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Several Shining Moments - UTEP Basketball 2024-25

A few fond memories I will cherish for a lifetime from this past season:

1) An opponent drilling a three as Baylor Hebb flails with both arms about 2 seconds after the ball was released.
2) Baylor Hebb driving into the lane and getting the ball sent to the 4th row
3) Being told no way we can play Hamilton and Kalu at the same time, it creates a disadvantage, but watching the least individual creators in Hebb, Horton, Jones, Thomas and Barnes play at the same time.
4) Being up by 6 points several times and deciding to slow down and take the team out of rythm by forcing Frzier post ups, which everyone including opponents knew was coming.
5) Frazier's missed dunk, setting the tone in a blowout loss to NMSU.
6) Asking for sellouts for years and then deciding not to want to play afterall.
7) Hyping up an experienced squad all summer/fall, and then losing by 29 at Utah Valley, let me repeat, Utah Valley.
8) Going 4-5 at home in conference, including 3 straight.
9) A halftime entertainment show (Don't recall the exact game) of Paydirt Pete randomly trying to hit half-court shots, yes it wasn't planned but that was elite.
10) Knowing this team never gave up.

  • Poll
OT: Next Big Thing for El Paso?

What will be El Paso's next big thing to come?

  • State of the Art Aquarium

    Votes: 2 4.0%
  • Great Wolf Lodge / Other form of new waterpark

    Votes: 15 30.0%
  • New Amusement Park

    Votes: 7 14.0%
  • New Pro Team (pending Arena resolve)

    Votes: 5 10.0%
  • IKEA / Other Large Retailer

    Votes: 12 24.0%
  • Other (fill in blank)

    Votes: 9 18.0%

just curious to gage your thoughts what El Paso can realistically land in the future. the El Paso Chihuahuahus are now entering it's 5th season and has been a tremendous succes. Top Golf just recently opened as well. Mountians Star Sports also just announced a new pro soccer team in hopes of luring MLS down the road. Of course we know what's going with the quality of Life bonds and the Arena fiasco. Unfortunately we also had no chance in landing Amazon's second headquarters.

Women's Volleyball

I've noticed some of the ESPN channels showing women's volleyball matches in off hours. It's usually Power 5 conference games. I've noticed also that Conference USA has one or two teams in the top 25 ranking. Maybe I'm just wishing on one hand and farting on the other, that Conference USA could get in on some revenue stream by showing our conference games. UTEP has its' best team in maybe forever and is ranked third in the conference after Western Kentucky and Rice. We might as well try to maximize our impact on things when we have something positive to show for it. I know numerous bloggers are down on CUSA, but still, when we've got something positive happening, play it up. Any thoughts?
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