UConn accomplished the non-league portion of its schedule late Friday with a 71-63 victory over Texas that pushed the Huskies to 10-1 and stored them at No. 5 in Saturday morning’s up to date CBS Sports activities Prime 25 And 1 each day faculty basketball rankings, the place Michigan stays No. 1 for the fourth straight day.
It has been a pleasant first six weeks of this season for Dan Hurley’s program.
Regardless of five-star freshman Braylon Mullins being restricted to 5 appearances to date, and Tarris Reed Jr., the staff’s main rebounder, enjoying in simply six of UConn’s first 11 contests, the Huskies have just one blemish on their report so far — a 71-67 loss to Arizona through which neither Mulllins nor Reed participated. Put one other manner, it is cheap to imagine that if the Huskies had been at full power all season, they could actually be undefeated proper now and ranked No. 1 within the Related Press Prime 25 ballot.
In opposition to Texas, Mullins and Reed each began, performed large minutes and mixed for 22 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Mullins, a 6-foot-6 guard, made two of the 4 3-pointers he tried and reached double-figures (10 factors) in scoring for the third time in a four-game span.
“I feel he is simply gonna grow to be a lot extra harmful,” Hurley predicted following the eight-point victory over Texas.
Subsequent up for UConn is Tuesday’s Huge East opener in opposition to Butler. KenPom.com tasks the Huskies as 80-68 winners in that one and at the moment has them ending 16-4 within the convention, one sport forward of St. John’s.
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