His dad played basketball at Utep.

anyone remember him??

Must have missed it on Twitter, but he's on Jeff Goodman's list.


Mario McKinney Jr., 6-1 ,185, G, Jr., UTEP (8.9 ppg)
Ze’rik Onyema, 6-8, 230, F, Soph., UTEP (7.1 ppg)
Jamari Sibley, 6-8, 185, F, Soph., UTEP (3.7 ppg)
Carlos Lemus, 6-3, 190, G, Soph., UTEP (3.1 ppg)

Check out this article from El Paso Times:

El Paso businessman Russell Vandenburg, fighting cancer and fraud charges, dies at age 75

Another Texas Western College legend is gone

Now he's after the Trolleys https://diario.mx/el-paso/definira-cabildo-futuro-del-tranvia-en-el-centro-20230410-2044113.html

Interesting that even with the incentive of additional funding from Microsoft, football or basketball (either men’s or women’s) isn’t in the top 3
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There must be an explanation for his lack of performance this year. What is it? For the season he has 5 unassisted tackles and 5 assisted tackles, no sacks. He ranks 12th on the season in defensive stats. Didn’t look at last year's stats, but we all know what a monster he was and he has completely vanished this year.

Dont be alarmed 😎😎😎

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Both Bel Air and San Eli advance to the state finals just like in 2019 when they both won state titles. Good luck to both teams. San Eli appears to be extremely strong having beaten the playoff opponents 19-2. Tea? ("Tastes like hot brown water" - Ted Lasso)

Good article on where CBG has been and where's he's going. What caught my attention was the new $110 million basketball arena Tarleton is building. Says something about their fundraising apparatus that I wish UTEP had...or maybe I'm just not seeing it.

GO MINERS!

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-e...&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sharebutton

I forgot this happened.

Spray some ether in those earth movers to get them started and don't turn them off until complete!

https://kvia.com/news/2020/01/17/te...s-city-of-el-paso-victory-in-duranguito-case/

I would offer Caitlin Clark a spot on the mens team . I do think there is a possibility she could enter the transfer portal. Then when she does , she will probably get the biggest NIL deal ever. If she does enter the transfer portal, Golding should offer her. Just imagine the pub Utep would get?? But it's not just for the attention, she would instantly be the best shooter on the team. They do need a shooter. If I was Golding I would offer her .

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Isnt this where the Utep team plays??

Thanks to $500k donation:

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/s...urtside-club-thanks-gordon-family/4986077001/

Took a little break and if possible I'd like to keep this on topic. No trolling, no name calling, no insensitive comments, etc...
We are all for the most part all Utep fans that love our Miners, but aren't happy with the state of athletics. At least growing up I had a consistent UTEP Basketball team to be proud of since Football wasn't very good. Now we don't have anything really to be proud of, besides some of the less popular sports. That brings up the question. With very loyal fans who are starved for a winner in the core sports Football, Men's Basketball and women's basketball. What is the reason for our struggle over the last 30 years and continues to be a struggle? I like Golding and Coach Baker and Dimel is boring, but hasn't been the worst Football coach in history. However I don't know if any coach even if we had the money to pay a Big Time one is the answer. So what is the major problem and what can be done if anything to fix it? Some of the choices are hand and hand and need one to achieve the other. I'm just wondering if anything will be done in my lifetime to make us a consistent winner to be proud of.

Most people won't recognize the name because he played before Haskins was coaching. Al Tolen was a great guard for Texas Western in 59-61 and today his number and jersey are honored in the Don Haskins Center. RIP to a Miner great

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I'm sort of piggy-backing a recent thread as that is where I got the idea for this thread. I just wanted to hear what everyone's opinion is if they had to choose between bad and bad to see what was worse.

Three teams still alive: NCAA Elite 8 and NIT Final Four (2 teams.)