Paige Bueckers Gets a Perfect Ending at UConn
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After lost seasons, torn ligaments and tough love from Geno Auriemma, Bueckers cemented her era in Storrs by ending the Huskies’ nine-year title drought.
Paige Bueckers is ending her college career on top.
Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC Connecticut's News Headlines newsletter. Bueckers this season is averaging 19.2 points, 4.8 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 0.7 blocks on a 54/41/90 shooting split ...
She checked out with 1:39 to play, the victory long since sealed, and Paige Bueckers appeared to fight back tears as she threw her arms around coach Geno Auriemma. For five years, we’ve seen the smirks,
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The Southern California sophomore guard won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation's outstanding women's basketball player on Saturday. She beat out UConn's Paige Bueckers, who won in 2021, by 46 votes. Watkins was honored as the The Associated Press player of the year on Friday.
Geno Auriemma knew when he recruited Paige Bueckers she was different. After five years, the UConn coach and star player are set to part ways.
The UConn Huskies have won the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship, taking down two No. 1 seeds in USC and South Carolina on their path to glory.