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.

UConn defeated Sean Miller and Texas 71-64 on Friday evening at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 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 on Friday night. Tarris Reed Jr.

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.

UConn Huskies' Solo Ball drained a logo 3-pointer to beat the shot clock vs. the Texas Longhorns.

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