The UTEP men’s basketball team will kick off the 2017 Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament against their old Western Athletic Conference rival Boise State on Thursday, Nov. 16, at noon at the HTC Center in Conway, SC. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
The tournament was relocated to South Carolina after the impact of Hurricane Maria on the Puerto Rico region in late September.
The winner of the Miners (1-0) versus the Broncos (2-0) game will play the winner of last year’s Final Four, South Carolina, or Illinois State on Nov. 17.
The Miners are coming off a 50-point victory over Louisiana College on Friday, Nov.