UTEP Miners
Conference USA (23-10, 12-4)
Big Wins: 11/28 vs Tennessee (78-70), 1/16 at Middle Tennessee State (63-54), 1/30 Louisiana Tech (89-79)
Bad Losses: 12/16 New Orleans (69-71), 1-9 Charlotte (68-73), 2/13 Florida Atlantic (69-71)
Coach: Tim Floyd (4 seasons at UTEP)
Probable Starters:
C.J. Cooper, Junior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 2.9 apg
Jullian Washburn, Junior, Forward/Guard, 13.0 ppg, 2.5 apg, 3.5 rpg
Vince Hunter, Freshman, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg
John Bohannon, Senior, Center, 11.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Matt Williams, Freshman, Center, 5.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Cedrick Lang, Junior, Forward, 6.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Jake Flaggert, Freshman, Forward/Guard, 2.2 ppg
Tevin Caldwell, Junior, Guard, 1.0 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.6 (214th in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.2 (32, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.9 (51, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.8 (6, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.5 (332, 16)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.6 (213, 5)
Rebound Margin: 1.9 (127, 6)
Assists Per Game: 13.7 (96, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.5 (276, 13)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011 NIT First Round loss to New Mexico
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Butler
2009 CBI irst Round win over Nevada
2009 CBI Second Round win over Northeastern
2009 CBI Semifinal win over Richmond
2009 CBI Finals loss to Oregon State
2008 CBI First Round loss to Utah
2006 NIT Opening round win over Lipscomb
2006 NIT First Round loss to Michigan
*all team stats through 3/9
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