The crowds are back, the excitement is back, but the noise appears to be louder than two years ago when the Miners made a historic run to the WNIT championship.
And the atmosphere is getting noticed — again — as the UTEP women's basketball team readies for a WNIT third-round game with TCU on Thursday night at the Don Haskins Center.
"They have a tremendous home-court advantage," second-year Horned Frogs coach Raegan Pebley said. "Their players feed off their defense, the crowd feeds off the defense. It creates a fun atmosphere for women's basketball.