While Super Bowl odds are the hot thing right now, March Madness betting is right around the corner, and one of the favorites to win it all will be aiming to recover from their first win as top-ranked Texas heads to Connecticut to face the unranked Huskies on Saturday.

Texas vs UConn odds – Saturday, 4:00 PM ET

The Longhorns couldn’t escape another first-half deficit as they fell at Kansas State, but the Wildcats northbet.com favorites, are a good team that proved to be a great test for Texas. The Longhorns perhaps needed to regroup and this loss gives them the chance to do so.

The Huskies had lost three straight ahead of Wednesday’s home game against St. John’s, but their minds could be elsewhere as coach Jim Calhoun is taking a medical leave due to unknown issues. The Huskies have lost some talent, but they still should be in the running for the Big East title.

The betting line for this game will be close, and Texas hasn’t played in Storrs since 2000, when they lost by 10 points. The Longhorns have more size and depth than the Huskies, but you can never count out a team when they’re playing for something, or someone. This won’t win the game for UConn, but they’ll keep it close against the Longhorns.

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