UTEP women's basketball: Miners face UAB in first round of 2015 C-USA Tournament

UTEP (12-15, 7-11) will be the 11th seed, and open the first round action on Wednesday against host and six seed UAB (17-12, 11-7) in the 2015 C-USA Basketball Tournament.

The Miners return to Bartow where they fell 67-52 to the Blazers back on January 29th, tip-off is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time Wednesday, American Sports Network will carry the game, but no listings have been released.

Winner meets two seed Southern Miss. on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time which will also be televised by the American Sports Network.

Western Kentucky is the number one overall seed, Middle Tennessee is the two seed on the Miners side of the bracket.

The first two rounds will be played at Bartow Arena, then the semi-finals and finals will held at Legacy Arena in Downtown Birmingham.

All first round and quarterfinal games will be televised on the American Sports Network, CBS Sports Network picks up the semi-finals and championship game.

Here is the and list of match ups

Wednesday, March 11 - C-USA Championship First Round
(6) UAB vs. (11) UTEP - 11 a.m. (ASN)
(7) Louisiana Tech vs. (10) Florida Atlantic - 1:30 p.m. (ASN)
(8) Charlotte vs. (9) Marshall - 5 p.m. (ASN)
(5) Old Dominion vs. (12) Rice - 7:30 p.m. (ASN)

Thursday, March 12 - C-USA Championship Quarterfinals
UAB/UTEP vs. (3) Southern Miss - 11 a.m. (ASN)
Louisiana Tech/Florida Atlantic vs. (2) Middle Tennessee - 1:30 p.m. (ASN)
Charlotte/Marshall vs. (1) WKU - 5 p.m. (ASN)
Old Dominion/Rice vs. (4) UTSA - 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 13 - C-USA Championship Semifinals
Semifinal #1 - 10 a.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Semifinal #2 - 12:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)

Saturday, March 14 - C-USA Championship Game
Championship - 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)

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