Conference Schedule Released for Aggies' Inaugural CUSA Season

DALLAS – In 173 days the starting lineup for the NM State Aggies men's basketball program will be introduced in front of a home crowd at the Pan American Center for its first official league bout as a member of Conference USA.

On Monday morning, Commissioner Judy McLeod and the CUSA league office released the Aggies' slate of 16 CUSA matchups for their inaugural season in the reshaped conference.

Although NM State will take the court donning a new conference patch on its jersey for its CUSA opener on Saturday, Jan. 6, its first league opponent will be one Aggie fans are familiar with as UTEP makes the trip to Las Cruces for the 225th installment of the Battle of I-10. Despite the two campuses…