Miner Rush, a UTEP Miners community

UTEP is the only university in Texas to win an NCAA Championship in men's basketball.  Go St. Mary's! Tennessee v. Ohio State Preview Here. Michigan State vs. Northern Iowa Preview Here. Duke and...

I don't know what Trevor Vitattoe did to earn his suspension from the first six of UTEP's 15 spring practices.  I do know that the last thing the UTEP Miners need going into next season is more...

As a way to pay homage to a terrific C-USA season, I thought it would be a great way to wrap up the season by handing out some awards.  Today, we kick it off with the Don Haskins Award for the...

Now that we've had some time to get over UTEP's humbling loss to a tough Butler squad, it's time to wrap up the basketball season by handing out some awards.  The First Annual Rushies will roll...

It's not quite the same, but there's still plenty of good basketball to enjoy. 

It was a tale of two halves.  UTEP came out gunning in the first half, dominating nearly every facet of the game. Aggressive half-court defense had Butler's guards in complete disarray.  D...

Madness is in full swing, #6 Notre Dame just went down to #11 Old Dominion and Florida and BYU are in double-overtime.   If you are at work right now, my condolences.  Try these nearly fool-proof...

We'll have a separate UTEP-Butler Open Game Thread.  CBS Sports is hooking it up with this player that will enable streaming of today's games. There are some good early morning contests. The...

The countdown to UTEP's NCAA battle with Butler is winding down.  If you're working, it's time to start faking symptoms.  If you can't pull a Bueller, Miner Rush will have today's games embedded...

Let's take a look at tomorrow's game by the numbers:   20:  Consecutive Wins for Butler.  The Bulldogs haven't lost since December 22, 2010. 2:  The number of times UTEP beat UAB.  UAB was...