Cube Jack said:

Does Jackson State beat Akron?

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minerfan_14 said:

Absolutely
Let’s not even entertain the fact he would play for us.
The fact he paid a visit is absolutely insane and would’ve never happened before with any highly rated recruit.

Now if we can add some competent play calling behind it….😒

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KaneFan29 said:

If UTEP wins, there will be certain fans acting like beating a 6-6 team at home is special.

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FiliUTEP said:

I might go tonight. Where does the dance team sit?? ☺️☺️

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KaneFan29 said:

Unless they’re getting rid of the tournament to play P5 road games, I don’t see how it’s a bad thing. Just have to forget about the Haskins days. It’s been 13 years since a P5 came here (Nebraska) and it’s not like the place was sold out for them either.

How bad would the schedule be without the tournament?

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kickballpro said:

That’s crazy

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dementiajoe said:

I rather UTEP start scheduling more road games against quality teams over home games against crappy teams. If it means having less home games so be it. Need to level up and start elevating the program as we migrate towards the MWC. Also, get rid of the Sun Bowl tourney once and for all. It’ll never attract the marquee teams like the 80s again.

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Roy_Bigwood_05 said:

Fake news Sleepy Joe, that’s why Trump won

KFOX is in charge of the streaming this year https://youtube.com/@kfox14news?si=-p5bapFV07nK9SAk

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dementiajoe said:

It’ll stream on the YouTube Sun Bowl Association channel.

SunBowlAssociation

The Sun Bowl Association YouTube channel is created to share videos of all the events the SBA helps with and puts on.

youtube.com

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MinerManiac said:

So are we supposed to satisfied with the less than mediocre basketball that we've endured for the past 10 or so years?

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STexMiner said:

Agree with this. With how the scheduling rules are now, I think the Sun Bowl has actually done a really good job with the tournament. The days of getting the big name teams have been over for 20 years, but they've been putting together a good mid major field. And yes you're not going to realize that if you're a casual college basketball fan.

One thing I do give Golding credit for is scheduling good mid majors on the road - UCSB, Loyola, Pacific, etc. That's been missing for a while. Again, not sexy but something I've been wanting to see.

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utep1966 said:

The 80's aren't coming back.

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KaneFan29 said:

This tournament is decent, but only if you pay attention to college basketball. Yale and Akron are two good programs at the moment. Jackson St is just having a horrible year. Most fans aren’t going to get excited about Yale or Akron, but Arizona St and Texas Tech aren’t coming here most years. It’s time for everyone to realize that the Yales and Akrons of the world are the best the SBA can get now. Expecting better, is just foolish.

The rest of the home schedule is poor as well. 3 non-D1s, Seattle, and Tarleton St. Tarleton wasn’t really UTEP’s choice either. Probably a better opponent because of BG than other possible WAC opponents, besides Grand Canyon.

Going about a decade without a formidable team plus this schedule, aren’t great for ticket sales.

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MinerManiac said:

I've got a different strategy. Recruit better and coach better, then bring in teams that fans want to see. In my four years at UTEP (85-89) we certainly had some cupcakes on our home schedule, but we also hosted Georgetown, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon State, Texas, Auburn, Boston College, UAB, and Maryland. Of these, we only lost to Oregon State. Fans get much more excited watching this type of team than they do playing Northern New Mexico after having already played Sul Ross and UTPB.

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MinerManiac said:

I've got a different strategy. Recruit better and coach better, then bring in teams that fans want to see. In my four years at UTEP (85-89) we certainly had some cupcakes on our home schedule, but we also hosted Georgetown, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon State, Texas, Auburn, Boston College, UAB, and Maryland. Of these, we only lost to Oregon State. Fans get much more excited watching this type of team than they do playing Northern New Mexico after having already played Sal Ross and UTPB.

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MinerFan79 said:

Yeah so you understand the logic in bringing in teams we can beat

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KaneFan29 said:

That doesn’t mean it’s big win or deserves a Deaver documentary on it.

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