As UTEP heads into the games that count the most, starting Saturday with the Conference USA opener against Louisiana Tech, the Miners are sounding a familiar theme of committing to defense.
That will always be true under Joe Golding, but there is a more specific element to this.
In the seven games UTEP feels good about in its 6-3 start (which includes the opening road loss to Texas), opponents shot 25 percent from 3-point range. In the two where the Miners were blown out, at DePaul and New Mexico State, opponents made 26-of-51 3s for 51 percent.