UConn signee Kelly Faris, who was a perfect 4-for-4 when it came to leading her Heritage Christian team to Indiana 2A championships, finally tasted defeat. Faris finished a distant second to Notre Dame recruit Skylar Diggins in the voting for the Indiana Miss Basketball Award.

Diggins received 175 of the 288 votes, Faris was second with 54 followed by the Penn State bound Alex Bentley.

Here's some info on the Trenton Regional.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.sovereignbankarena.com or by calling Comcasttix at 800-298-4200. The Sovereign Bank Arena box office will be open weekdays from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The drill is the same as in Storrs as Saturday's practices are open to the public.

Here is the practice schedule
California noon-1 p.m.
UConn 1:05-2:05 p.m.
Arizona State 2:10-3:10 p.m.
Texas A&M 3:15-4:15 p.m.

One aspect of last night's game that pretty much slipped under the radar is that UConn will (gasp) actually have to play six games outside the state of Connecticut if the Huskies are to win the 2010 NCAA championship.

Since UConn made its NCAA tournament debut in 1989, the Huskies have played at least one tournament game in the Nutmeg State. Originally the streak was supposed to end this year but when the decision was made to revert back to the 16 subregionals and end the unsuccessful system of playing the first two rounds at eight predetermined sites, Gampel Pavilion was one of the eight sites added to the previously announced eight hosts sites.

Since tournament rules prohibit conference opponents from meeting in the first or second round, it is safe to assume that UConn won't be sent to Louisville, Notre Dame or Pittsburgh for the 2010 subregionals. I think you can cross off the subregional in Knoxville, Tennessee off the list as well leaving Albuquerque (New Mexico), Ames (Iowa), Austin (Texas), Berkeley (California), Cincinnati (Ohio), Durham (North Carolina), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Norfolk (Virginia), Norman (Oklahoma), Seattle (Washington), Tallahassee (Florida) and Temple (Arizona) as potential locales for UConn's first and second-round games. I would say that Norfolk and Minneapolis would be the early leaders in the clubhouse and don't be stunned if UConn ends up having to play a No. 8 or 9 seed on their home court just like Duke had to. Of course, UConn hopes to have a little more success than the Blue Devils who lost at Michigan State to end a run of 11 straight trip to the regionals for the Duke program.

The 2010 regionals are in Dayton (Ohio), Kansas City (Missouri), Memphis (Tennessee) and Sacramento (California) and the Final Four is in San Antonio, Texas.

Finally, there is an update on former UConn star Svetlana Abrosimova on the FIBA Europe web site although it does not address her intentions regarding the WNBA.