Paige Bueckers explains why the women's basketball boom is no fluke
NEW YORK — Sitting in a suite at the world’s most famous arena is a women’s basketball star of equal acclaim: Paige Bueckers.
In what somehow feels like just yesterday and also a lifetime ago, the UConn women’s basketball point guard had one of the most sensational freshman campaigns we have ever seen from an NCAA basketball player.
After later missing significant time due to a very rare knee injury, she continued playing some of her best basketball yet again once healthy.
Although she was dubbed the most elite women’s basketball player ever by South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, Bueckers surprised her legendary head coach Geno Auriemma and decided not to declare for the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Now in what is very likely her final year of college, she is focused on pursuing her first collegiate national championship before she eventually turns pro.
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