1966 TWC player Orsten Artis passes away in Indiana
And it begins.
That hectic, frenetic, ever unpredictable 16-game dance through Conference USA begins Thursday night in the Don Haskins Center for UTEP. The Miners — who will chase a championship, chase validation for the hard work and sweat of a season just like 13 other C-USA basketball teams — will host North Texas at 7 p.m. Thursday.
This is that time of year when the intensity floats through an arena, that time when every offensive possession, every defensive stop seems amplified to deafening proportions.