Few teams — maybe no teams — scheduled as aggressively for the nonconference portion of their schedule this season like UConn .

After the turbulent, high-profile failure from last season — when the Huskies fell well short of being Final Four material, let alone winning a third straight national title — Dan Hurley leaned into the obstacles. It would've been understandable if the Huskies merely scheduled competitively.

But look at what's still to come .

They scheduled like they wanted to atone for bad behavior.

On Saturday night, they played like it — for the most part.

The six-pack of notable high-majors Hurley's third-ranked program has on the docket over the next four weeks began on Saturday, with the highly hyped top-10 matchup against No. 7 BYU in Boston at TD Garden. No. 3 C

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