The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. is planning to honor UConn’s NCAA Division I basketball record 90-game winning streak later this year.

Josh Sullivan, Director of Basketball Relations for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, said that they will request items for an exhibit but the request likely won’t come until after the season since the Final Four teams also have items showcased at the Hall of Fame and if the Huskies were the make the Final Four, it makes more sense to have Connecticut send all the requested items at once. The exhibit figures to be finished around the time of the June 11 Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

FRESHMEN STRUGGLING FOR CONSISTENCY
At Monday's open practice, Geno Auriemma said he wanted to see more from Samarie Walker and that he was going to have to address that with her. Just like that, Walker netted a career-high 15 points against St. John's two days later. So in the post-game press conference I asked Auriemma if Walker's performance was aided by a heart to heart talk between him and Walker. His answer was more of a far-reaching response on the inconsistencies of the UConn freshmen.

"I don't know what everybody wants me to say, but there was a point in time when our freshmen were making steady progress," Auriemma said. "They've done what pretty much every freshman does, they hit that wall that every freshman does. They have not gotten any better, they are stuck so you get what you get. You get a great night, you get a bad night. You get a great practice, you get a bad practice. There is no consistency so we spent, I'll bet you a huge time during our meetings and in practice talking to these guys about what we need to do, showing them what we need to do and working with them in practice.

Bria (Hartley) was in Shea (Ralph's) office, it had to be three or four hours the other day watching film, talking. Then we went to practice, in one ear and out the other. I asked her 'what was the three hours watching film for?' Typical freshmen, they have no idea. I am sure every other coach int he country is going, yeah, yeah right. (St. John's coach) Kim (Barnes Arico) said that to me today 'Bria is playing great, Samarie is playing great, Stefanie Dolson has been great for you.' So they don't want to hear me complaining. I am just saying that what you expect from normal kids is like what Kelly Faris (brings). A little bit, build on this game, this game, this game. But when you get freshmen, there is no correlation between what they do in practice and what they just did in this game, what they are going to do Friday and what they are going to do in Saturday's Louisville game. Nothing follows so you just kind of flip a coin and hope it comes up heads."

VIEWING CHOICES
Women's basketball fans in the area have other options besides Saturday's noon game against Louisville at the XL Center. UConn signee Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis will lead Mater Dei of Santa Ana, Calif. against New York powerhouse Murry Bergtraum Friday at 6 p.m. at Springfield College as part of the HoopHall Classic.

Amherst College, the No. 1 ranked team in Division III, will play at Wesleyan on Saturday at 4 p.m. It figures to be Amherst's final game at No. 1 since the Lord Jeffs lost to Kean on Tuesday. Amherst is led in scoring by former Guilford High star Jaci Daigneault with an average of 14.4 points per game but the most remarkable aspect of this Amherst team is that Daigneault and Kim Fiorentino leads the team with an average of 21.3 minutes per game.