Just a few things to report:

Lorin Dixon was held out of most of Thursday's practice on advice of the training staff. She is expected to practice on Friday and has been impressing the coaching staff with her work in the preseason.

Most of the open portion of the practice on Thursday was focusing on offensive rebounding and defense. Placing a bubble over the basket, the starting team was given 10 seconds to run offense and expected to go after every offensive rebound. Not that it shock anybody to hear this, but Maya Moore was an absolute terror during this portion of the drill.

With the commitment of Krista Gross, a 6-foot guard/forward from Charlotte, N.C., to North Carolina on Thursday, UConn's next incoming recruiting class will consist of Kelly Faris, a 5-foot-11 guard/forward from Plainfield, Ind. While the UConn staff always keeps its options open, they realize that the odds of getting a top-level player at this point in the process is highly improbable. UConn's recruiting philosophy has always valued quality over quantity and this year in no different. In other words, UConn will not bring in another player just for the sake of it. The good news is the staff can turn its focus to landing a top-flight group in the Class of 2010. The Huskies are off to a good start with a pledge from 6-foot-1 guard/forward Samarie Walker of Dayton, Ohio, considered by many to be the best prospect in the Class of 2010.