The Miners will host Louisiana Tech tomorrow night and try and stop one of the most dominant players in Conference USA, sophomore forward Kenneth Lofton Jr.
The UTEP men's basketball squad (7-5) will prepare for its first league campaign under first-year head coach Joe Golding and the action tips off on Thursday at UAB (5:30 p.m MT).
The Miners men's basketball team's second Conference USA matchup against Middle Tennessee has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Blue Raider program. MTSU's entire squad is fully vaccinated.
Following back to back losses against FAU and nationally ranked UTSA, the UTEP football team will have a pair of winnable games against North Texas and Rice.
As UTSA and UTEP get ready to rock the Sun Bowl Saturday night, all eyes will be on the titanic battle between the Roadrunners offense and the Miners defense.
Three days before UTEP hosts UTSA at the Sun Bowl, Twitter has been buzzing with fans from both schools talking about the big football matchup on Saturday.
With Conference USA about to be down to three members, league commissioner Judy MacLeod will need to recruit winning FCS programs with strong attendance.