New UTEP men's basketball coach Tim Floyd embraces Mary Haskins, widow of long-time UTEP coach Don Haskins, following a news conference today in El Paso, Texas. Floyd, a former University of Idaho basketball coach, was announced as successor to Tony Barbee as coach. Floyd worked as an assistant for Haskins in the 1980s. (AP Photo/El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)

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