Just got off the phone with the newest Husky to be, an exceedingly polite 5-foot-9 lefty guard named Briana Banks out of Northgate High in Newnan, Ga.

Besides setting an unofficial record for saying "yes, sir" during the interview, Banks said the most impressive part of her recent visit to UConn was that the coaches and players did not try to impress her.

"I think the locker room was the biggest thing," Banks said. "It was just a locker room, there were no (frills). Other places there were all flashy (decorations) but it showed what is important to the team and the coaches."

Considering that she played in the same AAU program as Tiffany Hayes, it should come as little surprise that Banks spent some quality time with Hayes when she was at UConn. However, basketball was usually pretty far down on the list of topics they chatted about.

There will be more on Banks in Saturday's edition of the Register.