UConn's Alex Karaabn, who suffered a head injury in the Maui Invitational last week, remains in protocol and will not play against No. 15 Baylor on Wednesday.

The UConn men’s basketball team will be challenged in a ranked matchup against No. 15 Baylor without star leader Alex Karaban at Gampel Pavilion on Wednesday.

UConn coach Dan Hurley told reporters Tuesday that star forward Alex Karaban is out for Wednesday's top-25 matchup against visiting Baylor. Karaban was transported to a hospital in Hawaii last

UConn leading scorer Alex Karaban did not play in the Huskies' 99-45 win against Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday night but is doing better, per coach Dan Hurley.

LAHAINA, Hawaii — UConn forward Alex Karaban was cleared to fly home with the rest of the team shortly before takeoff, a team spokesman said Thursday, after the Southborough native was taken to a hospital with a head injury Wednesday night after the No. 2 Huskies lost, 85-67, to Dayton in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational.

Alex Karaban was cleared to fly home on Thursday after he hit his head on the floor late in UConn's loss to Dayton on Wednesday night.

UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to the hospital for a head injury Wednesday night following the Huskies' third straight loss at the Maui Invitational.

The Southborough native hit his head on the floor late in a loss to Dayton in UConn’s final game at the Maui Invitational.