The 2025–26 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by fifth-year head coach Joe Golding, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

This marked UTEP's final season as members of Conference USA before transitioning to the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2026.

Previous season The UTEP finished the 2025-26 season 18–15, 7–11 in Conference USA to finish eighth in the conference. As the 8-seed in the Conference USA Tournament they defeated 9-seed Sam Houston in the First Round before falling to top-seeded Liberty 60–81 in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure DaCannon Wickware 0 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred to Midwestern State Baylor Hebb 3 G 6'2" 180 Senior Colleyville, TX Entered transfer portal Corey Camper Jr. 4 G 6'5" 180 Senior Little Rock, AR Transferred to Nevada David Terrell Jr. 5 G 6'4" 185 Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred to North Texas Ahamad Bynum 12 G 6'3" 180 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to Southern Indiana Devon Barnes 13 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore El Paso, TX Transferred to Ball State Antwonne Holmes 15 G 6'3" 170 Sophomore El Paso, TX Transferred to Sul Ross State Raijon Dispenza 20 F 6'9" 210 Freshman Mullica Hill, NJ Departed program Otis Frazier III 23 F 6'6" 210 Senior Buckeye, AZ Out of eligibility Babacar Mbengue 25 F 7'0" 250 Freshman Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Kansas City Derick Hamilton 32 F 6'10" 275 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Entered transfer portal Kevin Kalu 34 F 6'9" 235 Senior Baltimore, MD Out of eligibility

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college David Tubek 0 F 6'7" 220 Junior Juba, South Sudan Seton Hall Caleb Blackwell 4 G 6'1" 185 Junior Buford, GA South Plains College Tyreese Watson 5 G 6'4" 190 Senior Philadelphia, PA Louisiana-Monroe C.J. Smith 6 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State LA Hayes 7 G 6'5" 185 Junior Cleveland, OH Frank Phillips College Kaseem Watson 13 F 6'9" 200 Junior Philadelphia, PA Delaware State Jamal West Jr. 15 F 6'6" 225 Senior Baltimore, MD Nicholls Cassius Brooks 23 G 6'0" 185 Senior Chicago, IL Arkansas Tech Mouhamed Mbaye 25 C 6'10" 235 Junior Saint-Louis, Senegal Trinity Valley CC

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=""| Conference USA regular season

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