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RALEIGH, N,C. (AP) - A third straight national title for UConn may be improbable, but it's still possible.<br><br>Alex Karaban came through with a critical 3-pointer and a floater in the lane during a late run that helped the Huskies hold off Oklahoma 67-59 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.<br><br>"Somebody's going to have to put us down in this tournament for us to go away," UConn coach Dan Hurley said of his team, which had a rocky regular season and even fell out of the AP Top 25.<br><br>Karaban had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (24-10), the No. 8 in seed in the West Region. They extended their March Madness winning streak to 13 games, tied with Duke from 1991-93 for the second-longest without missing a tournament.<br><br>Karaban's 3 on the catch from the right wing at the 3:40 mark gave UConn a four-point lead, and he followed with the floater at the 2:18 mark that pushed UConn ahead 64-58.<br><br>Solo Ball scored 14 points to help the Huskies advance to face top region seed Florida, a popular pick both to end UConn's run and win the national title.<br><br>"Once we get out of the first round, we've been pretty good," Hurley said.<br><br>Freshman Jeremiah Fears had 20 points to lead the ninth-seeded Sooners (20-14), who shot 32.1% and made 3 of 17 3-pointers.<br><br>"I couldn't have asked for any better effort from our guys, especially defensively," Sooners coach Porter Moser said.<br><br>Oklahoma: The Sooners were part of the Southeastern Conference's record haul of 14 NCAA bids, though they were one of six SEC teams with a losing league record to get in. They went 7-14 after December.<br><br>UConn: The Huskies stand alongside Duke (1991-92) and Florida (2006-07) as the only teams to win back-to-back titles since UCLA's run of seven straight from 1967-73. While they haven't looked like a national title contender since they lost three straight games in Maui in November, they're still alive for a three-peat after a tough offensive night that included freshman Liam McNeeley missing 11 of 13 shots.<br><br>Karaban, a starter in both of UConn's title runs, came through in the final minutes with the Huskies leading just 57-56. The 3-pointer was the big one, with Karaban firing quickly.<br><br>"I passed one up in the corner and I should have shot that one too, and I wasn't going to make that mistake again," Karaban said.<br><br>Oklahoma got a layup from Jalon Moore (13 points) to tie the game at 54-all at the six-minute mark, but the Sooners managed just one basket the rest of the game.<br><br>Moser said the Sooners had multiple possessions with guards driving into the paint to try shots "in the trees" against UConn's front line during those critical moments.<br><br>Oklahoma also made just 12 of 27 layups (44.4%).<br><br>"I thought our effort possession after possession was outstanding," he said. "That´s not easy to guard as much movement as they have. I thought we guarded it very well. We just had some tough possessions down the stretch, back-to-back trying to take on their big men in there."<br><br>The Huskies face the Gators on Sunday.<br><br>___<br><br>AP March Madness bracket: website and coverage: website Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here.<br><br>Here is my website - [https://aapipledge.us/ sex vn học sinh]