Maybe it is wishful thinking on his part after six pretty routine victories, but UConn coach Geno Auriemma believes tomorrow's game against Vermont could be a good one for his team.

"They are an NCAA tournament team, they have a lot of veterans who have played here before, have played well here so I they move the ball around pretty well," Auriemma said. "I think they are an experienced group used to winning and have wins over two ACC schools (Boston College and North Carolina State) and they are a good team to be playing right now."

Vermont is led by seniors Courtnay Pilypaitis (21 points per game) and May Kotsopoulos (20.3), the only Division I teammates to be averaging 20 points per game.

For UConn, junior guard Lorin Dixon's strained hamstring will keep her out of her seventh straight game. The good news is that Dixon took part in shooting free throws off to the side during Wednesday's practice and after practice she was impressive, drilling about 75 percent of her shots from the perimeter (by my unofficial tally).

"She is shooting the basketball, doing some warmups and agility (exercises)," Auriemma said of Dixon. "She'll do nothing (meaning she won't play) tomorrow and then we don't play again until (Dec. 10 against Hartford) so right now the best guest is (Dec.) 10th at the earliest if all goes well."

A couple of milestones to look for:
Tina Charles was 1,050 career rebounds, four behind Jamelle Elliott for the No. 2 spot on UConn's career list. When Meghan Gardler checks into the game, she will become the 54th Husky to play in 100 career games.

Finally, clearing up some recruiting misinformation, highly-touted junior guard Ariel Massengale may end up committing to UConn but I did some checking into this matter and she has not only not visited UConn but has not been offered a scholarship. Now that is normally a formality and ends up occuring usually in that order. There's no question that the UConn coaches like the Bolingbrook (Ill.) guard but until she makes a trip to campus, any timeline for her committing is premature.

My sources indicate that the only junior who have been offered scholarship offers by UConn are Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, a wing out of California powerhouse Mater Dei and Betnijah Laney, a wing out of Smyrna (Del.) High. Mosqueda-Lewis has already committed to UConn while word is that Laney will be taking her time in the recruiting process.

UConn is still in the process of identifying its prime prospects in the junior class although landing at least one post player (Elizabeth Williams out of Virginia Beach, Va. appears to be at the top of the list of post players but then again she is considered by many to be the top post player in her class so UConn will not be alone in their pursuit of Williams).