NCAA gameday discussion: When No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 1 UConn, watch out for Syla Swords and Jovana Popovic

The early-season women’s college basketball menu is often overstuffed with a buffet of blowouts, as top-ranked teams fatten up on overmatched opponents, resulting in games that not only are uncompetitive and sometimes unwatchable, but also uninformative. (Hi, LSU!) And yet, those gluttonous games are balanced by a few delicacies, when top teams please the palates…