UTEP (1/25/20)

GreenGonzo · January 25, 2020

I thank my dad for taking me to games at the old pit in the early 1970s. Fun times!

greenminer · January 25, 2020

Is student turnout dropping because tuition costs are rising?

Gotta work to get that money.

UNTLifer · January 25, 2020

35 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Is student turnout dropping because tuition costs are rising?

Gotta work to get that money.

Flash your ID, get in free. I would think free entertainment with the chance to win cash would bring them all out.

UNTLifer · January 25, 2020

7 hours ago, Eagle71 said:

"This is the worst damn place in the world to play basketball! This place is a snake pit!" – Drake coach Maury John, after a double-overtime loss to North Texas

Photo 1969. The Snake Pit. Crowd 4,500+. NTSU enrollment - 15,024. "WELCOME TO THE PIT" It was ROCKIN'!

5,000 Super Pit Challenge! Make it the next worst damn place in the world to play basketball!

Well, I shall respectfully disagree with Drake Head Coach Maury John. That is the first place I ever saw a basketball game and it was a blast. Loved the Pit. I remember they would hand out these clickers that made it even louder. Great memories.

greenminer · January 25, 2020

14 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Flash your ID, get in free. I would think free entertainment with the chance to win cash would bring them all out.

Wasn't referring to money, was referring to time spent working more shifts.

Andrew · January 25, 2020

Green room is open but missing chips/salads and then onions and cheese for the fajitas. What’s up with that... 😕

Andrew · January 25, 2020

7 hours ago, Mean Green Matt said:

Crowd takes forever to build and no time at all to implode.

Considering it’s 10 minutes before tip off ad the student section has about 28 people in it and maybe 1k here (maybe) we won’t be hitting close to 6k. Even 2k at this point would be nice.

Andrew · January 25, 2020

They are giving away more cash today and still no students. They need to figure something out. Not only monitoring seats to ensure students actually sit in that section but also show up. We had season tickets even when I was in college right at mid court row G but I would still sit my buddies in the student section even if it was at the top because it was full.

Andrew · January 25, 2020

There may be an equal amount of UTEP fans as UNT fans here at this very moment (4 minutes before tip).

probably 60/40 split.

Looking better now. Still more UTEP fans than I thought would show.

Edited January 25, 2020 by Andrew

CMJ · January 25, 2020

Doesn't surprise me UTEP has a lot of people there. They have a great basketball history.

CMJ · January 25, 2020

NT 7 --------- UTEP 5

15:36 to go

Not a bad start.

CMJ · January 25, 2020

NT 11 --------- UTEP 11

11:08 to go

It feels like a ton of fouls have been called so far.

Mean Green Matt · January 25, 2020

30 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Considering it’s 10 minutes before tip off ad the student section has about 28 people in it and maybe 1k here (maybe) we won’t be hitting close to 6k. Even 2k at this point would be nice.

Just wait to see what happens to the crowds whenever we lose a game. Just one game.

CMJ · January 25, 2020

NT 19 --------- UTEP 14

7:51 to go

Getting a tiny bit of separation.

Andrew · January 25, 2020

What has Draper done to get all these minutes lately? I’m not saying I don’t like him or that he is bad, but Smart is hardly getting any minutes now.

Edit... ok with that crazy catch and falling pass along with the charge he just drew I can see why he is in haha.

Edited January 25, 2020 by Andrew

Salsa_Verde · January 25, 2020

UTEP looks like Tennessee our there with those uniforms.

Mean Green Matt · January 25, 2020

Just now, Salsa_Verde said:

UTEP looks like Tennessee our there with those uniforms.

Hate to admit it but the UTEP unis are great.

Salsa_Verde · January 25, 2020

Got to love Draper’s hustle

Andrew · January 25, 2020

10 minutes ago, Mean Green Matt said:

Just wait to see what happens to the crowds whenever we lose a game. Just one game.

It’s actually a decent crowd now but UTEP fans have helped that quiet a bit.

Salsa_Verde · January 25, 2020

Thoughts and prayers to the family of the player that just got facialized. RIP 😂

Salsa_Verde · January 25, 2020

29 minutes ago, Mean Green Matt said:

Hate to admit it but the UTEP unis are great.

I think ours need to be updated. Oh whatever god forbid the basketball team gets new uniforms. They’ve had these home whites forever. Take your eye roll back to the 3rd grade

Edited January 26, 2020 by Salsa_Verde

CMJ · January 25, 2020

NT 32 --------- UTEP 25

2:47 to go

Pushed the lead out to ten briefly, Miners trying to reel it back, but we are keeping it between 7-9.

CMJ · January 25, 2020

NT 38 --------- UTEP 27

Halftime

Nice to have a double figure lead at the break.

Mean Green Matt · January 25, 2020

Gibson really should have made that layup at the buzzer. Can’t complain about the overall performance though. 20 more minutes of hard work then a week off.