2014–15 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 UTEP Miners UTEP Miners wordmark.svg 150 Conference USA C-USA 22–11 13–5 Tim Floyd 5th Phil Johnson Bob Cantu Ken DeWeese Don Haskins Center Sun Bowl Invitational champions NIT First round The 2014–15 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by fifth year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They 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. UTEP averaged 8,458 fans per game, ranking 53rd nationally.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2015.pdf Men's Basketball Attendance Up Slightly In 2014-15 NCAA April 18, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220122011832/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2015.pdf January 22, 2022 Previous season The Miners finished the season 23–11, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Southern Miss. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Fresno State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jalen Ragland 2 G/F 6'7" 175 Junior Chillicothe, OH Dismissed from the teamUTEP Point-Shaving Scandal? Suspended Basketball Players McKenzie Moore, Jalen Ragland Targeted By Rumors, FBI Investigation: Reports http://www.ibtimes.com/utep-point-shaving-scandal-suspended-basketball-players-mckenzie-moore-jalen-ragland-targeted-rumors Thomas Barrabi International Business Times January 7, 2014 April 18, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200907123737/https://www.ibtimes.com/utep-point-shaving-scandal-suspended-basketball-players-mckenzie-moore-jalen-ragland-targeted-rumors September 7, 2020 Aaron Jones 2 G 5'10" 175 Freshman El Paso, TX Transferred to pursue footballJones brothers headed to UTEP http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/mineshaft/2013/01/jones-brothers-headed-to-utep.html Bret Bloomquist El Paso Times January 17, 2013 January 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130724053119/http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/mineshaft/2013/01/jones-brothers-headed-to-utep.html 2013-07-24 dead McKenzie Moore 13 G 6'6" 200 Junior Pleasant Hill, CA Dismissed from the team Josh Brown 20 G 5'11" 185 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Transferred John Bohannon 21 C 6'10" 211 Senior Lancaster, TX Graduated Alvin Jones 24 G 5'10" 180 Freshman El Paso, TX Transferred to pursue football Tyler Tafoya 35 G 6'3" 195 Senior El Paso, TX Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Earvin Morris, Jr. 20 G 6'2" 175 Junior Memphis, TN Junior college transfer from Tallahassee Community College. Class of 2014 recruits no no 2014 Shaquile Carr PG Las Vegas, NV Canyon Springs High School 6 1 155 January 24, 2014 3 3 73 Omega Harris SG Bethany, OK Putnam City West High School 6 2 175 September 28, 2013 3 3 71 Chris Sandifer SF Gardena, CA Taft High School 6 5 180 October 30, 2013 4 4 70 MarQywell Jackson SF Detroit, MI East English Village Prep Academy 6 5 180 March 26, 2014 3 NR 62 Lew Stallworth SG Newhall, CA William S. Hart High School 6 1 175 January 6, 2014 NR 2 60 Trey Touchet SG Lafayette, LA Saint Thomas More High School 6 2 175 September 17, 2013 NR 2 NR Terry Winn PF Monroe, LA Westwind Prep Academy 6 7 233 March 5, 2014 NR 2 NR 2014 2014 UTEP Basketball Commits 2014 UTEP Basketball Commits 2014 UTEP Basketball Commits July 18, 2014 yes Roster 2014 UTEP Miners y y Omega Harris 2 G 6 2 175 FR Bethany, OK Putnam City West HS Victor Mbachu 3 G 6 1 165 SR Houston, TX Angelina College Julian Washburn y 4 F/G 6 8 210 SR Duncanville, TX Duncanville HS C. J. Cooper 5 G 6 0 180 SR Chino, CA Lutheran HS Jake Flaggert 11 F/G 6 7 195 SO Lucas, TX Lovejoy HS Terry Winn 12 F 6 7 235 FR Monroe, LA Westwind Prep Acad Lew Stallworth 13 G 6 1 175 FR Santa Clarita, CA William S. Hart HS Tevin Caldwell 15 G 6 3 180 SR El Paso, TX Cochise College Earvin Morris 20 G 6 4 175 JR Memphis, TN Tallahassee CC Trey Touchet 21 G 6 2 175 FR Lafayette, IN Saint Thomas More HS Hooper Vint 23 C 6 11 235 JR Van Buren, AR Van Buren HS Cedrick Lang 31 F 6 10 255 SR Sioux Falls, SD O'Gorman HS Vince Hunter y 32 F 6 8 200 SO Detroit, MI Consortium College Prep Darnell Vandivort 33 G 6 1 145 SO El Paso, TX Franklin HS Matt Willms 41 C 7 1 220 SO 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 http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/utep-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014-15 Schedule UTEPAthletics.com University of Texas at El Paso 2014-11-01 