2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

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.

2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record11–20 (6–12 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Tim Floyd (First 6 games)
  • Phil Johnson (interim)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Middle Tennessee162 .889258  .758
Old Dominion153 .833257  .781
Western Kentucky144 .7782711  .711
Marshall126 .6672511  .694
UTSA117 .6112015  .571
UAB108 .5562013  .606
North Texas810 .4442018  .526
FIU810 .4441418  .438
Southern Miss711 .3891618  .471
Louisiana Tech711 .3891716  .515
Florida Atlantic612 .3331219  .387
UTEP612 .3331120  .355
Rice414 .222724  .226
Charlotte216 .111623  .207
2018 C-USA Tournament winner

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.

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