Courtesy of a story on UConn recruiting target Jewell Loyd being named the athlete of the month for January by the Chicago Tribune, here's some more info on the electric 5-foot-10 junior guard from Niles West HS in Skokie, Ill.

Outside the jaw-dropping numbers she is putting up (30.1 points, 15 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 4.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game) and a quote saying "I swear the whole gym stopped" when UConn coach Geno Auriemma walked into the Niles West gym, the most pertinent part of the story for UConn fans is that she is nowhere making a college decision. That goes with what my recruiting sources are telling me about Loyd and that is no trip to UConn is forthcoming in the immediate future.