UTEP Picked to Finish T4 By CUSA

[picks up]

http://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/10/17/wku-tabbed-mens-basketball-preseason-favorite.aspx

2019-20 MBB Preseason Poll (First-Place Votes)
1. WKU (13)
2. UTSA (1)
3. Louisiana Tech
T4. UTEP
T4. Old Dominion
6. UAB
7. North Texas
8. Middle Tennessee
9. Florida Atlantic
10. FIU
11. Marshall
12. Charlotte
13. Rice
14. Southern Miss

No Miners in All-CUSA team

 

[axingfools1]

I think that poll if fair, except I would drop down La Tech a bit after losing Duruji. To have the miners go from last to top 4 based on recruiting alone is amazing. I think next year we are top 2 (if not the favorite).

I think we all agree that Williams is a top 5 player in CUSA right now.

We get La Tech, UTSA, UAB and WKU all at home with UTSA, N. TX and ODU on the road.

BTW Tech picked 3rd in the Big 12

 

[utep2step]

http://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/10/17/wku-tabbed-mens-basketball-preseason-favorite.aspx

2019-20 MBB Preseason Poll (First-Place Votes)
1. WKU (13)
2. UTSA (1)
3. Louisiana Tech
T4. UTEP
T4. Old Dominion
6. UAB
7. North Texas
8. Middle Tennessee
9. Florida Atlantic
10. FIU
11. Marshall
12. Charlotte
13. Rice
14. Southern Miss

No Miners in All-CUSA team

All focus has been on WKU. Their tranfers got a lot of pub and Bassey kissy, kissy fest while UTEP got tweets here and there. UTSA is very surprising. UNT at 7th? Alrighty then.

 

[FeralFelidae]

UNT at 7th? Alrighty then.

Sounds about right. They finished 9th last season. They're thoroughly average.

 

[utep2step]

Sounds about right. They finished 9th last season. They're thoroughly average.

Yes. You are right. Sorry

 

[FeralFelidae]

Yes. You are right. Sorry

It was just my opinion, and I could be wrong. You definitely have nothing to apologize for. I'm sorry that you felt you had to say sorry to my comment.

 

[unihorn]

http://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/10/17/wku-tabbed-mens-basketball-preseason-favorite.aspx

2019-20 MBB Preseason Poll (First-Place Votes)
1. WKU (13)
2. UTSA (1)
3. Louisiana Tech
T4. UTEP
T4. Old Dominion
6. UAB
7. North Texas
8. Middle Tennessee
9. Florida Atlantic
10. FIU
11. Marshall
12. Charlotte
13. Rice
14. Southern Miss

No Miners in All-CUSA team

 

[axingfools1]

https://t.co/OqEIAqc5Y8?amp=1

 

[unihorn]

KenPom also has us 4th as of now:

WKU 86
LaTech 110
UAB 123
UTEP 130

https://kenpom.com/

 

[MineroFanatico]

Good. Better to place targets on other backs rather be the targeted.

 

[minermaniac2023]

Good. Better to place targets on other backs rather be the targeted.

Kansas, NMSU, and Gonzaga handle it pretty well each year.

 

[axingfools1]

Kansas, NMSU, and Gonzaga handle it pretty well each year.

You can probably take Kansas out of there

 

[FeralFelidae]

Kansas, NMSU, and Gonzaga handle it pretty well each year.

"One of these things is not like the other..."

 

[unihorn]

Street & Smith’s magazine picks us 3rd in the conference behind WKU and UTSA.

Their piece starts with:

“Perhaps no team in America has as much turnaround potential as UTEP.”

 

[axingfools1]

Some others on KenPom:

Tech 15
Houston 29
Washington 52
NMSU 64
UNM 91
GCU 131
UTSA 143
ODU 145
Hawaii 172

 

[unihorn]

Some others on KenPom:

Tech 15
Houston 29
Washington 52
NMSU 64
UNM 91
GCU 131
UTSA 143
ODU 145
Hawaii 172

beat NMSU

 

[minermaniac2023]

"One of these things is not like the other..."

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all 3 “always” win their conference, so all would have targets on their back

 

[FeralFelidae]

all 3 “always” win their conference, so all would have targets on their back

2 of them actually win games in the NCAA Tourney and 1 never does.

 

[Randaddy Miner]

all 3 “always” win their conference, so all would have targets on their back

nobody gives a shit about enemasu

 

[Cube Jack]

nobody gives a shit about enemasu

Last official NCAA tournament win was in 1970

 

[utep2step]

nobody gives a shit about enemasu

The battle for El Paso's heart and mind has intensified. Tech and NMSU alums and boosters are asking El Pasoans "Why you show me no love?!"

 

[Cube Jack]

I say he's dead wrong. If any out-of-town school is like the Dallas Cowboys here in El Paso it would be the school in Austin. I always see a bunch of people doing that stupid hand sign that looks like a booger flick or wearing a shirt with that dumb cow on it. Usually these are people who never even applied to the school

 

[utep2step]

I say he's dead wrong. If any out-of-town school is like the Dallas Cowboys here in El Paso it would be the school in Austin. I always see a bunch of people doing that stupid hand sign that looks like a booger flick or wearing a shirt with that dumb cow on it. Usually these are people who never even applied to the school

Now that is honesty.

 

[axingfools1]

The battle for El Paso's heart and mind has intensified. Tech and NMSU alums and boosters are asking El Pasoans "Why you show me no love?!"

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I haven't really seen any hate for Tech on here.

Cowboys will always be loved or hated by millions. That's a whole other level we are talking about when discussing the Cowboys, Yankees, Lakers, Man U, etc..

 

[unihorn]

I haven't really seen any hate for Tech on here.

Cowboys will always be loved or hated by millions. That's a whole other level we are talking about when discussing the Cowboys, Yankees, Lakers, Man U, etc..

Cowboys are mostly loved in EP.

 

[FeralFelidae]

Yes. You are right. Sorry

@utep2step
UNT is giving top 25 VCU everything they can handle right now, on the road, in the 2nd half. So your intuition might be right.

 

[utep2step]

UTSA falls to Southern Illinois. No love for UTSA but Southern Illinois is always tough to play.

 

[axingfools1]

UTSA falls to Southern Illinois. No love for UTSA but Southern Illinois is always tough to play.

They have nothing so far to compliment the 2 guards. I smell transfers in the near future.