Eventful afternoon in Hartford: on the one hand, UConn absolutely crushed Syracuse, scoring 107 points; Maya Moore scored her thousandth point on the way. Moore shot 10-14 in three-pointers: she and her team set all sorts of new UConn records.

On the other hand, or knee, frosh three-point ace Caroline Doty went down with a non-contact injury to the same knee she tore up last year. Initial word is "knee sprain," which tells us nothing: we could know later today.

Result: on a day when UConn fans wanted to celebrate their team's best player's moment in the sun, everyone's worried instead, and feeling bad for Caroline. "The highs and the lows," said Moore. "That's like life, you know."

And on the third hand, or leg, or foot, Geno got into some sort of confrontation with Syracuse at the end of the game: he wasn't happy with the 'Cuse's physical play, and seemed to trip over Orangewoman Nicole Michael's foot. "Whatever they were trying to do," he said afterwards, "it didn't work."

This Monday night comes the Big Showdown with the Tar Heels: Voepel, despite the icy cold, can't wait. Hays asks whether UConn's bench can step up.

In the meantime, there's quite a showdown in Voepel country Big Twelveland: at 4pm Eastern, Texas A&M play Oklahoma on TV. Oklahoma hasn't looked great against top teams this year-- but the game is in Norman, so who knows?