On Nov. 23, UTEP President Heather Wilson and the Director of UTEP Athletics Jim Senter announced that basketball games at the Don Haskins Center will be played with no fans in attendance to start the season due to the current COVID-19 conditions in El Paso.
Previously the university had decided to play basketball games in front of a limited capacity of fans. Still, with El Paso currently leading the state with Coronavirus’s current active cases, UTEP decided to prohibit fan attendance for now to reduce the risk of community spread.
“We know of no spread of the disease at UTEP and have maintained safe campus operations throughout the semester,” Wilson said.