{"id":183325,"date":"2026-03-08T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183325\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:03:08","slug":"utep-fan-picks-up-chair-yells-at-jacksonville-state-players-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183325\/","title":{"rendered":"UTEP fan picks up chair, yells at Jacksonville State players: video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conference USA and both schools involved are reviewing a post-game incident Saturday in which a UTEP fan picked up a chair during a heated confrontation with Jacksonville State players.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after Jacksonville State guard Mostapha El Moutaouakkil\u2019s buzzer-beater lifted the Gamecocks to a 64-61 victory in El Paso, a courtside fan behind the scorer\u2019s table began waving a chair while screaming at the Jacksonville State team during the traditional postgame handshake line along the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>JSU players had to be restrained by staffers and security personnel from reaching the man, and officials from both programs and CUSA said afterward that the matter will be investigated. Other fans also appeared to be verbally jawing with the Gamecocks contingent.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After the conclusion of UTEP vs Jacksonville State the handshake line was interupted as a Fan picked up a Chair and began to berrate the refs and Jacksonville State&#8217;s staff <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kq70Fga1mn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kq70Fga1mn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCAA Buzzer Beaters &amp; Game Winners (@NCAABuzzerBters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAABuzzerBters\/status\/2030404574809583849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reviewing the incident in conjunction with both [athletic directors], but we do not have a statement at this time,\u201d Conference USA spokesperson Josh Yonis said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to review the video when we [obtain] it,\u201d UTEP A.D. Jim Senter added. \u201cWe will take appropriate action as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/48137700\/utep-fan-clash-jacksonville-state-players-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to ESPN<\/a>, Jacksonville State officials said the school would \u201cdefer\u201d to the conference before commenting.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.61769352;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38712006\" width=\"954\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/utep.jpg\" alt=\"An angry UTEP fan picks up a chair and gestures toward Jacksonville State players after a men's college basketball game on March 7, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38712006\"  \/>An angry UTEP fan picks up a chair and gestures toward Jacksonville State players after a men\u2019s college basketball game on March 7, 2026. X\/ESPN<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.68976898;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38712005\" width=\"997\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/utep2.jpg\" alt=\"An angry UTEP fan is confronted by a security guard amid an altercation with Jacksonville State players after a men's college basketball game on March 7, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38712005\"  \/>An angry UTEP fan is confronted by a security guard amid an altercation with Jacksonville State players after a men\u2019s college basketball game on March 7, 2026. X\/ESPN<\/p>\n<p>UTEP also experienced a handshake-line incident following a road loss at New Mexico on Feb. 21. Miners coach Joe Golding appeared to tap NMSU coach Jason Hooten in the chest during a face-to-face conversation, leading to further arguing between the teams.<\/p>\n<p>UTEP missed out on the Conference USA tournament after finishing 7-13 in conference play, while No. 7-seeded Jacksonville State will play No. 10 New Mexico State on Tuesday in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conference USA and both schools involved are reviewing a post-game incident Saturday in which a UTEP fan picked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8294,116,118,117,110,61975],"class_list":{"0":"post-183325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-college-basketball","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-fans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}