Miners have Really improved their PR campaign
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As expected, you still can't answer a simple question.
If you reread through my comments I mentioned it doesn't hurt. Thanks for answering this time.
Supposedly they can’t, but they could do something at the Coliseum. Like I said, no effort, no imagination.
How about we just get better teams to play at the Don?
I have zero interest trading a game at the Don for the coliseum.
Unless you’re attending every single home game and walk to the games from Kern Place, I don’t see how trying something different, one time, is that bad of an idea.
There’s 3 non-D1 games, they’re going to be sparsely attended. UTEP could host one of them at the Coliseum. Some fans will still go, maybe some other fans will go because it’s something different. Would it work? I don’t know. UTEP could do all sorts of special things to make a normally drab game, an event.
Worst case scenario is that it’s a small financial failure. It’s trying something different. The atmosphere at the DHC is closer to the opera than a big time basketball game now.
I’m not even saying it’s a home run idea. Doing the same thing over and over isn’t doing UTEP any favors. Just saying, they have possibilities to spruce up their home games. But yeah the DHC looks pretty cool with 3,000 fans in it now!
For me it's not about any of that. Not that Don is a modern day 5 star facility but the coliseum is an absolute dump.
If you're looking for something different, I would like to see something like this in Fort Bliss. I think they have a a small gym that they can pack 1000 soldiers in. This could maybe attract some of them to attend some real games. This could yield more potential than the coliseum in my opinion.
It was real cool when Arkansas and Texas played at Fort Bliss.
The Miners did play some of their home games at the County Coliseum back in the late 1960s through mid 70s.
Just because most teams in our conference play in outdated, run down arenas doesn’t mean we have to follow suit.
I guess that's because back then the DHC (former Special Events Center) wasn't built yet.
The Texas Longhorns played a game in 2021 and 2022 in their volleyball gym, but yeah UTEP is too good to play a home game outside the DHC.
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No. 4/4 Men's Basketball defeats UTRGV, 91-54 - University of Texas Athletics
Rice posts a game-high 19 points in Throwback Game at Gregory Gym as part of the Leon Black Classic.
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Maybe if UTEP dumps 30 million into renovations for Memorial Gym we could the same. Otherwise we’re just going backwards. The only two places we should play at is the Don and the unbuilt arena.
The solution to that is get a better product on the court and get opponents that are attractive to the fans.
Unless UTEP goes on a “Gonzaga” type run or has tremendous luck, that’s not happening. Even when Floyd was here, UTEP was lucky to get 8,000 for non-conference games. Which is still “only” 2/3 full. They still scheduled bottom D1 games then.
There’s really no difference to the majority of fans between UAPB and USAO. I know the difference and you know the difference, but most people just see - shit team. It also costs about $25k more to bring UAPB than it does USAO. So its more advantageous for UTEP to play these D3 teams.
Unless UTEP is going to sign home and homes with MAC, MVC, and others, the schedule will remain shitty. Power teams won’t come here, especially since UTEP is mediocre. I just don’t see them getting better opponents, unless a miracle happens.
Look man, you crap on bad ideas all the time. You had a bad and people are returning the favor. You admitted it wasn't a great idea but rather something different.
I don’t care if anyone liked it or not. Just giving an idea of something UTEP could try to make a mundane game more interesting.
UTEP kept it close. Still believe we’re better off playing these tough road games than hosting d3 teams. Too bad it’s just an exhibition.
74-70 UNM.
We shot 29% from 3, but 85% from the line,
12 steals
Frazier 21 points (4-6 from 3)
Hamilton 10/5 in 11 minutes
Jones 4 pts with 2 blocks in 11 minutes
No Mbengue or Wickware
UNM started tha game 11-0
Joseph for UNM had 16 rebounds and their two starting guards had 36 points.
We shot 29% from 3, but 85% from the line,
12 steals
Frazier 21 points (4-6 from 3)
Hamilton 10/5 in 11 minutes
Jones 4 pts with 2 blocks in 11 minutes
No Mbengue or Wickware
UNM started tha game 11-0
Joseph for UNM had 16 rebounds and their two starting guards had 36 points.
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I mean probably. That’s why you take the teams one year at a time and shouldn’t expect any player back.
Also why did he post this is a thread about the basketball team????
Also, why saving redshirts is pointless. That strategy might have made sense in FCS football, but Scotty needs to adapt to FBS. There’s no reason to hand the next school an extra year of eligibility.
Maybe the season ticket sales were so good they don’t need to advertise as much
You're right. The season opener is sold out. No single tickets available.
That’s a good sign then. Similar to football the city is supporting at least for the start
It is a good sign. I heard people are scalping the tickets for double to triple the cost.
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Eh. This forum (with thousands of posts from various UTEP sports) is technically a football forum.😉
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