# 2019–20 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

The 2019–20 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by second-year head coach Rodney Terry, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. UTEP averaged 5,311 fans per game.

## Previous season

The Miners finished the 2018–19 season 8–21, 3–15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 5, 2019* 7:00 pm | | New Mexico Highlands | W 93–70 | 1–0 | Don Haskins Center (3,738) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 12, 2019* 7:00 pm | | New Mexico State Battle of I-10 | W 65–50 | 2–0 | Don Haskins Center (8,993) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 14, 2019* 6:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 71–57 | 3–0 | Don Haskins Center (4,476) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 19, 2019* 7:00 pm | | New Mexico | W 66–63 | 4–0 | Don Haskins Center (6,171) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 27, 2019* 7:00 pm | | East Central | W 91–71 | 5–0 | Don Haskins Center (5,531) El Paso, TX |
| Dec 3, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at New Mexico State Battle of I-10 | L 56–59 | 5–1 | Pan American Center (7,048) Las Cruces, NM |
| Dec 7, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 59–50 | 6–1 | Don Haskins Center (4,928) El Paso, TX |
| Dec 16, 2019* 7:00 pm | | North Carolina A&T Sun Bowl Invitational | W 72–54 | 7–1 | Don Haskins Center (5,969) El Paso, TX |
| Dec 17, 2019* 7:00 pm | | UC Irvine Sun Bowl Invitational | W 67–61 | 8–1 | Don Haskins Center (6,934) El Paso, TX |
| Dec 19, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Houston Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic non bracket game | L 57–77 | 8–2 | Fertitta Center (6,470) Houston, TX |
| Dec 22, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | | at Hawaii Diamond Head Classic quarterfinal | L 63–67 | 8–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,179) Honolulu, HI |
| Dec 23, 2019* 11:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Ball State Diamond Head Classic consolation 2nd round | W 71–70 | 9–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,757) Honolulu, HI |
| Dec 25, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Boise State Diamond Head Classic 5th place game | L 67–72 | 9–4 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2020 10:00 am, ESPN+ | | at FIU | L 67–69 | 9–5 (0–1) | Ocean Bank Convocation Center (525) University Park, FL |
| Jan 4, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Florida Atlantic | L 56–59 | 9–6 (0–2) | RoofClaim.com Arena (830) Boca Raton, FL |
| Jan 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Miss | W 76–64 | 10–6 (1–2) | Don Haskins Center (4,622) El Paso, TX |
| Jan 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana Tech | L 61–64 | 10–7 (1–3) | Don Haskins Center (5,731) El Paso, TX |
| Jan 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UTSA | W 80–77 $^{OT}$ | 11–7 (2–3) | Don Haskins Center (4,442) El Paso, TX |
| Jan 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UTSA | L 70–86 | 11–8 (2–4) | Convocation Center (1,684) San Antonio, TX |
| Jan 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Rice | W 72–64 | 12–8 (3–4) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,518) Houston, TX |
| Jan 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Texas | L 57–67 | 12–9 (3–5) | UNT Coliseum (4,092) Denton, TX |
| Jan 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Middle Tennessee | W 67–66 | 13–9 (4–5) | Don Haskins Center (4,471) El Paso, TX |
| Feb 1, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UAB | L 55–69 | 13–10 (4–6) | Don Haskins Center (6,234) El Paso, TX |
| Feb 6, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Charlotte | L 64–68 | 13–11 (4–7) | Dale F. Halton Arena (2,828) Charlotte, NC |
| Feb 8, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Old Dominion | L 53–72 | 13–12 (4–8) | Chartway Arena (6,820) Norfolk, VA |
| Feb 13, 2020 7:00 pm | | Western Kentucky | L 62–67 | 13–13 (4–9) | Don Haskins Center (4,504) El Paso, TX |
| Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Marshall | L 61–71 | 13–14 (4–10) | Don Haskins Center (4,424) El Paso, TX |
| Feb 22, 2020 5:00 pm, CUSA.tv | | Rice | W 68–62 | 14–14 (5–10) | Don Haskins Center (4,139) El Paso, TX |
| Mar 1, 2020 2:00 pm, CUSA.tv | | Southern Miss | W 75–56 | 15–14 (6–10) | Don Haskins Center (4,975) El Paso, TX |
| Mar 4, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Middle Tennessee | W 60–56 | 16–14 (7–10) | Murphy Center (2,022) Murfreesboro, TN |
| Mar 7, 2020 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv | | at Rice | W 77–72 | 17–14 (8–10) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,608) Houston, TX |
| Conference USA tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | (11) | vs. (6) Marshall First round | L 78–86 | 17–15 | Ford Center at The Star (2,061) Frisco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||
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