Expect official word shortly that UTEP will be the host site for the 2014 Conference USA men's and women's basketball tournaments.
Ironically, this comes in the year of UTEP's 100th anniversary.
The 2013 tournament will be hosted by Tulsa.
Note, too, that this apparently ends talk that UTEP will be moved West into a division with Mountain West teams in what had been talked about as a merge between the Mountain West and Conference USA.
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June 11, 2012
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This may be coincidental. There is nothing ironic about it, Munch, you dolt.
Posted by: Jay White | June 11, 2012 at 04:19 PM
Your last sentence was the exact same thing I thought about when I heard the announcement.
So much for Utep going to the Mountain West any time soon.
If they were to make the move before 2015, C-USA would pull the 2014 tournament.
Enjoy your time playing the East Carolina's of the world!
Posted by: Macho Camacho | June 12, 2012 at 09:58 AM
CUSA has been good for/and to the Miners. The MWC has never done anything except leave the Miners in the lurch and form their own little club. Of late, the MWC chose Nevada, Fresno, Hawaii, Utah State over the extending an invitation to the Miners. More TV sets around any of those schools? Nope.
Who needs the MWC when the Miners have a chance to 1) win the conference in football and 2) be the top basketball team in CUSA.
Who needs the MWC.
Posted by: A fan | June 12, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Fan,
"Win the conference and in football and 2) be the top basketball team in CUSA." I see you've been drinking for a few hours already.
Mike Price hasn't had a winning season in 5 years and will be let go after this season and Floyd has a very green team in his hands.
Let me know if we should get you a cab and ride to AA.
Posted by: Jefe | June 12, 2012 at 05:29 PM
Jefe,
You think we have a better chance winning in football in the MWC, a much tougher football conference?
Without Memphis in the mix, yeah, we can win in basketball. Notice we got the tourney for 2014. Had Memphis been there, no way in blazes do we get another conference tournament. And no way we get one in the MWC, which is also a tougher basketball conference now. So, yeah, I like our chances in CUSA.
And I'd like to see NMSU added to CUSA. They are a natural rival for us.
Posted by: A fan | June 13, 2012 at 10:02 AM