Prior to the start of the Conference USA Tournament in Frisco (March 9-13), the Miners will close out the regular season against one of the country's top basketball programs in No. 13 Kansas on Thursday in Allen Fieldhouse.
The UTEP men's basketball team will return to the hardwood after a week hiatus, as they host Charlotte on Saturday and Sunday to close out the conference slate.
The UTEP men's basketball team has scheduled a rare March non-conference game against Big 12 power Kansas, featuring a 6 p.m. MT tip-off in Allen Fieldhouse.
Citing concerns with travel due to the winter storm that hit the southern states this week, both UTEP men's and women's basketball games against Florida Atlantic have been pushed from their original Friday-Saturday games.
Using a huge run in the second half and with help from its stifling second half defense, the Miners were able to get their first Conference USA series sweep on Saturday after defeating FIU, 77-68.
Entering the game having lost seven of their last nine, the Miners had been starving for some momentum. They were boosted by a hot-shooting night at the Haskins Center on Friday, with a bounce-back win against Florida International, 75-59.
Following a series sweep at UAB, the Miners will hope to bounce back and get some confidence as they host the bottom team in the C-USA East Division in Florida International.
Budget cuts have rocked the college athletics world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus prompting furloughs and salary cuts across the country. Football coach Dana Dimel and men's basketball coach Rodney Terry—UTEP's highest-paid coaches—took a combined $271,000 salary reduction, reported ABC-7...