Rodney Terry and the Miners finished the season with their closest road loss of the year at Middle Tennessee State losing by a single point, capping off the season winless on the road 0-13. Their conference record of 3-15 is the worst in UTEP’s history in Conference-USA play, and the first time they have missed a conference tournament since Don Haskins was head coach during the ‘97-’98 season. This is the Miners worst record (8-21) since the Billie Gillispie led 2002-2003 Miners went 6-24 (3-15).
Coach Terry inherited a team that in the end only returned three players due to graduation and transfers.