A season after the UTEP women's basketball team went 29-5 but ended up in the WNIT, a big goal for coach Keitha Adams was to get some power conference teams on the schedule.
In the 2016-17 schedule, released Thursday, it looks like the Miners have added five.
The question mark is a tournament in Niceville, Fla. on Dec. 19 and 20 that is still to be announced, but the teams include UTEP, Alabama Pittsburgh and McNeese State. Adams thinks UTEP will end up playing Alabama and Pitt, and what is known for sure is that UTEP will play LSU, North Carolina State and Kansas State in the U.