2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball

Conference	Conference USA
2016–17 record	15–17 (12–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Tim Floyd (7th season)
Assistant coach	Phil Johnson
Assistant coach	Bob Cantu
Assistant coach	Ken DeWeese
Home arena	Don Haskins Center

2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Middle Tennessee †	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
Louisiana Tech	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Old Dominion	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
UTEP	12	–	6	.667	15	–	17	.469
Rice	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Marshall	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
UAB	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
WKU	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
UTSA	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Charlotte	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Southern Miss	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
FIU	3	–	15	.167	7	–	24	.226
North Texas	2	–	16	.111	8	–	22	.267


† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2016–16 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by seventh-year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 15–17, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. In the C-USA Tournament, they defeated Rice in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee in the semifinals.

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2015–16 season 19–14, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated FIU in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Marshall.

Preseason

The Miners were picked to finish in sixth place in the preseason Conference USA poll.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Brodricks Jones	3	F	6'10"	200	Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to Wyoming
Lee Moore	4	G	6'4"	175	Junior	Kennesaw, GA	Left to play professionally overseas.
Victor Mbachu	13	G	6'1"	170	RS Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
Tevin Caldwell	15	G	6'3"	180	RS Senior	El Paso, TX	Graduated
Earvin Morris	20	G	6'4"	175	Senior	Memphis, TN	Graduated
Hooper Vint	23	C	6'11"	235	Senior	Van Buren, AR	Graduated
Christian Romine	34	F/C	6'9"	220	Freshman	Mahomet, IL	Transferred to Illinois State

Class of 2016 recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tim Cameron SG	Norcross, GA	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 8, 2015
Tim Cameron SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Chris Barnes #90 SG	Long Beach, CA	Compton High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
Chris Barnes #90 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59
Deon Barrett PG	Lancaster, TX	Lancaster High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Sep 17, 2015
Deon Barrett PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Roman Silva C	Pomona, CA	Diamond Ranch High School	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Apr 16, 2016
Roman Silva C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Adrian Moore G	North Little Rock, AR	North Little Rock High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)
Adrian Moore G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Class of 2017 recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kobe Magee PG	San Antonio, TX	Brandeis High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Feb 27, 2016
Kobe Magee PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	1	Artis, DominicDominic Artis	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Findlay Prep Oregon/Diablo Valley College	San Francisco, CA
1.5 !G	2	Harris, OmegaOmega Harris	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Putnam City West HS	Bethany, OK
1.5 !G	3	Cameron, TimTim Cameron	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Hargrave Military Academy	Norcross, GA
1.5 !G	4	Moore, AdrianAdrian Moore	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	North Little Rock HS	Little Rock, AR
1.5 !G	5	Barnes, ChrisChris Barnes	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Compton HS	Compton, CA
2.5 !G/F	11	Flaggert, JakeJake Flaggert	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Lovejoy HS	Lucas, TX
3.5 !F	12	Winn, TerryTerry Winn	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Westwind Preparatory Academy	Monroe, LA
3.5 !F	13	Venegas, IvanIvan Venegas (W)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus	Chihuahua, Mexico
1.5 !G	20	Osborne, IsiahIsiah Osborne	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	Windsor College	Windsor, ON
1.5 !G	21	Touchet, TreyTrey Touchet	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Saint Thomas More HS	Lafayette, IN
3.5 !F	22	Thomas, PaulPaul Thomas	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Summer Creek HS	Humble, TX
1.5 !G	23	Barrett, DeonDeon Barrett	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lancaster HS	Lancaster, TX
1.5 !G	25	Urbanus, HudsonHudson Urbanus	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bowie HS	Austin, TX
5.0 !C	41	Willms, MattMatt Willms	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Findlay Prep	Leamington, ON
5.0 !C	54	James, KelvinKelvin James	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Hobbs HS	Hobbs, NM

