Start of UTEP game against North Texas Thursday night Rudy Gutierrez / El Paso Times
And now it really gets difficult.
UTEP will travel to Birmingham to face UAB Thursday night, then move over Saturday evening to Murfreesboro to take on Middle Tennessee. UAB is 13-7 overall, 4-3 in Conference USA play. Middle Tennessee is 15-4 and 6-1 in league play.
It begins tough. And then gets tougher.
"No question, it’s a tough stretch going to UAB and Middle,” UTEP interim head coach Phil Johnson said. "They are probably two of the most talented teams in our league and I think they are two teams that, if given the opportunity to go to the postseason, could really do some damage.