2014-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029043406/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/utep-m-baskbl-sched.html dead 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Exhibition 11/09/2014 3:00 pm yes Southeastern Oklahoma Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 5,917 105–58 – 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes Sul Ross State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX N/A 84–72Bill Knight UTEP men's basketball: Hunter, Washburn sit out 84-72 waltz against Sul Ross El Paso Times December 30, 2014 http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci_27233411/miners-cruise-tune-up-c-usa February 20, 2015 February 21, 2015 https://archive.today/20150221015319/http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci_27233411/miners-cruise-tune-up-c-usa dead – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 8:00 pm yes Washington State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 10,419 65–52 1–0 11/22/2014 7:00 pm yes New Mexico State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX The Battle of I-10 11,127 77–76 2–0 11/27/2014 12:00 pm yes yes Princeton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA Wooden Legacy quarterfinals N/A ESPNU 62–56 3–0 11/28/2014 1:30 pm yes yes Xavier Titan Gym Fullerton, CA Wooden Legacy semifinals N/A ESPN2 77–73 4–0 11/30/2014 8:00 pm yes yes Washington Honda Center Anaheim, CA Wooden Legacy championship 2,191 ESPN2 65–68 4–1 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO 3,480 62–65 4–2 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM The Battle of I-10 8,789 ASN 64–71 4–3 12/08/2014 7:00 pm yes Incarnate Word Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,570 81–65 5–3 12/16/2014 7:00 pm yes Southeastern Louisiana Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,811 80–62 6–3 12/19/2014 9:00 pm yes Arizona 3 Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 12,000 FS1 55–60 6–4 12/21/2014 7:00 pm yes Alcorn State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Sun Bowl Invitational 5,790 78–45 7–4 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes Kent State Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Sun Bowl Invitational 6,290 78–75 8–4 01/02/2015 6:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 2,785 ASN 85–71 9–4 (1–0) 01/04/2015 1:30 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,220 ASN 66–57 10–4 (2–0) 01/08/2015 7:00 pm Louisiana Tech Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,653 45–58 10–5 (2–1) 01/10/2015 7:00 pm Southern Miss Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,022 74–40 11–5 (3–1) 01/17/2015 1:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,737 ASN 73–55 12–5 (4–1) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 6,414 FSN 66–71 OT 12–6 (4–2) 01/24/2015 1:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 5,302 ASN 71–78 12–7 (4–3) 01/29/2015 7:00 pm UAB Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,455 CBSSN 71–69 13–7 (5–3) 01/31/2015 7:00 pm Middle Tennessee Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,281 83–70 14–7 (6–3) 02/05/2015 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 1,566 ASN 63–56 15–7 (7–3) 02/07/2015 3:30 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 1,312 ASN 67–64 16–7 (8–3) 02/12/2015 7:00 pm Charlotte Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,533 73–68 17–7 (9–3) 02/14/2015 7:00 pm Old Dominion Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 9,262 62–47 18–7 (10–3) 02/21/2015 7:00 pm UTSA Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 10,884 69–62 19–7 (11–3) 02/26/2015 6:00 pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,126 FS1 60–77 19–8 (11–4) 02/28/2015 6:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 4,778 60–63 19–9 (11–5) 03/05/2015 7:00 pm North Texas Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,651 83–60 20–9 (12–5) 03/07/2015 2:00 pm Rice Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,574 68–65 21–9 (13–5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| Conference USA tournament 03/12/2015 12:00 pm yes FIU Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 4,339 ASN 83–71 22–9 03/13/2015 3:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Semifinals 6,429 CBSSN 50–53 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF7F00; color:#000080;"| NIT 03/17/2015 7:00 pm yes yes (6) (3) Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY First round 3,376 ESPN2 66–81 22–11 AP Poll Mountain Time. 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