600 ESPN El Paso to Broadcast 2017-18 UTEP Women's Basketball Games

UTEP released their 2017-18 women's basketball schedule yesterday and the Miners will play seven games away from the Don Haskins Center in their non-conference portion.

"We look forward to our pre-season schedule," head coach Kevin Baker said in the official release. "We will begin our season with six straight home contests. We are very excited about the opportunity to play in front of our great fan-base."

This year the team returns home in late November to host Arkansas and Texas Southern in their Thanksgiving Classic.

"We are really excited about our Thanksgiving Classic," Baker said. "We will play two upper level teams in Arkansas and Texas Southern. Soon after, we will hit the road to Myrtle Beach to play East Carolina and then to New Orleans to participate in the Tulane Classic. We will then tune up for conference play by heading out to Los Angeles to play Cal State Fullerton and UC-Riverside. We hope that this competitive schedule helps our team improve daily and prepares us for tough conference play."

As for league play, C-USA coaches adopted a different schedule this season and they elected to play 16 conference games rather than 18. They also concentrated on the strongest RPI teams from a season ago playing against each other twice in league play in order to give C-USA a better opportunity to increase their RPI and send multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament. "We are very excited about the new Conference USA schedule," Baker said. "Our conference has worked very hard to put together a new format which will undoubtedly enhance our chances to put several teams in the mix to obtain a spot in the NCAA Tournament."

For the fourth consecutive season, 600 ESPN El Paso will broadcast UTEP women's basketball games, with former Miners star Traci Miller joining either Brandon Cohn, Duke Keith, Tim Hagerty, or Steve Kaplowitz courtside for all of the action.

2017-18 UTEP Women’s Basketball Schedule
Date Day Opponent Location Time
October 29 Sunday Sul Ross& Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
November 4 Saturday St. Mary’s& Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
November 11 Saturday CSU Bakersfield Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
November 18 Saturday Texas A&M CC Don Haskins Center 7 p.m.
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic
November 24 Friday Arkansas Don Haskins Center 2:30 p.m.
November 25 Saturday Texas Southern Don Haskins Center 2:30 p.m.
November 30 Thursday New Mexico Don Haskins Center 5:30 p.m.
December 2 Saturday Houston Baptist Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
December 5 Tuesday at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark TBA
December 10 Saturday at NM State Las Cruces, N.M. TBA
December 17 Sunday vs. East Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. 11:30 a.m.
December 21 Thursday vs. Samford New Orleans/Tulane Univ. TBA
December 22 Friday vs. Georgetown New Orleans/Tulane Univ. TBA
December 29 Friday vs. CSU Fullerton Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
December 30 Saturday vs. CSU Riverside Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
January 5 Friday at FIU* Miami, Fla. TBA
January 7 Sunday at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. TBA
January 11 Thursday Charlotte* Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
January 13 Saturday Middle Tennessee* Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
January 18 Thursday Florida Atlantic Don Haskins Center 7 p.m.
January 26 Friday at Rice* Houston, Texas TBA
January 28 Sunday at North Texas* Denton, Texas TBA
February 2 Friday UAB* Don Haskins Center 7 p.m.
February 4 Sunday UTSA* San Antonio, Texas TBA
February 10 Saturday LA Tech* Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
February 15 Thursday at Marshall* Huntington, W. Va. TBA
February 17 Saturday at Old Dominion* Norfolk, Va. TBA
February 23 Friday UTSA* Don Haskins Center 7 p.m.
February 25 Sunday at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA
March 1 Thursday FIU* Don Haskins Center 7 p.m.
March 3 Saturday WKU* Don Haskins Center 1 p.m.
Bold denotes home game
& Exhibition Game
* Conference USA Game
All Times Mountain