Sean Miller argues the UConn Huskies’ older core mirrors the toughness, and control that defined Mike Krzyzewski’s teams, unlike recent rosters.

UConn completed the non-league portion of its schedule late Friday with a 71-63 victory over Texas that pushed the Huskies to 10-1 and kept them at No. 5 in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where Michigan remains No. 1 for the fourth straight day.

Alex Karaban scored 18 points, including the 1,500th of his career, as fifth-ranked UConn overcame a poor shooting second half to hold off Texas 71-63.

HARTFORD – The No. 5 UConn men's basketball team (10-1) closed its non-conference slate with a 71-63 win over Texas (7-4) on Friday night at a sold-out

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The Texas Longhorns kept themselves alive against the UConn Huskies thanks to their intense defense.

Heavily favored, UConn pulled out an entirely predictable 71-63 victory over Texas on Friday that felt inevitable throughout — the last lead for the Longhorns came at the 17:12 mark of the first half as the Huskies pulled ahead by as many as 12 points.