Victor Calzada / El Paso Times
In terms of postseason tournament fate, UTEP's women's basketball games at Old Dominion Thursday and Charlotte Saturday are almost bonuses.
A No. 11 seed to the Conference USA tourney is almost guaranteed, and probably will be literally locked in Thursday night.
What every game represents is an opportunity for a young team to grow and improve, and in the Miners' case a chance to show it can take better basketball on the road.
The results away from the Don Haskins Center have been brutal - 1-12 brutal - and the last four-game road trip three weeks ago caused coach Keitha Adams to question her team's effort.