Getting teams which not only have the opening for a three-game tournament but also would bypass trips to exotic locations like Cancun and the U.S. Virgin Islands to head to Storrs isn't the easy task in the world. Add in the fact that teams aren't exactly to lining up a UConn team which could have the next two overall No.1 WNBA draft picks and there are no ranked teams joining the top-ranked Huskies.

But it should be noted that Clemson, Hofstra and Richmond are a combined 7-2 (not including Clemson's game against Kennesaw State tonight).

Here's the schedule of the six games being played at Gampel Pavilion between Friday and Sunday

Friday
Clemson vs. Richmond, 5 p.m.
Hofstra vs. UConn, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday
Clemson vs. Hofstra, 5 p.m.
Richmond vs. UConn, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday
Hofstra vs. Richmond, 2 p.m.
Clemson vs. UConn, 4:30 p.m.

Now here's a synopsis of the three visiting teams
CLEMSON (2-1 not including game against Kennesaw State)
Lele Hardy is a 5-foot-10 senior guard closing in on Clemson's record for career steals and is closing in on the 1,200-point mark. One of 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy preseason watch list, Hardy is averaging 16.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.3 steals in the first three games of the season. She is one of three Tigers averaging more than 10 points a game while point guard Keyrra Gillespie averaged 9.3 points, 7.3 assists and 37 minutes in the first three games.

Clemson's win over South Carolina is the best result of the season among the three other teams coming to Storrs.

HOFSTRA (2-0)
Shante Evans (14 points, 8.5 rebounds) leads four players in double figures. Unlike the first three teams UConn has played this season, the Pride does not rely heavily on the 3-point shot. Hofstra has attempted 10 3's and had four of them. Nicole Capurso (3 for 9) has attempted all but one of the treys.

Hofstra has two players who started their careers in the Big East on the roster. Asia Jenkins went to Cincinnati as a freshman but did not play while Marie Malone had 10 points and 11 rebounds in 13 games for West Virginia in the 2007-08 season.

RICHMOND (3-1)
The Spiders' best player is a high-scoring Delaware native (and UConn fans seem to love their high-scoring Delaware natives) Brittani Shells, a junior guard from Camden, Delaware who is averaging 16.8 points, 5.8 rebounds with 12 assists and 10 steals.

From the familiar name department, I bring you Crystal Goring, the younger sister of one-time UConn recruit Gillian Goring. While Gillian never played a game at Gampel Pavilion, Crystal will get that chance.

Staying on the subject of ex-Connecticut recruits, former UConn forward/center Kristen Phillips, who came in with the same class as Tina Charles, Kaili McLaren, Meghan Gardler and Jacquie Fernandes before transferring to Richmond, will not play this season because she is still being bothered by a foot injury.