The men's basketball team completed a sweep of the Florida schools in Conference USA with a 79-68 win over Florida International to cap off their fifth consecutive win.
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.
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.
With news that six of C-USA's members will be leaving for the AAC, UTEP and the other seven remaining members find themselves with few options at this point.
Much of the discussion involving schools interested in changing Group of 5 conference affiliations like the AAC, MWC, and Sun Belt has not included UTEP.