The golden promise of post-season tournament basketball is that it lets a team rewrite its season.
What usually happens, and what happened to UTEP in its Conference USA-tournament opening 76-70 loss to Florida Atlantic, is the same story is retold in a condensed format.
As was the case this season, the Miners struggled to finish a winnable game away from home and alternated possessions of good basketball with ones where they were lost.
How it happened
The Miners missed too many 3-pointers, couldn't overcome a particularly tough call and in the end looked about like their final 12-12 record indicated.