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Andre Anderson scored the tying touchdown with one second left in regulation, then rushed for the winning score in overtime as Tulane defeated Texas-El Paso 45-38 on Saturday.
Donald Buckram ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 29 seconds left in the game, to help UTEP beat Conference USA rival Tulsa 28-24 on Wednesday night.
Curtis Steele ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass, and Memphis beat Texas-El Paso 35-20 on Saturday night.
Donald Buckram ran for a career-high 262 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas-El Paso to a 58-41 upset of No. 12 Houston.
Colt McCoy and No. 2 Texas got the fast start they had been missing in recent weeks, rolling to a 40-point lead by halftime before cruising to a 64-7 win Saturday over Texas-El Paso.
Donald Buckram rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns as UTEP topped New Mexico State 38-12 on Saturday following a nearly three-hour lightning delay.
Jake Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns while No. 24 Kansas got two big punt returns from Daymond Patterson to beat Texas-El Paso 34-7 on Saturday night.
Brandon Thermilius ran for 79 yards and a touchdown as Buffalo defeated UTEP 23-17 Saturday night.
Roeland Schaftenaar had 19 points and six assists and Oregon State nearly blew a 21-point lead before holding on for a 75-69 win against Texas-El Paso in the opening game of the College Basketball Invitational's best-of-three championship series.
Stefon Jackson scored 34 points and Texas-El Paso went on a 10-0 run after Richmond closed within two in the second half Wednesday night and the Miners beat the Spiders 81-69 to reach the College Basketball Invitational finals.
Aubrey Coleman had 24 points, Marcus Cousin added 16, and both grabbed 12 rebounds as Houston held on to defeat Texas-El Paso 89-85 in overtime in Thursday's quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament.
Stefon Jackson scored 30 points and Randy Culpepper added 23 to lead Texas-El Paso to a 81-70 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday night.
Chantelle Handy hit an 18-foot jumper with 3 seconds left in overtime to give seventh-seeded Marshall a 72-70 victory over second-seeded Texas-El Paso in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals Friday night.
Kevin Sims scored 22 points to lead Tulane over Texas-El Paso 86-77 on Saturday night.
Tyreke Evans scored 25 points to lead No. 5 Memphis to a 70-63 victory over Texas-El Paso on Saturday, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games with the Tigers' 53rd consecutive Conference USA win.
Robert Vaden scored 21 points and Howard Crawford added a career-high 19 to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 78-73 Conference USA victory over Texas-El Paso on Wednesday night.
Randy Culpepper scored 25 points to lead Texas-El Paso to an 88-67 win over East Carolina on Saturday night.
Texas coach Gail Goestenkors was worried about her team being rusty after a 10-day layoff.
Jeff Teague capped a 29-point performance by making two free throws with 14 seconds remaining, leading No. 19 Wake Forest to an 82-79 victory over Texas-El Paso in the 76 Classic on Friday.
East Carolina had already locked up its spot in the Conference USA championship game and had little to gain in Friday's home finale against UTEP.
Trevor Vittatoe threw five touchdown passes to lead UTEP to a 37-24 victory against Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday night.
Trevor Vittatoe threw four touchdown passes, including the game winner in double overtime, as UTEP defeated Southern Mississippi 40-37 on Saturday night.
Colt McCoy passed for 282 yards and four touchdowns and No. 10 Texas spoiled the biggest sports party in years in this city with a 42-13 win over Texas El-Paso on Saturday night.
On a night when nearly an entire arena celebrated Candice Wiggins' remarkable college career, she gave them a record-setting performance to cheer about.
Natasha Lacy already knows what it's like to play in the NCAA tournament. She made sure her UTEP teammates will get at least a second game in this March run.
Humble Haskins stayed true to himself He started and finished each phone conversation in the same, predictable manner: "Hello, Sam, this is Don, uh, Haskins," he'd begin in that unmistakable Oklahoma drawl that made clarifying who was calling completely unnecessary.
A low-key farewell for Don Haskins EL PASO - The procession weaved its way through the streets of El Paso, following the white hearse, following the man they knew as husband and father and friend and coach - one final time.
So long, Coach, and here's a big 'bear' hug The sports climate, social calendar and culture of El Paso were changed forever in August 1961 when Don Haskins, his wife Mary and family arrived in the Sun City.
Don Haskins truly was one of a kind The first time I spoke with Don Haskins, he had caught me off guard.
Adios, Coach: Haskins honored at farewell ceremony EL PASO -- A list of former players, each a basketball nova in his own right, talked about the man who helped shape their life -- on and off the basketball court -- Thursday night.
El Paso pays tribute: Coaches, players remember The Bear EL PASO -- There was joy in the Don Haskins Center on Thursday night. There was laughter, too -- lots and lots of laughter.
Don Haskins had special inner sanctum of friends We knew Don Haskins had many thousands of fans, that many friends, too.
Haskins left mark on young journalist As a kid growing up in El Paso during the 1980s, I was raised on UTEP athletics.
UTEP legend one of the all-time greats EL PASO -- Don Haskins had a laugh that was bigger than life. But, then again, the man himself was bigger than life. He was, as he has been called so many times, the John Wayne of college basketball coaches.
Don Haskins, Barrier-Breaking Coach, Is Dead at 78Don Haskins, the Hall of Fame coach who transformed college basketball when he started five black players on a Texas Western team that defeated an all-white University of Kentucky squad for the 1966 N.C.C.A. championship, died Sunday. Haskins, who lived in El Paso, was 78.
UAB UAB gave Oklahoma a good fight in week 1, but then barely beat Eastern Carolina in week 2.
If I watch and write about UTEP, I've got to say that I am always shocked that the QB is Carson Palmer's brother. Especially, this week where he threw four interceptions.
On March 19, 1966, a little dust-blown school in far west Texas upstaged the mighty Kentucky Wildcats and won the NCAA mens basketball championship. It remains the only such championship won by a team from Texas.
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