UTEP men’s basketball finalizes 2024-25 schedule
EL PASO, Texas - The schedule for the 2024-25 UTEP men’s basketball season has been finalized, head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday.
The 18-game Conference USA slate was released in July, and the Miners have now completed putting together the 13-contest nonconference schedule.
UTEP will participate in a pair of tournaments building up to league action.
It will play in the Ball Dawgs Classic (Nov. 25-27) in Las Vegas, Nev., in addition to hosting the 63rd-annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational (Dec. 20-21).
There will be seven home games as part of nonconference play, including squaring off against a Tarleton State program that won 25 games while making a run to the CIT semifinals a year ago.
The Texans are under the direction of former Miner head coach Billy Gillispie, who led the Orange and Blue to the 2004 WAC title and earned a bid to the “Big Dance.”
UTEP has a trio of true road trips, including venturing to ACC country to battle perennial power Louisville. There are also the three neutral-site contests in Vegas.
The campaign tips off at home vs. Sul Ross State (Nov. 4) as part of a doubleheader with the UTEP women’s basketball team.
Other nonconference games set for the “Sun City” feature UTPB (Nov. 12), Seattle U (Dec. 7), Tarleton State (Dec. 16), Jackson State (Dec. 20), Akron or Yale (Dec. 21) and Northern New Mexico (Dec. 28).
The tilts against Jackson State and either Akron or Yale will occur during the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational.
The Orange and Blue’s initial road contest will be at Utah Valley (Nov. 9), with games at UCSB (Nov. 20) and at Louisville (Dec. 11) rounding out the nonconference tilts in hostile territory.
The Miners will play three times in three days in the “Sin City” for the Ball Dawgs Classic, challenging San Jose State (Nov. 25), 2024 NCAA Tournament participant Long Beach State (Nov. 26) and UNC Greensboro (Nov. 27), which won 21 games last year.
Golding will have plenty at his disposal for the 2024-25 season, with the Miners returning all eligible scholarship players from last year’s team that made the program’s first appearance in the CUSA championship contest since 2011. There are five seniors on the roster, who are in the form of Honorable-mention All-CUSA member and All-Defensive team honoree Otis Frazier III, Corey Camper Jr., Derick Hamilton, Baylor Hebb and Kevin Kalu.
2024 CUSA Freshman of the Year David Terrell Jr. is ready to take the next step, as are fellow 2024 CUSA All-Freshman team members Trey Horton III and Elijah Jones. Guard Antwonne Holmes and forward Babacar Mbengue, who both redshirted last year, will suit up for the Orange and Blue.
JUCO All-American Ahamad Bynum, Tarleton State transfer Devon Barnes, three-star HS recruit KJ Thomas, JUCO Region XIV regular-season champion DaCannon Wickware, El Paso native Jordan Thomas and freshman Raijon Dispensa will inject some talent as newcomers to an already experienced roster.
Season tickets are now on sale and may be purchased through the Eisenberg Family Ticket Office by calling (915) 747-UTEP, emailing tickets@utep.edu, visiting www.UTEPMiners.com/Tickets, or in person at 201 Glory Road (Brumbelow Building, UTEP Campus), Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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2024-25 UTEP Men’s Basketball Schedule
| Date | Day | Opponent | Location |
| Nov. 4 | Monday | Sul Ross | Don Haskins Center |
| Nov. 9 | Saturday | at Utah Valley & | Orem, Utah |
| Nov. 12 | Tuesday | UTPB | Don Haskins Center |
| Nov. 20 | Wednesday | at UCSB | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Nov. 25 | Monday | vs. San Jose State $ | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Nov. 26 | Tuesday | vs. Long Beach State $ | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Nov. 27 | Wednesday | vs. UNC Greensboro $ | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Dec. 7 | Saturday | Seattle U | Don Haskins Center |
| Dec. 11 | Wednesday | at Louisville | Louisville, Ky. |
| Dec. 16 | Monday | Tarleton State & | Don Haskins Center |
| Dec. 20 | Friday | Jackson State ^ | Don Haskins Center |
| Dec. 21 | Saturday | Akron/Yale ^ | Don Haskins Center |
| Dec. 28 | Saturday | Northern New Mexico | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 2 | Thursday | LA Tech * | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 4 | Saturday | Sam Houston * | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 11 | Saturday | NM State * | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 16 | Thursday | at Liberty * | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Jan. 18 | Saturday | at FIU * | Miami, Fla. |
| Jan. 23 | Thursday | Jax State * | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 25 | Saturday | Kennesaw State * | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 30 | Thursday | at WKU * | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| Feb. 1 | Saturday | at Middle Tennessee * | Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Feb. 8 | Saturday | at NM State * | Las Cruces, N.M. |
| Feb. 13 | Thursday | FIU * | Don Haskins Center |
| Feb. 15 | Saturday | Liberty * | Don Haskins Center |
| Feb. 20 | Thursday | at Kennesaw State * | Kennesaw, Ga. |
| Feb. 22 | Saturday | at Jax State * | Jacksonville, Ala. |
| Feb. 27 | Thursday | WKU * | Don Haskins Center |
| March 1 | Saturday | Middle Tennessee * | Don Haskins Center |
| March 6 | Thursday | at Sam Houston * | Huntsville, Texas |
| March 8 | Saturday | at LA Tech * | Ruston, La. |
&- CUSA/WAC Scheduling Initiative
$- Ball Dawgs Classic (Las Vegas, Nev).
^- WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational
*- CUSA Games
Home Games in Bold
