News from Randy Culpepper...
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Culpepper when have been a Top 10 pick as an NFL corner if he would have went the football route.
I'm serious. 6 foot. You know that he had to run 4.4 or faster. He ran away from people on the breakaway. He had a burst of speed. Explosive.
Plus with that vertical. You can see his quick hands and instincts on the court. His athleticism alone would get crazy combine numbers.
I don't know if he ever played or considered football, but he has an ideal skill set for corner or a slot receiver.
Plus with that vertical. You can see his quick hands and instincts on the court. His athleticism alone would get crazy combine numbers.
I don't know if he ever played or considered football, but he has an ideal skill set for corner or a slot receiver.
Slot receiver. He liked to put points on the board more than anything.
I can see where you’re coming from. He was really fu$&ing athletic and gifted with uber quickness, speed, hops and great hand-eye coordination. Top 10? Maybe you’re just yankin’ chains.
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No matter. He left a legend and will always be a UTEP legend. All we can say is "Yeah, I was at that game when UTEP beat BYU"...LOL!
He's made a nice career for himself overseas, has made tons of money. He also made his home in EP. Is is and forever one of the greatest and favorite all time Utep Players.
Damn I didnt remember him being 6'. I thought he was like 5'7". He always put on memorable dunk displays. He really grew as a player at UTEP. He wasnt a fan favorite because of his reckless play and horrendous shot selection his Freshman and Sophmore year. He matured his junior and senior season. He became a complete player and made himself a UTEP legend.
One of the most exciting players I've ever seen in a Miner uniform. He was the heart of those great teams.
I still remember walking around the Don and seeing Randy crying in the arms of Gabe after Memphis beat us in the championship game.
A memory made was being in Orlando to witness Culpepper single handily dismantling UCF with 3 after 3, after 3 (9 for 15). He scored 39 that night and the Miners won by 37. As I recall, Fili Rivera was at that game with his family, too.
GO MINERS!
GO MINERS!
I remember a quadrouple overtime game against UAB at their place. Randy hit a couple of big shots to keep us in.
Another UTEP PG legend is a champion...
Man the more I think back on that year the more it sucks that we missed the NCAA tourney.
We win that game or the Memphis game and we were dancing. We were winning both games with a minute left to play.
Floyd's dumbass 1950's era four corners offense with 5 minutes left cost us the game.
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Huh?
I see what you're saying that he's a prototypelical corner. His athletic measurables would rank him really high on NFL draft charts, but he didn't play football, so at best he would get camp invites if he switched to football.
Randy made the right choice sticking to basketball. He made a ton of money, got to travel the world, and didn't have to suffer the physical toll of a football player.
Played against him at memorial gym and met him several times. He dunked on me one time and I stopped playing defense on him lol He was definitely not 5'7 maybe 5'10-5-11 definitely not 6'0 though.
RC wasn't the only one that shed some tears that day 😉 At the time, I figured Floyd would have them back in the tourney soon anyway, but boy was I mistaken. The pain had just started.
Yep. The beginning of a program's slow but steady demise.
Definitely a Miner Legend. His name and number should be up in the rafters.
Loved those teams.
Loved those teams.
Culpepper sometimes drove me crazy with his shot selection, but man was he exciting, and boy could he score. We could certainly use him on this team, scoring is always a major struggle.
Pains me to say it, but they would’ve been in Floyd’s first year if, my fav player of that era, Julyan Stone could make a lay-up.
And if there wasn’t a bias against mid major conf, they should’ve been in the gambling year when Bohannon put the team on his back.
Curious when the next time we will make the tournament
Those teams with cullpepper you knew as soon as they were assembled they would be awesome
Same thing with fili and Omar .. first time I saw them play I knew we had something
When are we gonna have that feeling again ?
Those teams with cullpepper you knew as soon as they were assembled they would be awesome
Same thing with fili and Omar .. first time I saw them play I knew we had something
When are we gonna have that feeling again ?
I thought we had it Washburn's senior year and again early on in Terry's 2nd season. Neither lasted too long though. You are right about that 2009-10 team. They just hadn't a different aura about them. Great cast of players. Still couldn't get over the hump though.
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Imagine what that team could have done if they didn’t fold vs Butler. What the heck was that about? I heard years ago that there was a big falling out at halftime because they knew Barbee was leaving. I wonder if there is any truth to that.
I dont think UTEP folded. Maybe some of us thought that was the case at the time, but Butler was the better team. They really turned it on in the the 2nd half.
Butler was extremely good and we were unfortunate enough to start the tournament against a team that barely lost to Duke in the title game. It also didn’t help that word got out that Barbee was leaving and most of his players from Tennessee really took that personally
Yes. That’s kind of what I heard. UTEP was so athletic and they had so many weapons that there’s no way they should have folded the way they did. That thing came unhinged at the half’. There’s no 2 ways about it.
One of the most heartbreaking losses I could remember. I was pissed for week 😡 Lost Moultrie and Character, but still did well in conference and had the tourney at our place!!! I'm mad just talking about it now lol
Well if that's the case then they deserved to lose. All I remember is getting blitzed in the 2nd half by 3 pointers.
Regarding the loss to Butler, I've heard and read multiple times where someone said " I talked to xxxx (a player on the team) who confirmed that Barbee told the team at halftime that he was taking another job." I have also heard and read multiple times where someone said "I talked to yyyy and he insisted that this absolutely did not happen." Only those in the locker room know for sure.
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