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The 2023–24 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by third-year head coach Joe Golding , played their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA .
The Miners repeated twice in 1986 against Auburn, 87-83. This happened in the Sun Bowl Basketball Tournament. UTEP did this for the third straight year with a win over #5 Wyoming in 1988. "The Don" is the home of the UTEP Miners, who were the first Division I Men's National Basketball Champions in the state of Texas (1966).
The 2022–23 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Joe Golding , and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA .
UTEP has notified Conference USA that it will transition effective July 1, 2026, and will play in Mountain West Conference games starting in the 2026-27 academic year.
Gonzaga will join the conference in all sports beginning on July 1, 2026, as the Pac-12’s only private college up to this point. “Today represents an exciting milestone for the Pac-12 as we welcome another outstanding institution with a rich history of success into our league,” Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould said.
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UTEP men and women basketball have a successful season opener at home on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Don Haskins Center.
UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA. [3] The UTEP Miners are best known as the first team in Texas to win an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (and only team in Texas to be national champions until Baylor’s victory in the 2021 ...