2015–16 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 UTEP Miners UTEP Miners wordmark.svg 150 Conference USA C-USA 19–14 10–8 Tim Floyd 6th Phil Johnson Bob Cantu Ken DeWeese Don Haskins Center Corpus Christi Coastal Classic champions The 2015–16 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by sixth year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the 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. Despite having 19 wins and an above .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament. UTEP averaged 7,385 fans per game, ranking 64th nationally.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Attendance NCAA April 19, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210817045838/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf August 17, 2021 Previous season The Miners finished the season 22–11, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for the second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Murray State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Julian Washburn 4 G/F 6'8" 210 Senior Duncanville, TX Graduated C. J. Cooper 5 G 6'0" 180 Senior Chino, CA Graduated Lew Stallworth 13 G 6'1" 175 Freshman Santa Clarita, CA Transferred to Texas–Rio Grande Valley Cedrick Lang 31 F 6'10" 255 Senior Sioux Falls, SD Graduated Vince Hunter 32 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Detroit, MI Declare for 2015 NBA draft Darnell Vandivort 33 G 6'1" 145 Sophomore El Paso, TX Walk-on; didn't return Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dominic Artis 1 G 6'1" 185 Junior Oakland, CA Junior college transferred from Diablo Valley College Lee Moore 4 G 6'4" 175 Junior Kennesaw, GA Junior college transferred from Wallace State CC Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Paul Thomas PF Houston, TX Summer Creek High School 6 8 190 09/24/2014 0 3 80 Christian Romine C Mahomet, IL Mahomet-Seymour High School 6 10 205 09/08/2014 3 3 NR Josh McSwiggan SF Loughborough, England Charmwood College 6 7 03/14/2015 0 2 NR Kelvin Jones C Hobbs, NM Hobbs High School 6 11 210 05/17/2015 0 2 NR Brodricks Jones C Los Angeles, CA Lawndale High School 6 9 205 08/03/2015 0 4 NR 2015 2015 UTEP Basketball Commits 2015 UTEP Basketball Commits 2015 UTEP Basketball Commits yes Roster 2015 UTEP Miners y y Dominic Artis 1 G 6 3 190 JR San Francisco, CA Oregon y Omega Harris 2 G 6 2 170 SO Bethany, OK Putnam City West HS Brodricks Jones 3 F 6 10 200 FR Los Angeles, CA Lawndale HS Lee Moore basketball y 4 G 6 4 175 JR Kennesaw, GA Wallace State CC Paul Thomas 5 F 6 8 200 FR Humble, TX Summer Creek HS Jake Flaggert 11 F/G 6 7 200 SO y Lucas, TX Lovejoy HS Terry Winn 12 F 6 7 230 FR y Monroe, LA Westwind Prep Acad Victor Mbachu 13 G 6 1 170 SR y Houston, TX Angelina College Tevin Caldwell 15 G 6 3 180 SR y El Paso, TX Cochise College Earvin Morris 20 G 6 4 175 SR Memphis, TN Tallahassee CC Trey Touchet 21 G 6 2 175 FR y Lafayette, IN Saint Thomas More HS Hooper Vint 23 C 6 11 235 SR Van Buren, AR Van Buren HS Ivan Venegas 31 F 6 8 235 FR Chihuahua, Mexico Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Christian Romine 34 F/C 6 9 220 FR Mahomet, IL Mahomet-Seymour HS Matt Willms 41 C 7 1 235 JR Leamington, ON Findlay Prep Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech) Phil Johnson (East Central) Bob Cantu (Chapman) Ken DeWeese (Mary Hardin–Baylor) http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/utep-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UTEP Miners 1; color:#UTEP Miners 3;"| Exhibition 10/31/2015 2:00 pm yes no Cameron Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 5,112 78–69 11/07/2015 7:05 pm yes no East Central Oklahoma Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,384 78–66 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UTEP Miners 1; color:#UTEP Miners 3;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:05 pm yes no Loyola (New Orleans) Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,596 96–49 1–0 11/21/2015 7:30 pm yes no Texas State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,311 77–62 2–0 11/22/2015 7:05 pm yes no Alcorn State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic 6,005 88–66 3–0 11/24/2015 7:05 pm yes no Florida A&M Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic 6,682 72–54 4–0 11/27/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Southern Illinois American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic semifinals 264 CBSSN 71–66 5–0 11/28/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Colorado State American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic championship 274 CBSSN 99–90 2OT 6–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Battle of I-10 6,303 59–73 6–1 12/05/2015 6:00 pm yes no Texas–Arlington Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,567 ASN 62–76 6–2 12/13/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 1,917 P12N 68–84 6–3 12/19/2015 7:00 pm yes no New Mexico State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Battle of I-10 9,040 ASN 53–73 6–4 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Norfolk State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Sun Bowl Invitational semifinals 7,746 76–85 6–5 12/22/2015 5:00 pm yes no Sam Houston State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Sun Bowl Invitational 3rd place game 5,946 87–68 7–5 12/29/2015 7:05 pm yes no Texas–Rio Grande Valley Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,819 85–64 8–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UTEP Miners 1;| Conference USA regular season 01/01/2016 7:00 pm no Rice Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,154 ASN 61–60 9–5 1–0 01/03/2016 3:00 pm no North Texas Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,585 ASN 84–75 10–5 2–0 01/07/2016 5:00 pm yes no Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,105 ASN 72–78 10–6 2–1 01/09/2016 12:00 pm yes no UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,287 CBSSN 80–87 10–7 2–2 01/16/2016 2:00 pm yes no UTSA Convocation Center Birmingham, AL 1,550 ASN 67–71 10–8 2–3 01/21/2016 7:05 pm no Florida Atlantic Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,054 71–56 11–8 3–3 01/23/2016 7:05 pm no FIU Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,688 69–79 11–9 3–4 01/28/2016 6:00 pm yes no Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 2,824 58–71 11–10 3–5 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes no Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,131 FSN 70–78 11–11 3–6 02/04/2016 7:05 pm no Marshall Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,993 112–108 12–11 4–6 02/06/2016 3:00 pm no WKU Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 1966 50th Anniversary Game 12,000 FS1 93–89 OT 13–11 5–6 02/11/2016 5:00 pm yes no FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 936 84–74 14–11 6–6 02/13/2016 4:00 pm yes no Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 1,254 ASN 89–82 15–11 7–6 02/18/2016 7:05 pm no Southern Miss Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,012 78–73 16–11 8–6 02/20/2016 4:00 pm no Louisiana Tech Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,313 CBSSN 91–80 17–11 9–6 02/25/2016 5:00 pm yes no Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 6,887 FSN 53–74 17–12 9–7 02/27/2016 5:00 pm yes no Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 5,813 78–88 17–13 9–8 03/05/2016 2:00 pm no UTSA Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,430 81–74 18–13 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UTEP Miners 1; "| Conference USA tournament 03/09/2016 8:30 pm yes no FIU Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Second round 3,905 ASN 85–77 19–13 03/10/2016 8:30 pm yes no Marshall Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 3,933 ASN 85–87 19–14 AP Poll Mountain Time See also 2015–16 UTEP Lady Miners basketball team References Category:UTEP Miners men's basketball seasons UTEP UTEP Miners men's basketball UTEP Miners men's basketball