The UTEP women's basketball team is on the cusp of something special.
The team picked to finish eighth out of 11 teams in Conference USA has bolted to an 11-3 start and now sits second in the league behind Middle Tennessee. With two home games this extended weekend where they will be favored, the Miners can set themselves up for a title run and their first postseason in seven years.
Standing square in UTEP's path to the top at noon Saturday at the Don Haskins Center is the program that has owned them the past five years.