In a perfect world, UConn coach Geno Auriemma would have had multiple letters of intent coming into the university's athletic offices on Wednesday - the first day of the early signing period.

However, the incoming freshman class will be a class of one with the one being 5-foot-11 guard/forward Kelly Faris out of Plainfield, Ind. Faris will be a valuable addition to the UConn program, a heady team-orientated wing player known for her toughness and intangibles. But barring any late surprises, she will be the only high schooler to join the program next fall.

"Some years you get hot and you get this kid, that kid and this kid that all want to play for you and some years you can only get one or two," Auriemma said.

"I don't like to have too many. I don't like to have more than four, I don't like to have one but sometimes it has happened in the past. It really doesn't impact me, I am not that concerned about it. If we only have one the following year, I will be be really concerned about it."

The UConn staff is eyeing about 10 players in the current high school class including Samarie Walker out of Dayton, Ohio who has orally committed. I will save some space by not throwing names out there simply because it seems too early. A year around this time I remember writing about players like Mikaela Reuf and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt neither of whom even made a visit to UConn or seriously in the mix to land at UConn. It seems premature to throw names out right now, just seems a little early. If highly-touted juniors start making visits to UConn like Walker and Olivia Bresnahan, a guard out of Pittsburgh, did then I will change my tune.

The last time for this entry is a possible return to bringing in foreign teams for one of the preseason exhibition games. With so many top players opting to play in Europe, these makeshift teams like Team SRP just don't have the talent pool necessary to challenge a program like UConn.

"We knew going in tonight that this was not going to be a good test so we have to work out what we are going to do here," Auriemma said. "The alternative is we play a
Division I team, close the doors and not let anybody in because that is what you are supposed to do. It is considered a scrimmage with no attendance, no nothing or (play) Division II/Division III teams. I think we still can play international teams. We may have to go back and look but you have to make sure you get the
same ones. I think we can firm some things up, I like the Division II angle. I think it is good for us, good for them so maybe in the future we need to look at one Division II team and one team from Europe some place that has a pretty strong roster. The danger is you never know who is going to be on the team. When we agreed to play this team, we didn't think this was going to be the roster."