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UTEP vs SHSU

Next up for Men's Basketball is Sam Houston State. They are only 7-7 to our 11-3, but, to be fair, have played a tougher schedule. We should win this one at home.

UTEP 74
SHSU 67
Golding said on year one that he will have this team ready to win back to back tough games. At that time he said "they were not there". Well, time to show up coach because Sam will be ready after losing a tight game Thursday.

UTEP 59
SHSU 56
 
No no no everyone needs to stop picking Utep or expecting Utep to win… that’s when we start losing games … everyone please go back to the Utep is awful… no faith in bronzeing please … utep is known for not being able to get over the hump … so please keep not believing
 
No no no everyone needs to stop picking Utep or expecting Utep to win… that’s when we start losing games … everyone please go back to the Utep is awful… no faith in bronzeing please … utep is known for not being able to get over the hump … so please keep not believing
Crap. I was just thinking that even our hedging was good against La Tech. We are losing for sure now 🤔
 
The Frenchman center has had the best game against nmsu so he will be looking to do that again.

For La Tech did Batcho get injured in the Thursday game? He hasn’t had much of an impact in the ongoing nmsu game and are down by 19.
 
line opened at -4.5 and bet up to -6 in most shops now. I have it UTEP -7.5 so hammer up to 8 if you like a good value.

I love the Miners tonight and hit the early -4.5 at open. Total is 146 not sure how I feel about that pero Go Miners!
 
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line opened at -4.5 and bet up to -6 in most shops now. I have it UTEP -7.5 so hammer up to 8 if you like a good value.

I love the Miners tonight and hit the early -4.5 at open. Total is 146 not sure how I feel about that pero Go Miners!
"UTEP is 4-2 in their last 6 meetings against Sam Houston, and 5-1 against the spread. Under is 3-0 in their last 3 meetings, and in their most recent meeting last season, UTEP won 65-63 on the road, covering the spread, as the game went under the point total. In this Sam Houston Bearkats vs UTEP Miners Prediction, UTEP is coming as a -4.5 home favorites. Sam Houston is better offensively, scoring 6.7 points more than UTEP, while UTEP is better defensively, allowing 12.3 points less. The Miners are winning by an average of 8.6 points this season, while the Bearkats are winning by an average of 1.9 points. The Miners have been undefeated at home this season, but are just 1-3 against the spread in their last 4 home games. The Bearkats are terrible on the road lately, with five consecutive losses, as they failed to cover in each of those five games. I expect the hosts to get the job done in this one, so take the UTEP Miners and lay the points at home."
 
Have family down in El Paso that tell me the marketing for Utep is awful… very rarely anything in the paper etc… that true ?
What difference does it make? If you’re family you can tell your family when the games are. They’re unable to look at UTEP athletics.com and see when the games are?
 
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The Frenchman center has had the best game against nmsu so he will be looking to do that again.

For La Tech did Batcho get injured in the Thursday game? He hasn’t had much of an impact in the ongoing nmsu game and are down by 19.
NMSU won by 30. They shot well and shut down Batcho. If UTEP wins tonight theu need to market the hell out of the game next Saturday.
 
In CUSA the Miner/Aggie road trip is the trip from hell. We have the highest elevation of any of the schools and we both play tough defense.
LaTech looked winded and tired against the Aggies. NMSU dominated. Batcho must have eaten at Chico's last night. He looked green.
I hope Sam is winded after the Aggie tornado on Thursday.
We had a bad shooting night against LaTech. I don't see that happening tonight.
 
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What difference does it make? If you’re family you can tell your family when the games are. They’re unable to look at UTEP athletics.com and see when the games are?
It makes a huge difference…. If you don’t follow Utep games or the team closely the average fan won’t know or be aware of what’s going on

My family are season ticket holders and go to every game

My point is advertising helps a lot…. There is always stuff over here about when baylor games are …
 
In CUSA the Miner/Aggie road trip is the trip from hell. We have the highest elevation of any of the schools and we both play tough defense.
LaTech looked winded and tired against the Aggies. NMSU dominated. Batcho must have eaten at a bad diner last night. He looked green.
I hope Sam is winded after the Aggie tornado on Thursday.
We had a bad shooting night against LaTech. I don't see that happening tonight.
Good point and agree but the FIU-Liberty pair is looking like a hard challenge too.
 
It makes a huge difference…. If you don’t follow Utep games or the team closely the average fan won’t know or be aware of what’s going on

My family are season ticket holders and go to every game

My point is advertising helps a lot…. There is always stuff over here about when baylor games are …
I know there are a lot of dumb people in El Paso, but there’s this thing called the internet and you can find out when ANY team is playing next. That’s a really poor excuse to not know when the next game is or being unable to look it up in 10 seconds.
 
I know there are a lot of dumb people in El Paso, but there’s this thing called the internet and you can find out when ANY team is playing next. That’s a really poor excuse to not know when the next game is or being unable to look it up in 10 seconds.
You know that is not a fair equivalent. UTEP aggressively marketed two first home games in football under Dimel and got a good turnout. Marketing helps, and this was at the backend of Dimels tenure.
 
I know there are a lot of dumb people in El Paso, but there’s this thing called the internet and you can find out when ANY team is playing next. That’s a really poor excuse to not know when the next game is or being unable to look it up in 10 seconds.

That's not how marketing works.
 
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Does anyone care about Sam Houston State? I don’t. That’s why I stayed home to watch Bengals vs Steelers, Texas vs Texas A&M, and a couple of hockey games on TV.
They were regular season champs with the coach of the year. Not a super big name but that should have brought some interest to this game. They and La Tech were the teams to beat last year.
 
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