2026–27 season
UTEP
Miners · Mountain West
- Record
- 1–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -5.2
- No. 250 in Division I
- Head coach
- Joe Golding
- Since 2021–22
- Home
- El Paso, TX
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- WeaknessMostly new to the programProgram experience: 1.00 yrs3rd
- WeaknessPoor free throw shootingFree throw %: 57.1%4th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 12.0%95th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 22.9%95th
- StrengthBig, tall lineupAverage height: 6′6.8″94th
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 76.1%93rd
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who UTEP beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
3
Record
0–3
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201012Round of 64Lost to 5 Butler 77–59. Bracket
- 200511Round of 64Lost to 6 Utah 60–54. Bracket
- 200413Round of 64Lost to 4 Maryland 86–83. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Cam McDaniels
- 19.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Janusz Ratowski
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Janusz Ratowski
- 1 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6Leif MoellerGuard · Wedel, Germany | 6′7″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 30.5 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 16.0 |
| 11Augusto CassiaForward · Salvador, Brazil | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 2 | 29.0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 16.7 | 36.4 | 17.7 |
| 3Reese MillerGuard · Round Rock, TX | 6′5″ | 185 | 1 | 2 | 28.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 30.0 | 100.0 | 16.3 |
| 23Youssouf Traore · Bamako, Mali | 6′10″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 27.0 | 15.0 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 20.4 |
| 5Cam McDaniels · Louisville, KY | 6′5″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 26.5 | 19.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 36.8 | 60.0 | 33.6 |
| 0Donovan Criss · San Antonio, TX | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 18.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 16.7 |
| 21Jace WhitingGuard · Burley, ID | 6′3″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 16.2 |
| 24Reid CasonForward · Kingston, OK | 6′10″ | 235 | 1 | 2 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| 18Isaiah Ward · San Antonio, TX | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| 15Ryan Jackson Jr.Guard · Mesa, AZ | 6′6″ | 215 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 8Ivan Perasovic · Split, Croatia | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| 12Kaleb Jackson · Duncanville, TX | 6′7″ | 190 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.4 |
| 9Janusz RatowskiForward · Chotomów, Poland | 6′11″ | 235 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1Mikey Kelvin IIForward · Kingston, ON | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2Delano Tarpley · San Antonio, TX | 6′11″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–1
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–1
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | NN KNorthern Kentucky | L76–84 | -3.75 | 150.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 8 | vsINCIncarnate Word | W79–60 | -12.5 | 142.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 12 | vsNEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | -3.5 | 142.5 | — | — |
| Nov 15 | vsFLOFlorida A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | @NEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | NCHACharleston13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | @COLColorado | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsNORNorth Dakota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsUT UT Permian Basin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | vsHOWHoward16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsNEWNew Mexico Highlands | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsNEWNew Mexico8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsWYOWyoming | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @AIRAir Force | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vsNEVNevada | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @UNLVUNLV | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @WYOWyoming | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsUC UC Davis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @NEVNevada | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsSANSan José State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @HAWHawaiʻi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsGRAGrand Canyon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @UC UC Davis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | vsUNLVUNLV | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @NEWNew Mexico8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 23 | @GRAGrand Canyon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsHAWHawaiʻi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @SANSan José State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsAIRAir Force | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |