The hardwoods are polished and ready for tipoff. Now it's time to let the Quick Dish get you primed for the upcoming season. A look at some of the storylines behind the 2001-02 season:

Huge games in Hartford
Fans of Tennessee and UConn will get to insult each other only once in person during the regular season as the teams' home-and-home series has been cut to one meeting this year -- Jan. 5 in Knoxville. Husky fans aren't cheated, however. UConn hosts La. Tech (Dec. 9), Oklahoma (Dec. 22) and Notre Dame (Jan. 21) at the Hartford Civic Center.

	Get your Leon Barmore Bobbing-Head doll now!

Perfect stocking stuffer
Last season the hip must-have was headbands. Now, Bobbing-Head dolls are the craze … at least in Ruston, La. As advertised on Louisiana Tech's official athletic site, a Leon Barmore Bobbing-Head doll is just $10 when you purchase a pair of Lady Techster season tickets. The school's athletic department also is selling them individually for $12, plus shipping and handling.

The 'Mique have moved on
For the first time in six years, when Chamique Holdsclaw arrived as a freshman in 1994, the Lady Vols won't have their 'Mique link. After Holdsclaw graduated, Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall kept the nickname alive, but have now joined Holdsclaw in the WNBA.

Georgia not on their minds
Kelly Miller, Coco Miller and Deanna Nolan have all left Athens, Ga. Apparently some are doubting Andy Landers' ability to find a way to make up for the trio, who combined for more than 44 points and 11 assists a game. Georgia was ranked as low as 25th (Athlon) and 29th (Women's Basketball Journal) in some preseason polls.

Nonconference nuggets
While some late-season conference games could be some of the best matchups of the season (Tennessee and Vanderbilt, for example, meet twice in February), you don't have to wait until 2002 to see some of the elite programs meet. Sunday's State Farm Classic in Durham, N.C., features Duke-Texas Tech and Oklahoma-Purdue. In mid-November, Connecticut and Vandy could meet in the Preseason WNIT final. The Honda Elite Four on Dec. 2 features Tennessee-N.C. State and Duke-Louisiana Tech. A week later on Dec. 9, the Lady Techsters hit the road to take on UConn.

	Point guard Nikki Teasley averaged 14.6 points and was the ACC tournament MVP as a junior.

Teasley, Take II
As a freshman, UNC's Nikki Teasley earned ACC Rookie of the Year honors. In 1998-99, she was a first-team All-ACC Tournament selection. And as a junior in 1999-2000, she was named MVP of the league tournament after scoring 31 points -- including seven 3-pointers -- in the ACC championship game. And then she decided to take a year off and not play in 2000-2001, what would have been her senior season.

Now, Teasley is back, and apparently the 6-foot guard hasn't missed a beat. Already she has been voted one of 30 preseason Naismith award candidates and onto the preseason All-ACC team. Still, fans anxious for Teasley's comeback must wait at least another game. Teasley, who "took the 2000-01 academic year away from school" for undisclosed reasons, will miss UNC's season opener in the Preseason WNIT on Nov. 9 as she serves a one-game suspension for a violation of the NCAA's outside competition rule.

If UNC wins its opener vs. George Mason, Teasley could make her Tar Heel debut on Nov. 11 against either Temple or Evansville. Teasley, who averaged 14.6 points and 6.2 assists as a junior, needs just seven assists to become UNC's career leader. She already holds the team's single-season record for assists (211, 1998-99).

From Rocky Top to Lady Mocs
Kellie Jolly Harper has returned to Tennessee. The former Lady Vols guard and her husband, Jon Harper, have been hired as assistant basketball coaches at Chattanooga. Jolly Harper was an assistant coach at Auburn two seasons before joining the Lady Mocs over the summer. Jolly Harper and Chattanooga play host to Tennessee on Nov. 16 in the Lady Vols' season opener.

News from Nebraska
According to Nancy Lieberman, freshman Katie Robinette might be "the best recruit Nebraska has ever had." In her first exhibition game, Robinette, a 6-2 forward who was voted the Big 12 preseason Freshman of the Year, notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, despite going just 4-for-10 from the field and 1-for-6 from the foul line. The consensus high school All-American from South Sioux City, Neb., had five offensive rebounds and three blocked shots, both team highs.

Catching up to Conradt?
With an overall record of 766-248, Texas coach Jody Conradt is the winningest women's college basketball coach. The four-time National Coach of the Year winner ranks ninth all-time among men's and women's collegiate basketball coaches, and second among all active collegiate basketball coaches (Mount Saint Mary's Jim Phelan ranks first with 816 wins) entering the 2001-02 season.

And while Conradt is sure to keep adding to those wins, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt isn't far behind with an all-time record of 759-152. Tennessee won 31 games last season; Texas won 20.

Melanie Jackson is the women's college basketball editor at ESPN.com.