There's plenty of subjects to address off Saturday's win at Georgetown.

First, what UConn is lacking in quantity it is making up for with quality as far as bench play.

With Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery throwing up more bricks than they normally do, other players had to step up to shake off the pesky Hoyas. Kaili McLaren, playing in her hometown, and Tiffany Hayes came off the bench to provide quality minutes. At game's end, five players including four starters hit double figures led by Tina Charles' 17 points but the impact of McLaren and Hayes should not be overlooked.

McLaren had an extra bounce in her step, especially in the first half. After the game, she dodged a question on whether her left knee was feeling any better but she seemed to be moving without restriction from my vantage point.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma said he was unaware that his team's record (21-0) will be the same heading into Tuesday's Rutgers game as it was last year heading into the first contest against the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers won the game, the only regular-season loss for the Huskies in the 2007-08 season.

"I don't really remember that kind of stuff," Auriemma said. "It's another game for us. We look at it, one weekend it was Syracuse/Carolina, another weekend it was Cincinnati/Louisville, this weekend it is Georgetown/Rutgers. Last year we lost to Rutgers, we went to the Final Four and they didn't. What happens in February doesn't really affect anything that is going to happen in March. We're going to play on Tuesday and we are going to play well. We always do against Rutgers."

Will Rutgers play well? The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 59-56 loss to South Florida and after the game Rutgers' coach C. Vivian Stringer wondered aloud if her team was good enough to get into the NCAA tournament.

"I think they knew they were going to struggle when they lose two kids like they did (WNBA first-round draft picks Matee Ajavon and Essence Carson) who were great players. That is not easy to replace and you have (four) freshmen who at times have struggled. I don't think their style of play has changed. I don't see them going out and getting 90 all of a sudden and giving up 80. Their games are played the same way, the tempo is the game, the goal is the same. That's Vivian's style and she's been pretty successful with it."

Auriemma also touched on his experience attending the calling hours for former North Carolina State coach Kay Yow on Friday.

"They said it (the hours) was going to be 10-2, I can't imagine they got everybody through there from 10-2. I was able to get there a little after 9 before it got crazy and get back for practice. I got a chance to see Kay's sisters and her brother and a lot of people who were involved when Kay started at NC State. It was good for me to get caught up on all of that. I got caught up with Debbie Yow, talking about what Kay means to the ACC and what she meant to women's basketball in general. I am glad I went."

One last item, UConn is working on trying to set up visits for a pair of talented juniors currently on their recruiting radar. Lauren Engeln, a wing from Laguna Hills, Calif. had planned on visiting in late November and be in Connecticut to watch the UConn/Oklahoma game. However, those plans fell through. Currently, Engeln and her family are hoping to be on campus when UConn hosts Pittsburgh on Feb. 15 although nothing is set in stone just yet. Things could be more challenging in setting up a visit for Michala Johnson, a 6-foot-3 forward/center from Montini Catholic in Lombard, Ill. because Johnson recently had knee surgery and traveling with a surgically-repaired knee is never an easy chore. While the recruiting process is always in a state a flux, it appears as if they are the only two players UConn is trying to get onto campus at the current time.