Back in the comfort of my own home after spending much of the last five days in Hartford and after watching UConn dismantle three likely NCAA-bound teams including a Louisville team that is a legit Final Four contender, I suddenly have the urge to do my best John McEnroe "YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS" impersonation.

I certainly did not see 75-36 coming and really the game wasn't even that close. UConn has played against Angel McCoughtry before but never made her look so ordinary.

"They were just everywhere," said McCoughtry, who was 3 for 16 shooting en route to just nine points. "Everywhere you went there was somebody there, they were active and aggressive. That is the kind of defense you need to win championships."

If Tiffany Hayes was impressive in the shutting down of Villanova's Laura Kurz in the semifinals, Kalana Greene's performance against McCoughtry was simply astonishing. So was the performance of Maya Moore (10 of 13 from the floor, a Big East tournament championship record 28 points). When Moore headed to the bench for the final time with 7:52 to play, the score was Maya Moore 28, Louisville 27.

Just think how many points UConn would have won the three games by if Renee Montgomery had her normal shooting performance? Seeing Tina Charles and Greene putting together three straight impressive games can't make the rest of the country too happy.

A few observations

I didn't do the math but it seemed as if Geno Auriemma stayed with his starters (even with foul trouble) more in the last two games than at any point this season. I guess it was the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality.

Are there are more questions who should have been named the Big East's Player of the Year? Looks like the coaches got it right.

There were a couple of impressive moves by the coaches tonight. First, Auriemma calling a timeout so Louisville could sub in for injured Louisville point guard Deseree Byrd was all class. By the way, Walz said in the post-game press conference that he didn't think the injury to Byrd was serious.

Louisville's Jeff Walz not bringing his seniors McCoughtry and Candyce Bingham back when Auriemma pulled all his starters tells me that Walz gets it. I can't tell you how many times I have seen teams spring to life feasting on UConn's reserves. Walz made the right move by matching reserves with reserves.

The perplexed look on Moore's face when she was asked why UConn didn't cut down the nets after winning the Big East title was priceless. If ever you needed to know how high the standards are at UConn, it was at that very moment. Kalana Greene stepped in and informed the question asker that UConn has never cut down the nets the three times she has been a member of the Big East championship team. I imagine the only time the scissors will be used on nets would be if UConn wins the national championship.

The last item is an update on Jess McCormack. I heard back from her this afternoon and she finally did have surgery to clean up the area around her Achilles tendon on Wednesday and will be on crutches and in a cast until March 18. When the cast comes off, she will start the rehabilitation. There will be more on the story in Wednesday's edition of the Register.