Dan Hurley and his staff put together one of the most challenging and highly-anticipated schedules UConn has ever had, with a total of nine games against teams ranked in the preseason AP poll, all with their own unique storylines.

Here are six that stand out:

Nov. 15 vs. BYU, FOX

Only three games into the season, it’ll be a dual homecoming of sorts for UConn captain Alex Karaban (from Southborough, Mass.) and BYU’s stud freshman A.J. Dybantsa (from Brockton, Mass.) in an early top-10 matchup at Boston’s TD Garden. In his second year coaching the Cougars, Kevin Young has put a competitive roster around the versatile 6-foot-9 forward who is expected to be a top pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, adding former Baylor point guard Robert Wright III to a lineup that features experience in seni

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