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    Uteps NIL program

    I don't want to see any of the Prices coaching again, their time has come and gone. But I understand that the family is very popular with the well heeled Alumni, so this might actually be a good move.
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    Archived videos

    Here are some videos on YouTube from someone named MinerMac: https://youtube.com/@ljmcman?si=C9lP8cgINQS9XGor
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    UTEP will be left behind once again

    This is my concern as well. If this does happen the end result could be catastrophic, as countless kids that couldn't have otherwise afforded college now wouldn't be able to attend due to a significant decrease in the number of athletic scholarships available. Not that this would necessarily...
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    Miner Legend Juden Smith has passed away

    Thanks for sharing this 2step. How incredibly sad. We had recently discussed on this forum the 1985 Sun Bowl Basketball Tournament final, where the Miners beat Alabama. That game featured a great battle between Juden and Crimson Tide star Buck Johnson, one that ended in a fight with both players...
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    Welcome to this site's new era.

    This is actually an easy one to solve. Find some influencer with a boat load of followers to explain it to Fili and he'll believe them, whether he understands it or not.
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    2024 March Madness participants

    Wow is this Houston-Duke game ugly. 45 total points in the first half. It feels like a UTEP Orange vs White game.
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    2024 March Madness participants

    Well, now Gonzaga is gone (damn it!), meaning there are no mid majors left. So whom do I cheer for? UConn, for their El Paso connection? Houston, since I was born in Texas and already have one Houston team (the Rockets) among my favorites? NC State, as they are the biggest underdog left? I don't...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    While seeing an El Pasoan win his 2nd National Championship has its charms, I am desperate to see a Mid Major win one. I'm all in on the Zags from here on out. Now if they get eliminated, I'll reevaluate whom to cheer for (poor team).
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    2024 March Madness participants

    My graduate school alma mater (SDSU) is shooting and rebounding like my undergraduate alma mater (UTEP). Is it me?
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    Poor Texas

    Bingo. Without providing the statistics for the rest of the Tournament field and for Div 1 in general, the statistic he quotes is meaningless.
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    Transfer Portal

    Sigh! The schools can't offer the recruits any more than a full ride scholarship. The idea behind the NIL is that businesses can pay them to use their "name, image, or likeness" (ala Caitlin Clark for State Farm). Of course, the practice is that a bunch of boosters throw money into an NIL...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    My hope is for Gonzaga vs SDSU in the finals. I would be much more excited for that then two number 1 seeds. But my bet is that UConn vs Purdue, for example, would bring much higher ratings. It's not the way I cheer, but the rest of the country doesn't follow my preferences for some crazy reason.
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    2024 March Madness participants

    Everything that I've seen, including ratings from past Tournaments, indicates that upsets help drive excitement and ratings in the first weekend, but that the majority of the public wants to see bluebloods playing each other in the later rounds. I personally loved Final Four matchups like...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    It's been a mostly bad Tournament for me based on the way I cheer. Here are my priorities, in order, for whom I cheer for in the Tournament: 1. UTEP, if, by some miracle, we ever make it back 2. SDSU 3. Any Mid Major playing a P5 school 4. If two Mid Majors play each other, the one with the...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    The game in 1987 was the one in the McKale Center against Arizona. As a biased fan I still think that four of our starters fouling out was home cooking BS. I'm just thankful that Jeep Jackson wasn't one of the four.
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    2024 March Madness participants

    Houston melted down the last 2 or 3 minutes of regulation, allowing the Aggies to come back from 12 down to force OT.
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    2024 March Madness participants

    They would have also won if they could hit FTs. Crazy game
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    2024 March Madness participants

    I haven't seen Utah St play until tonight, and they've impressed the hell out of me. Athletic, aggressive, can shoot, can penetrate, take care of the ball, defend - they've been really, really good. Their only Achille's heal has been their defensive rebounding, but other than that they've been...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    This is the correct interpretation of Izzo's statement. Essentially, he wants the whole Tournament to be at large. His excuse is that games with mid majors have low ratings past the first weekend. The real reason is probably that his team was on the bubble this year, something he wouldn't have...
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    2024 March Madness participants

    Wow! Nevada was cruising against Dayton, up 17 with less than 10 minutes to go. Then it appeared as if they had watched the ends of our games against FIU, and said "hey, let's do that." They lost by 3. What a Miner sized choke job.
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