I know some folks don't like having a non-conference game in the middle of the conference season; but, if you want to play in these big-time matchups which will garner prime-time TV slots, you just have to go with it.
But, I don't think it was a coincidence that this game fell a couple of days after UConn was already in Houston for their matchup with UofH. It was the most "convenient" time for UConn, no doubt. They probably arrived in Houston on Thursday or Friday, practiced, then played the game on Saturday. They drove to Austin on Sunday, practiced, and then played the game on Monday. At just about any other point of the season, they would have had to fly to Austin one day prior to the game, at the earliest, and perhaps suffer the effects of a long flight from Hartford to Austin.
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