New-look Texas will look to break into the win column when it hosts Lafayette in Saturday's home opener in Austin, Texas.

It is the first of four straight home games against mid-major opponents for Texas in advance of a trip to Hawaii to play in the Maui Invitational on Thanksgiving week. The stretch should give the Longhorns plenty of time and game activity to get better acclimated to each other and to the demands of new coach Sean Miller.

The Longhorns opened their season and Miller's tenure with a 75-60 loss to No. 6 Duke on Tuesday in the inaugural Dick Vitale Invitational in Charlotte. Dailyn Swain scored 16 points to lead Texas in the loss while Matas Vokietaitis and Jordan Pope had 15 points apiece.

Texas led by a point at the break but surrendered a 10-0 Duke run to open the sec

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