UConn beat Georgia Tech at Gampel in the Huskies' season opener, but the number one team in the nation didn't exactly dominate: Tech, who aren't even expected to finish anywhere near the top of the ACC, tied the game up at halftime and came within three after 35 minutes of play.

UConn's superior athletes finally took over, but they had a heck of a scare-- scarier still, if you've watched lots of UConn games, because Tech play very much like Rutgers: swarming defense, lots of backcourt pressure, and a tough-to-watch, turnover-prone, clock-eating offense, featuring plenty of jacked-up last-second threes.

GT came so close because they sank those threes: the Yellow Jackets went 10-15 from long range, the home team just 4-19. "We were just ready," said GT's Alex Montgomery. Maybe that game will get GT ready to pull off some upsets in the ACC; maybe it will get UConn ready for the actual Scarlet Knights.

Also in Storrs, frosh reserve center Heather Buck will miss a few weeks, if not more: she may have mono.