When the UTEP women's basketball schedule was released, the Patrick Harrington Classic stood out as something special, and also something that needed an explanation.
The Miners will take on Pitt Monday and Alabama Tuesday in a junior college gym in Niceville, Fla., in a first-year tournament on the Florida Panhandle, an event that may or may not be a one-time deal.
There is, in fact, an explanation, one that had UTEP coach Keitha Adams misting over when she described what these two games mean to her, an explanation that has little to do with basketball and much to do with life.