For months, officials hadn't announced who the 8th participant in the 2013 Battle For Atlantis would be, but today we found out it would be the Iowa Hawkeyes.

In a game that many thought would be a dogfight to the end, the Miners came out with their worst defensive performance of the year and fell 85-67.

Open Game Thread for all CUSA Tournament Games.

Day 3 gives us the final 4 teams of the CUSA tournament hungry for that title and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

It was a solid offensive performance Thursday afternoon, one that saw six Miners score in double figures. In the end, they walked away with an 80-69 victory over Houston, and advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament.

Round 2 Predictions: #2 Southern Mississippi over #7 UAB 75-69 #3 UTEP over #6 Houston 65-61 #4 East Carolina over #5 Tulsa 71-62 #1 Memphis over #8 Tulane 73-59

The Conference USA tournament kicks off tomorrow afternoon in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center.

The UTEP Miners and the SMU Mustangs square off in each team's regular season finale Saturday afternoon in Garland, TX.

The UTEP Miners have clinched the number three seed in next weeks CUSA tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It was a hard fought game that came down to the wire Tuesday night in the Haskins Center, but in the end the Miners fell 56-54 at the hands of #25 Memphis.