Texas El Paso Miners NCAA Basketball News

It was a special moment on a special night ... a time to honor former Miner greats on a night when UTEP was able to grind out an overtime win against Tulane.

GAME NOTES: Conference-USA action continues tonight in El Paso, as the Miners host the Tulane Green Wave at the Don Haskins Center.

The excitement on that March Sunday night 20 years ago remains hard to describe.

UTEP had been getting almost no bench points in the past few games -- two points against UAB, two against Rice, 14 against Houston, but just seven against Tulane.

GAME NOTES: The Texas-El Paso Miners will attempt to end their four-game losing skid as they square off with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in Conference USA action at the Don Haskins Center.

UTEP is hoping to put the skids on a pair of streaks tonight -- its own four-game losing streak and Tulsa's seven-game winning streak.

Memphis's Joe Jackson has been chosen as the StatSheet C-USA Player of the Week for the week ending February 6th.

The UTEP men's and women's basketball teams have taken completely different tracks this season, and their records will attest to that.

GAME NOTES: The Miners of Texas-El Paso return home off a grueling road trip trying to right the ship as the UAB Blazers come to town for a Conference USA battle at the Don Haskins Center.

GAME NOTES: The Texas-El Paso Miners wrap up a three-game road swing in Houston tonight, as they try to notch their first true road win of the season against the Rice Owls.

The Miners are 0-4 overall on the road in C-USA play, and winless in seven road games this season.

UTEP will go for a season sweep and for a first road win of the season tonight in the Hofheinz Pavilion, taking on the University of Houston in a Conference USA basketball duel.

Per the El Paso Times.. Power Forward Cedrick Lang has suffered a stress fracture in his foot.

Tulane forward Josh Davis says the Green Wave is keeping a positive outlook despite some tough luck recently.

UTEP is trying to build a basketball team -- from the foundation up -- and it is a step by step process ... a brick at a time, a practice at a time, a game at a time.

It was almost as if time came screeching to a halt. About the only sound evident in the Haskins Center was the collective poundings of the players' and coaches' hearts as everyone waited for three officials looking at a television monitor.

GAME NOTES: The SMU Mustangs pay a visit to the Don Haskins Center tonight, as they are set to take on the Texas-El Paso Miners in a Conference USA showdown.