The 8-4 UTEP men's basketball team begins its 19-game run-in to the Conference USA tournament when it takes on defending C-USA tournament champion UAB on Thursday.
Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, and will be carried on ESPN+ and 600 ESPN El Paso.
For one of the few road trips this year, the Miners are chartering a flight. They aren't dependent on commercial airlines, so the game is expected to tip as scheduled.
Who is UAB?
The perennial league power, which played in the NCAA tournament last year, returns the reigning C-USA player of the year in guard Jordan Walker and was an easy preseason pick to win the league.