Jeep Jackson would have loved Thursday night's game.
UTEP will take on UAB Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Don Haskins Center. It is a game filled with challenge, a game that begs competition at the highest level. The Miners, after a dismal 2-13 beginning, after an 0-3 start in the Conference USA chase, are now 4-4 in the league standings. The Miners have won four of their last five. The visitors from Birmingham are 14-8 overall and 7-2 in conference play — plopped firmly in second place, two games behind C-USA leader Middle Tennessee.
Jackson, who passed away 30 years ago from a congenital heart defect at the tender age of 23, will be honored Thursday night.