5. UTEP men’s basketball midseason turnaround
The UTEP men’s basketball season consisted of many lows and highs. The Miners started off the year 2-13, including losses to Southeastern Louisiana, Northern Arizona and Maryland Eastern Shore. To top off the already shaky start, one of UTEP’s starting forwards Terry Winn and guard Adrian Moore called it quits, leaving head coach Tim Floyd with voids to fill in the middle of the season.
However, four games into conference play, the 0-3 Miners, shocked the league and many of their followers by going 12-3 in their final 15 games before the C-USA tournament started.