Head coach

Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016* 1:00 PM		Southeastern Oklahoma	W 80–73		Don Haskins Center (4,838) El Paso, TX
11/05/2016* 1:00 PM		Alaska Fairbanks	W 87–85 ^OT		Don Haskins Center (5,025) El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 7:00 PM		Louisiana College	W 88–54	1–0	Don Haskins Center (6,295) El Paso, TX
11/17/2016* 11:30 AM, ESPN3		vs. Wake Forest Charleston Classic quarterfinals	L 81–103	1–1	TD Arena (4,125) Charleston, SC
11/18/2016* 1:30 PM, ESPN3		vs. Western Michigan Charleston Classic consolation round	W 85–75	2–1	TD Arena (4,020) Charleston, SC
11/20/2016* 1:30 PM, ESPN3		vs. Mississippi State Charleston Classic 5th place game	L 54–61	2–2	TD Arena (1,293) Charleston, SC
11/23/2016* 7:00 PM		Southeastern Louisiana	L 56–72	2–3	Don Haskins Center (6,348) El Paso, TX
12/03/2016* 7:00 PM		Northwestern State	L 67–79	2–4	Don Haskins Center (5,928) El Paso, TX
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM, RTSW		at New Mexico	L 77–78	2–5	The Pit (11,838) Albuquerque, NM
12/13/2016* 7:00 PM		New Mexico State Battle of I-10	L 68–79	2–6	Don Haskins Center (6,815) El Paso, TX
12/17/2016* 7:00 PM		Northern Arizona	L 74–76	2–7	Don Haskins Center (5,667) El Paso, TX
12/21/2016* 7:00 PM		Maryland Eastern Shore Sun Bowl Invitational semifinals	L 66–71	2–8	Don Haskins Center (5,333) El Paso, TX
12/22/2016* 6:00 PM		UC Irvine Sun Bowl Invitational 3rd place game	L 57–62	2–9	Don Haskins Center (4,633) El Paso, TX
12/30/2016* 7:00 PM		at New Mexico State Battle of I-10	L 70–79	2–10	Pan American Center (5,639) Las Cruces, NM
Conference USA regular season
01/01/2017 2:00 PM		at UTSA	L 55–67	2–11 (0–1)	Convocation Center (816) San Antonio, TX
01/05/2017 5:30 PM, CI		at Louisiana Tech	L 44–64	2–12 (0–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (3,205) Ruston, LA
01/07/2017 3:00 PM		at Southern Miss	L 65–73	2–13 (0–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (2,161) Hattiesburg, MS
01/12/2017 7:00 PM		FIU	W 88–87 ^OT	3–13 (1–3)	Don Haskins Center (5,696) El Paso, TX
01/14/2017 7:00 PM		Florida Atlantic	W 66–65 ^OT	4–13 (2–3)	Don Haskins Center (5,745) El Paso, TX
01/21/2017 7:00 PM		UTSA	W 59–39	5–13 (3–3)	Don Haskins Center (6,446) El Paso, TX
01/26/2017 6:00 PM, beIN		at WKU	L 62–65	5–14 (3–4)	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,859) Bowling Green, KY
01/28/2017 5:00 PM		at Marshall	W 91–68	6–14 (4–4)	Cam Henderson Center (6,781) Huntington, WV
02/02/2017 8:00 PM, CBSSN		UAB	W 63–59	7–14 (5–4)	Don Haskins Center (6,248) El Paso, TX
02/04/2017 6:00 PM, ASN		Middle Tennessee	W 57–54	8–14 (6–4)	Don Haskins Center (6,803) El Paso, TX
02/09/2017 7:00 PM		Louisiana Tech	L 61–62	8–15 (6–5)	Don Haskins Center (6,698) El Paso, TX
02/11/2017 7:00 PM		Southern Miss	W 80–50	9–15 (7–5)	Don Haskins Center (6,930) El Paso, TX
02/16/2017 6:00 PM, beIN		at North Texas	W 77–71 ^OT	10–15 (8–5)	The Super Pit (2,672) Denton, TX
02/18/2017 6:00 PM		at Rice	W 79–71	11–15 (9–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,988) Houston, TX
02/23/2017 5:00 PM		at Florida Atlantic	W 60–55	12–15 (10–5)	FAU Arena (1,261) Boca Raton, FL
02/25/2017 5:00 PM		at FIU	W 90−76	13−15 (11−5)	FIU Arena (972) Miami, FL
03/02/2017 6:00 PM, beIN		Old Dominion	L 61–62	13–16 (11–6)	Don Haskins Center (8,663) El Paso, TX
03/04/2017 1:00 PM		Charlotte	W 74–67	14–16 (12–6)	Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
Conference USA Tournament
03/09/2017 1:00 PM, ASN	(4)	vs. (5) Rice Quarterfinals	W 86–76	15–16	Legacy Arena (3,228) Birmingham, AL
03/10/2017 11:30 AM, CBSSN	(4)	vs. (1) Middle Tennessee Semifinals	L 56–82	15–17	Legacy Arena (3,299) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. Source^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "MBK: UAB Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite". Conference USA. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
↑ "University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". utepathletics.com.
↑ http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2638
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-el-paso/2017-schedule.html

UTEP Miners men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (19??–1976) Don Haskins Center (1976–present)
Rivalries	New Mexico State
Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete Glory Road "Miners Fight"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
NCAA national championship in bold

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2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

Previous season

Preseason

Departures

Class of 2016 recruits

Class of 2017 recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References