According to the Rutgers schedule, the Jan. 26 game at the RAC will tip at 7:30 p.m. The start times for games at South Florida on Dec. 2, against Louisville in the XL Center on Jan. 15, at Cincinnati on Jan. 29 and at Providence on Feb. 12 have yet to be announced.

Also, tickets are going fast for UConn's championship dinner which will be held on Oct. 7 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. For as long as tickets remain, those interested should fill out the championship dinner invite and send it to:

UConn Athletic Development
Attn: Women's Basketball National Championship Dinner
2111 Hillside Road, Unit 3078
Storrs, CT 06269

The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. but there will be a meet and greet for those who purchased tickets to the special reception which starts at 5:30 p.m.

Speaking of UConn fans, the Hutchinsons are making news thanks to a story by the Associated Press' Doug Feinberg documenting their decision to travel to the Czech Republic for the FIBA World Championships.

Of course there are no lack of UConn products for the couple from Concord, N.H. to watch as the team is coached by UConn's Geno Auriemma and features UConn senior Maya Moore as well as former Huskies Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Tina Charles, Asjha Jones and Diana Taurasi. Svetlana Abrosimova, a teammate of Bird, Cash, Jones and Taurasi during her UConn playing days, is playing for the Russian squad.

The U.S. finished the first round of pool play with a perfect 3-0 record and begin play in the second round against Canada at 2:15 p.m. today in Ostrava. One of the members of Canada's squad is Notre Dame incoming freshman Natalie Achowna.