketball...

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UTEP basketball prepares for Costa Rica and exhibition

UTEP basketball prepares for Costa Rica and exhibition

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter August 5, 2017

UTEP basketball will come earlier than usual this year as the team is set to participate in a preseason tournament in Costa Rica from Aug. 15 through Aug. 20. The Miners will compete in three games in Costa Rica and will give the fans the opportunity...

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San Antonio Spurs player Danny Green held a Q&A with young basketball players during his Basketball Skills Camp.

Danny Green basketball camp stops in El Paso

Nina Titovets, Photographer July 8, 2017

On Saturday, July 8, Parkland High School held a Danny Green Basketball Skills Camp. It's the second year in a row that Green brings his camp to El Paso. Kids from all over El Paso from the ages of eight to 17 gathered to learn and improve their skills...

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Incoming freshman Tirus Smith looks to add depth to the Miners interior play.

Smith brings strong, physical and mental game to UTEP

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor June 27, 2017

Forward Tirus Smith, out of Petal High School in Petal, Mississippi, will be suiting up for the Miners for the first time as a freshman this fall. The big 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward will be an important boost to the Miners’ interior game both offensively...

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San Antonio guard Kobe Magee was the first newcomer introduced to the media.

Sharp-shooter Magee brings depth

Mike Flores, Sports Editor June 21, 2017

UTEP basketball is set to introduce their six incoming freshmen for the 2017-18 season in the next couple of weeks. The first one to get the spotlight was the 6-foot-1, 150-pound point guard from San Antonio, Texas, Kobe Magee. Magee was a four-year...

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New UTEP women’s basketball coach Kevin Baker replaces the winningest coach in UTEP women’s basketball history in Keitha Adams.

UTEP women’s basketball coach happy to have landed his ‘dream job’

Jeremy Carranco, Contributor May 2, 2017

For the first time in 16 seasons, the UTEP women’s basketball program will be led by a new head coach. On April 24, UTEP Director of Athletics Bob Stull announced the hiring of former UT Tyler and Angelo State head coach Kevin Baker. Baker, born and...

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Jones and others prepare for the spotlight of 2017 NFL draft

Jones and others prepare for the spotlight of 2017 NFL draft

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor April 25, 2017

The week that every NFL hopeful anxiously awaits, NFL draft week is finally here. This year, there are multiple ex-Miners, who will be hoping to get a call from an organization and get a chance to play at a higher level. For these NFL hopefuls, it takes...

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Keitha Adams leaves UTEP women’s basketball as the winningest head coach in the team’s history.

Adams set to return home to Kansas

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor April 11, 2017

Former UTEP head women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams said her final farewell last week after 16 years at UTEP as she accepted the Wichita State head coaching position. Sixteen years that featured a 284-209 overall record, two NCAA tournament appearances...

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Predictions, expectations and numbers of the C-USA tournament

Predictions, expectations and numbers of the C-USA tournament

Jason Green and Mike Flores March 7, 2017

The Conference-USA men’s basketball tournament kicks off in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, March 5, with eighth-seeded Western Kentucky (15-16 overall, 9-9 C-USA) facing off with ninth-seeded UT-San Antonio (13-18 overall, 8-10 C-USA) at 10:30 a.m....

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Miner women take crucial win over Florida Atlantic

Miner women take crucial win over Florida Atlantic

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 23, 2017

One down. One more to go. UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keith Adams told her team that this was going to be a big week and her team played like it on Thursday night. The Miners defeated the visiting Florida Atlantic Owls by a final score...

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After a very rough start, the UTEP men’s basketball team can still secure a first round bye in the C-USA tournament in Birmingham.

Men’s basketball heads into final games of season with tournament seeding in mind

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter February 21, 2017

If someone were to say that the UTEP men’s basketball team is on the verge of clinching a first-round bye in the Conference-USA tournament at the beginning of February, no one would have believed them. The Miners lost 12 straight games and dropped the...

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