The UTEP women's basketball team hasn't released a schedule yet, but the Conference USA portion of it is set.
The defending regular-season champions will have a rare New Year's Day league opener against UTSA, the first of the 18-game C-USA slate that includes two games against the Roadrunners, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Florida International and Florida Atlantic and one game with the other eight teams.
The schedule is mostly favorable to UTEP, though they will be at likely preseason favorite Middle Tennessee on Feb. 4 two days after playing at UAB. The best part is they don't have the grueling Western Kentucky-Marshall trip this year, as those two will be in the Haskins Center Jan.