South Florida might have come into the game leading all Division I teams in scoring at 89.9 points a game but the Bulls were no match for the vaunted UConn defense.

After Saturday's win over LSU, UConn coach Geno Auriemma was not thrilled with the direction his team was headed in so at practice the next day, there were no offensive sets run until the last half hour. Judging by the performance on Tuesday, his players got the message. Outside of one open 3 in the left corner by Shantia Grace last in the first half, UConn didn't let the duo of Grace and Jazmine Sepulveda breath as they were a combined 2 for 20 from the floor (with the other basket a fluke 3-pointer by Grace which missed so badly that is caught glass and bounced through the net).

It was a physical game. Lorin Dixon was shaken up after colliding with a South Florida player and Tiffany Hayes suffered a scratched eye late in the game. I thought it was ironic that Kalana Greene's lasting memory from her homecoming game at South Carolina was a shiner under her right eye. Now Hayes, who grew up 30 miles away from Tampa, has the discomfort in her eye to deal with.

"It is just a part of basketball, Greene said. "The next game, you kind of get scared and say 'you have scratches, you are tough.' It is a tough team, they play really hard and I can see why they led the nation in scoring."

UConn will remain in Tampa until Friday before heading to Morgantown for Saturday's game against West Virginia.

The rambunctious student section was moved to being directly behind press row meaning we were able to hear all of their creative barbs.

I thought their best line was directed at official Bob Trammell after he made a call which went against the home team.

"You blew it, we were going to give you a box of Rogaine," one fan bellowed at the folically-challenged Trammell.

UConn junior Kaili McLaren was again the subject of taunting as she was back in February of 2007 the last time UConn played at the Sun Dome. They reprised the "cheeseburger" chants when McLaren touched the ball. They also came up with "if Queen Latifah can do it (lose weight) so can you." To her credit, McLaren took the verbal abuse in stride. As she left the court before the game, she turned and smiled back at her tormentors when they started in with the "have another cheeseburger" business. McLaren got the last laugh with five points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and a blocked shot in 19 minutes off the bench.