Since the new year began, UTEP has had hopes of turning their season around and clawing their way back to a top-four seed in Conference USA. The team hoped for a repeat of last year, where the Miners received a first-round bye in the conference tournament after a miraculous midseason turnaround.
Since 2018 started, UTEP has played in 12 games and has only come out victorious in two of those contests. For context, UTEP’s only win in two months of play came against Florida international on Jan. 13 and their 3-12 record in their last 15 games .