University of Texas NCAA News

Oklahoma Sooners offensive linesman Gabe Ikard lines up as center in front of UTEP's Marcus Bagley during the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Texas El Paso Miners at Sun Bowl Stadium on Saturday, Sept.

With six freshmen on the UTEP men's basketball team's 13-man roster, head coach Tim Floyd is eager to see his newest players get to work in class and on the court this summer.

For more than an hour of Sunday's night's Conference USA Track and Field Championships -- for four years, really -- UTEP waged a long, steady chase against Houston in a bid to reclaim a title it hadn't won since 2008.