As much as the UTEP women's basketball team has struggled this season - actually because of those struggles - the Miners still have everything to play for this week as they close out their home schedule.
First, they will try to snap their six-game losing streak Thursday against an Florida Atlantic team that brings in a 15-game losing streak, then they play what could be a defacto Conference USA tournament play-in game against Florida International on Saturday.
If the Miners win both, and for the first time in more than a month they come in as favorites, they almost certainly go to the tournament in two weeks in Birmingham.