UConn thumped Marquette on Senior Night. Turner, Strother, Wolff and Crockett started together for the first and last time; the fifth starter, Montgomery, led all scorers with 15.

The tears flowed, but the emotional high-- or low-- will come Monday, when UConn concludes the reg-season at Rutgers. Turner: "I'm not into extra motivation or anything like that. Bottom line, we need to go down there and win."

Mel Thomas did not play: she sprained her ankle on Wednesday, and likely won't return till the Big East tournament.

Marquette played hard. Geno: "It wasn't an easy game. You never felt like we were running away from them. We're starting to get more contributions from more people. We scored 74 points without Mel [Thomas]. That's pretty good. I think our best basketball is still ahead of us."