On a sunny May day, on a Tuesday with brilliant blue skies, UTEP coach Tim Floyd stepped into the interview room — just up the tunnel from the court at the Don Haskins Center — and discussed the state of the union of UTEP basketball.
The news conference was punctuated by verbal sparring between Floyd and local radio talk show host Steve Kaplowitz. Floyd accused Kaplowitz's reports on UTEP basketball on 600 AM-ESPN radio of being "fiction" and said Kaplowitz did not have his information correct. The two had exchanges throughout the news conference.
"I think Tim was just a little frustrated about some comments on talk radio," UTEP athletic director Bob Stull said.