AUSTIN, Texas — The moment is finally here.
The Moody Center is hosting its first regular-season basketball game as the No. 12 Texas Longhorns host the UTEP Miners in only the fifth all-time matchup between the two programs. And the Horns have some ground to make up with a 1-3 record against the school known as Texas Western until it joined the UT System in 1967.
The game features two good friends going head to head — Texas head coach Chris Beard hired UTEP head coach Joe Golding as an assistant at Seminole JC after Golding got his coaching start at South Garland High School.