The UTEP men's basketball program will serve as a substitute for NM State and face the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Dec. 12, in the McKale Center (Tucson, Arizona).
The Miners, who have won just two games in the last three seasons (2-34), were ranked dead last (76 of 76) in the CBS Sports college football rankings list.
UTEP President Heather Wilson announced updates to the Miner football game day plans for the upcoming season amid the pandemic on Thursday, including limiting stadium attendance to 18 percent capacity.
C-USA announced this morning that it had canceled the remainder of its postseason basketball tournament and suspend spring sports until further notice.
UTEP men's basketball suddenly has a glimmer of hope, but it remains to be seen if they will make the most of their opportunity at the C-USA Tournament.
The best part of last night's program record 24-point comeback overtime win by UTEP over UTSA was watching Twitter and the many reactions from Miner fans.
Just as the dawn of football camp approaches, the UTEP football team received a massive blow to their offense with the news of senior tailback Quardraiz Wadley out for the season with a season-ending toe injury.