Sean Miller and Texas Longhorns men's basketball came up a bit short on the road against the No. 5 UConn Huskies.

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.

While coaching Xavier in the Big East, Texas basketball coach Sean Miller met up with UConn on multiple occasions. Can that help UT spring an upset Friday?

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Texas takes on the No. 5 UConn Huskies after Matas Vokietaitis scored 28 points in the Longhorns' 95-69 victory over the Southern Jaguars.

Despite impressive second-half defense, the Texas Longhorns did not capitalize at the foul line enough to complete the comeback.

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.

Texas' Simeon Wilcher stole and threw down TOUGH dunk against UConn.