UTEP Miners Men's Basketball Summer Preview Series

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-Tulane's double-double monster Josh Davis, a possible favorite for C-USA Player of the Year, has transferred to San Diego State.

-The poor Green Wave also lose guard Ricky Tarrant to Alabama.

-East Carolina's starting forward Robert Sampson has decided to transfer to Georgia Tech.

-Possibly the best guard in the conference, Marshall's DeAndre Kane is moving on to Iowa State, albeit not before writing a classy letter to the Herd fans in Huntington.

-Rice's up-and-coming guard Julian DeBose is transferring to Cinderella phenom Florida Gulf Coast.

These are the big ones, but Charlotte's Darion Clark is going to USC, Tulane's 3-point shooter Ben Cherry is transferring within the conference to Charlotte and losing two forwards in Marc Eddy Norelia to Florida Gulf Coast and Lotanna Nwogbo to Longwood, Marshall is also losing Jamir Hanner to Buffalo and Chris Martin to Mount St. Mary's, and FIU's Malik Smith is following his coach to Minnesota.

In addition, FAU's Chris Bryant, UTEP's Twymond Howard, Malcolm Moore and Chris Washburn, UAB's Isiah Jones and Quincy Taylor, Tulsa's Zeldric King, ECU's Yasin Kolo, UTSA's Tank Mayberry, Charlotte's Victor Nickerson, Southern Miss's Christian Robbins, Marshall's D.D. Scarver, and Tulane's RaAnthony Sanders have all decided to transfer but have not chosen a school yet.

There are some big names leaving Conference-USA. The rosters of Marshall and Tulane in particular look to be crippled by defections from graduation and transfers. Many Miner fans expressed disappointment with the departures of the hustling Malcolm Moore, the potential-filled Twymond Howard, and especially Chris Washburn, but compared to the losses some of their C-USA rivals, our Miners made out pretty well this offseason not losing a single starter. On the flip-side, here is a list of some of the players who will transfer into C-USA, all of whom will sit out a year before playing:

- The UAB Blazers are getting a 6-5 guard from Virginia Tech, Robert Brown.

- Louisiana Tech gets 6-7 forward Erik McCree from Murray State.

- The Charlotte 49ers will have ex-Florida Gator Braxton Ogbueze and Clemson's Bernard Sullivan in a year.

- North Texas gets George Mason guard Vertrail Vaughns.

- East Carolina will have Florida State guard Terry Whisnant II.

Read more: http://www.minerrush.com/2013/6/26/4467736/were-back-utep-miners-mens-basketball-summer-preview-series