Just received an e-mail with the ratings and it doesn't seem as if the nation was enthralled watching UConn dismantle one opponent after another.

Here's the info provided by Tilea Coleman of ESPN

ESPN’s Women’s College Basketball NCAA tournament delivered a 1.2 HH cvg rtg, 1,175 HHs, down 15% from 2008. Even though there was a ratings slide from last year, this year’s tournament is actually up significantly compared to 2007’s coverage (1.0). ESPN2’s Women’s College Basketball NCAA tournament was down 7% among HHs (0.5 vs. 0.6), averaging 525,000 viewers this year.

Tuesday night's Connecticut-Louisville Championship game on ESPN earned a 2.1 cable rating and 2,005 HHs, down 30.0%, from a 3.0 rating and 2.8 million viewers for Tennessee-Stanford last year.

HALL OUT AT CINCINNATI
J. Kelley Hall's tenure at Cincinnati was a brief one as he was let go after two seasons

CIRONE GETS TRYOUT
Illinois State guard Kristi Cirone has been invited to the Connecticut Sun's training camp

WNBA training camps begin on May 17 and while making a roster as an undrafted player will not be easy especially with the roster maximums cut from 13 to 11, it should be noted that a year ago Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page made the Sun as training camp invitees.