UTEP Basketball: Here come the Miners

What a turnaround this has been.

From a 2-13 record including lopsided losses to UTSA and Southern Miss making it an 0-3 start in C-USA play, to now a fourth place spot, and controlling their own destiny to an important top four seed in the Conference USA Tournament.

I rode off this team and felt Tim Floyd was way in over his head, but this team has came together and emerged as a middle of the pack contender when it looked like this team would struggled to even crack double digit wins overall on the season.

“We are playing with a lot of confidence and the ball is moving as well,” Tim Floyd said. “It seems like the earlier we play in the clock, the worse we are and the better we are when the…