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Tigers Undo Miners for Conference USA Title

Duke Keith — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:49:43 +0000

(UTEP & Memphis post-game interview video below)

By Duke Keith: dkeith@klaq.com, twitter.com/dukekeith

Now you see it, now you don't.

An opportunity for the UTEP Miners to not sweat Selection Sunday escaped them like a 12-point second half lead. Like a missed free throw. Like a long rebound.

UTEP let the Tigers run; and slowly, surely, those Tigers kept nibbling away at the Conference USA tournament championship until they consumed it at the death.

Tim Floyd Goes Ape at ECU

KLAQ Morning Show — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:45:15 +0000

UTEP head coach Tim Floyd says he's not sure what set things off for the ref to call the first technical foul on him -- he says he set his toe outside the coaching box -- but, boy, it was ON after that first "T"! The Miners lost their second straight for the first time this season, 83-76, at East Carolina

UTEP and Central Florida, In The Iris

Duke Keith — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:38:12 +0000

Hurtt & Heartbreak in Tulsa

Duke Keith — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:54 +0000

Randy Culpepper hit a big three, but Justin Hurtt hit a bigger two — the game-winning jumper that gave Tulsa a 69-68 win over UTEP. That means instead of the Miners leading Conference USA after Memphis got its doors blown off by Marshall (Marshall?!), they’ll share the lead with the Tigers and UAB. Next game, [...]