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The conference schedule relents for one game as the Longhorns face one of the weakest teams in the Big 12.

Alex Karaban scored 20 points and hit a clutch jumper with 1:01 to play to help No. 5 UConn outlast No. 15 Texas 81-71 on Monday in the championship game of the Empire Classic in New York.UConn (5-0)

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After Tyrese Hunter sank a 3-pointer to tie the game at 17-17 with 11:03 left in the opening half, the Cougars outscored the Longhorns 23-10 the rest of the way to close the half with a 40-27 lead. Houston went on a 6-0 flurry over the final 0:53 to increase its lead in front of a raucous home crowd.

The Longhorns face the season’s most difficult road game following last month’s overtime loss to the Cougars in Austin.

Tyrese Hunter scored 18 points and No. 19 Texas shot 60.4 percent from the floor on the way to an easy 80-64 victory over Rice on Wednesday in a matchup between former Southwest Conference rivals in A

Dylan Disu racked up 27 points, 19 in a dominating first half, as Texas rolled over visiting West Virginia 94-58 on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference matchup in Austin, Texas.The Longhorns (1

Disu connected on six consecutive 3-point shot attempts, mixing in a dunk and a layup in the first half, before missing his first shot early in the second half. He scored 19 points in the first half and finished with 27 on 10 of 16 from the field, including 7 of 10 from 3-point range.

The senior forward was perfect from the field in the first half as the Longhorns ran the Mountaineers out of the Moody Center with a quickness.

Without question, Texas will be looking to get a bit of revenge when it attempts to offset last months upset loss to West Virginia, but that might not be the