HARTFORD, Conn. — Hasheem Thabeet had 16 points and 12 rebounds and No. 2 Connecticut routed Bryant 88-58, giving coach Jim Calhoun his 780th career win.
The victory moves Calhoun into a tie with Lou Henson and Lute Olson for eighth on the all-time list.
Thabeet led five Huskies in double figures. Craig Austrie scored 15, A.J. Price and Jeff Adrien each had 14, and Jerome Dyson added 11 for UConn (6-0).
Cecil Gresham, who is from the Hartford suburb of Bloomfield, scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half for Bryant (1-3), which is playing its first year in Division I. He was 6-of-9 from 3-point range.
The Huskies closed the first half with a 23-8 run and led 45-28 at intermission.
NO. 4 PITTSBURGH 57, WASHINGTON ST. 43: At Newark, N.J., Sam Young scored 15 points and Levance Fields added 14 to lead Pittsburgh to the Legends Classic championship. The Panthers (7-0) were able to win despite shooting 35.4 percent from the field (17-of-48). They did it with solid inside defense over the final five minutes, holding the Cougars (5-1) to three points in that span.
DAYTON 89, NO. 15 MARQUETTE 75: At Hoffman Estates, Ill., Rob Lowery scored a career-high 21 points and Dayton used its depth and quickness to win the Chicago Invitational Challenge. The Flyers' 6-0 start is their best since winning the first nine games in 2003-04.
NO. 13 UCLA 89, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 54: At Los Angeles, freshman guard Jrue Holiday scored 20 points and UCLA cruised to the win.
NO. 16 XAVIER 60, MIAMI (OHIO) 53: At Cincinnati, Derrick Brown scored a career-high 23 points Saturday, and Xavier overcame cold shooting and the loss of another point guard to stay unbeaten. The Musketeers improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1996-97, when they won their first 10 games.
NO. 22 MIAMI 79, STETSON 65: At Coral Gables, Fla., Cyrus McGowan scored 14 points to lead Miami to the win.
NO. 25 WISCONSIN 67, WIS.-MILWAUKEE 46: At Madison, Wis., Trevon Hughes scored 16 points and Joe Krabbenhoft added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Wisconsin. Wisconsin is 24-1 overall against the Panthers.