Dan Hurley gave advice and support to Alex Karaban this week after the forward experienced the lowest point of his UConn men's basketball career.

Alex Karaban must’ve taken the advice from his head coach. Three days after missing a pair of critical free throws in the final seconds of a road loss to Villanova, Dan Hurley telling him to play with his back-to-back national championship rings to move past it,

Alex Karaban scored 19 points, Solo Ball added 15, and No. 9 Connecticut bounced back from its first conference loss of the season to handle Georgetown 68-60.

UConn men's basketball player Alex Karaban bounced back against Georgetown after missing game-winning free throws vs. Villanova.

Karaban missed consecutive free throws for the first time in his college career, and Hurley had just the words to console him

Alex Karaban, whose missed free throws cost the UConn men's basketball team three nights earlier, bounced back with 19 points in a win over Georgetown.

Eric Dixon scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half and Villanova held on for a 68-66 victory over No. 9 UConn on Wednesday night after the Huskies’ Alex Karaban missed two free throws with 3.1 seconds left.

Alex Karaban scored 19 points, Solo Ball added 15, and No. 9 Connecticut bounced back from its first conference loss of the season to handle Georgetown 68-60.