ESPN is bullish on the state of the game. Next year on ESPN2, there will be a women's game every Monday night.

And the folks in Bristol, Connecticut think it might be good that the Huskies aren't in Indy this year.

"Maybe for a casual fan that doesn't invest all that much time, if it's Connecticut and Tennessee every year, how much time do I really have to invest in the regular season and the early rounds of the tournament?" VP John Wildhack said. "Now when you see Connecticut bounced out of the Sweet 16, maybe I'd better spend some time or I'm going to miss some pretty good stories and some pretty good games."

Tennessean columnist David Climer, however, says it's just not the same without Geno.