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UTEP at Middle Tennessee Game Preview: Miners face daunting C-USA road swing

Middle Tennessee knocked UTEP out of the C-USA tourney a year ago, now two 2016 contenders face off early in conference play.

Gearing up for their toughest road trip of the season, UTEP starts off their two game southern road swing at Middle Tennessee on Thursday evening.

UTEP has played well in their last four games, but going up against the upper echelon teams in Conference USA this weekend will test UTEP's growth over the past couple of weeks.

Are the Miners ready?

"We'll find out because we're going to play some really quality players," Tim Floyd said.