A turbulent season for the UTEP basketball team came to a sobering end as UTSA pulled out the Golden Broom of sweeps, beating UTEP for the third team this season, and knocking Phil Johnson and the Miners out of the C-USA Tournament with a 71-58 dismissal.
The big question coming into the first round contest between the fifth seeded Roadrunners, and twelfth seeded Miners was how would UTSA respond after losing C-USA Freshman of the Year Jhivan Jackson to devastating season ending injury.
UTEP was playing its best basketball of a terrible season heading into Frisco, leaving a cracked window of hope, but in reality the Miners never stood a chance.