Cody’s Blog

After traveling to Kansas State and suffering their first loss of the season, the Texas Longhorns arrived in Hartford, Connecticut looking to get back on track. For the first half, it looked as if Texas was going to rebound nicely after suffering a tough defeat, but the Connecticut Huskies weren’t done. Althogh without head coach Jim Calhoun due to health related issues, Jerome Dyson’s 18 second half points allowed the Huskies to chip away at the Texas lead and with 12:24 left to play, Dyson’s 17 foot jumper put the Huskies on top by a count of 54-53. UConn did not relinquish the lead the rest of the way, as Kemba Walker scored 11 points from that point to the end of the game to give the Huskies the 88-75 upset victory over the then #1 Texas Longhorns. After dropping two games in one week, the Longhorns are sure to drop a few spots in the polls, but are still considered one of the better teams in the nation.