page_title: 2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
section_title: Class of 2017 recruits
hierarchical_section_title: 2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team / Offseason / Class of 2017 recruits
caption_attribution_description: English: Justin Smith of Stevenson and Evan Gilyard of Simeon
context_page_description: The 2017–18 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by interim head coach Phil Johnson, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 11–20, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to UTSA. UTEP averaged 6,155 fans per game.
  Following a loss to Lamar on November 27, 2017 that saw the Miners drop to 1–5 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately. The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision. Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day. On March 12, 2018, the school hired Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry as the new head coach of the Miners.
caption: Justin Smith of Stevenson High School boxes out Evan Gilyard of Simeon Career Academy in 2015.
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