Texas learned a lot about itself on opening night of the 2016-17 campaign but will need to be a lot better, and quickly so, if the 23rd-ranked Longhorns are going to live up to their preseason hype.The Longhorns look to take another step forward when they host Louisiana-Monroe on Monday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin in the first game of the regional round of the Legends Classic.Texas (1-0) gave up a double-digit lead to upstart Incarnate Word in its season-opener on Friday but rallied in the final minute with an 8-0 run that sealed a 78-73 victory. In the process, the Longhorns improved to 91-20 all-time in season-opening games; Texas has won 14 of its last 15 season-opening contests.Longhorns coach Shaka Smart said the close opening game was good for his youthful team.You really want games like this that you can learn from, Smart said. At the same time theres a humbling side of this which is good which is, man, theres so many things weve got to get better at and improve on. The bottom line is that our guys came back after we relinquished a double-digit lead. Were down one, and after that I thought some guys made some real winning plays.Texas freshmen quartet of forward Jarrett Allen, center James Banks and guards Andrew Jones and James Young logged a combined 114 minutes in the season-opener. Allen recorded his first career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds, Banks blocked five shots and Jones and Young scored 10 points each. The Longhorns were led by senior guard Kendal Yancys 19 points.The Longhorns won Friday without three players who are expected to be big parts of their success this season, guard Kerwin Roach, guard/forward Tevin Mack and forward Mareik Isom. Roach, who is Texas leading returning scorer, and Mack are expected back for Mondays game after sitting out the open on suspension for violating team rules in the offseason.Some of us got a little fatigued, Yancy said of the Longhorns effort against Incarnate Word. We had guys playing over 30 minutes with some of the guys being out. We responded well, and when things werent going our way, we focused on the next thing, so thats pretty exciting.We had four out of seven of the guys playing that are freshmen, responding the way that they did, so Im pretty excited with those guys.Louisiana-Monroe (1-0) rolled to a 96-63 win in its opener Friday against Centenary.Four players finished in double-figure scoring for Louisiana-Monroe, led by junior college transfer guard Jordon Harris 23 points, 20 of which came in the first half. He was 9 of 11 from the floor including a 5 of 7 showing from 3-point range.Forward Travis Munnings recorded his first double-double of the year with 16 points and 13 rebounds while guard Nick Coppola added 14 points with seven rebounds and seven assists and junior college transfer guard Marvin Jean-Pierre added 13 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the floor in his first game as a Warhawk.Overall, Louisiana-Monroe shot 54.4 percent on its field goals and was 12 of 29 from beyond the arc. The Warhawks led 12-6 at the under-16-minute time out, forged a 13-0 run over the next three minutes to stretch their lead to 19 points never looked back.The Warhawks entered the season off back-to-back 20-win campaigns and a second-place finish in the Sun Belt Conference last year. Louisiana-Monroe faces a tough task in Austin on Monday and they know it.We are still going to be a work in progress in each game but it was great to see positives today, Louisiana-Monroe coach Keith Richards said. Jordan Harris shot it really well in the first half. Coming out of junior college, he had a strong 3-point shooting reputation but hasnt shown that in practice. Its encouraging to see that today.Travis Munnings is a year further along and he controls the ball a lot better as an all-around player, Richards added. He is a better all-around player and is a key piece of this team for the upcoming season. Peyton Manning Broncos Jersey . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Noah Fant Youth Jersey .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. http://www.thebroncosstoreonline.com/Youth-Dennis-Smith-Broncos-Jerseys/ . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. Brian Dawkins Broncos Jersey . 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The Bills signed Harvin during the 2015 offseason, and he played in the first five games of last season before he was sidelined by lingering hip and knee injuries.Harvin had his injured knee scoped in January and said Tuesday that he decided to retire because his body wasnt allowing him to play at the level he wanted.It was time for me to just step back, let my body heal without trainers putting a timeline on it or being rushed, he said.I actually thought I was done. I was at peace pretty much the first five weeks of the NFL [season]. I really wasnt focused on football, I didnt have an urge to go play. I was just kind of relaxing and letting my mind just chill. As the five weeks went by, the next month came and the body started feeling good, so the mind started wandering a little bit.General manager Doug Whaley told WGR 550 on Tuesday that senior vice president of football administration Jim Overdorf floated the idea of re-signing Harvin.?The team approached its former receiver about two weeks ago with the idea of returning, Harvin said.The Bills have been without Sammy Watkins (foot) for the past six weeks, and he is not eligible to return to play from injured reserve until Nov. 27. Robert Woods has also been limited in recent weeks with a foot injury, while depth options Greg Salas (groin/injured reserve), Marquise Goodwin (concussion) and Brandon Tate (concussion) also have missed time.Because Harvin has not practiced or played in over a year, Whaley acknowledged that the receiver might not be able to play Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks.Hes a dynamic playmaker, Whaley told reporters Tuesday. Well see if he can regain that form. He has confidence in himself, and we have confidence that he can get back to that level. When that will happen, obviously thats going to take some time. Maybe its not, but thats what the practices are for, and thats why we wanted to get him in now.With Seattle coming up and then the bye week, and then the week before [Week 11 against] Cincinnati, we can get a good three weeks of working him in and getting him back to football shape and integrated into this offense.Whaley said that there was miniimal contact with other teams prior to Tuesdays 4 p.ddddddddddddm. NFL trade deadline and the Bills preferred re-signing Harvin because it did not require giving up draft assets or a player in a trade.In Buffalo last season, Harvin showed brief flashes of what made him a star early in his career. He caught a 51-yard touchdown pass in the regular-season opener and caught 19 receptions for 218 yards in five games before being sidelined because of his injuries. When Harvin did not travel to London with the Bills for a Week 7 game last October, coach Rex Ryan said, I dont know where he is right now.That whole thing, it was a bunch of frustration, not knowing whether to rehab, whether to go with the doctors up here, whether to listen to my body, Harvin explained Tuesday. It was a lot of things I was trying to play out in my head.To make room on their 53-man roster for Harvin, the Bills placed sixth-year starting safety Aaron Williams on injured reserve because of a neck injury.Williams did not practice or play last week after being blindsided on a block from Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry on Oct. 23. Williams was taken to a hospital for evaluation but was later cleared to travel back to Buffalo with his team. Landry was later fined $24,309 for the hit, which was flagged for unnecessary roughness but did not result in an ejection.Williams father told The Associated Press last week that his son would reconsider his playing future after this season. Williams, 26, missed 13 games last season because of a neck injury suffered when trying to make a diving tackle in a Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots. He was taken from the field in an ambulance during that game and experienced numbness in parts of his body that required surgery to shave vertebrae in his neck.Whaley did not rule out making Williams the Bills designated player to return from injured reserve later this season, although Williams is not eligible to return to practice until Dec. 13 and cannot play until the regular-season finale against the New York Jets.Harvin, who was selected with the 22nd overall pick of the 2009 draft out of Florida, has 351 career receptions for 4,020 yards and 22 touchdowns. His production has dipped since posting career highs in catches (87) and receiving yards (967) for the Minnesota Vikings in 2011. ' ' '