At just 23 years old, Paige Bueckers has already cemented herself as a force in women’s basketball: She’s the fastest player in UConn history to reach 2,000 career points; she was the first freshman to nab the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy—and, come next month, she’s widely projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft.

UConn's Paige Bueckers announced Friday that she will declare for the WNBA draft, opting to forgo her final year of college eligibility.

UConn star Paige Bueckers will enter the 2025 WNBA Draft. Bueckers, 23, was thought to have possibly foregone the 2025 draft, play in Unrivaled, and then declare for the draft in 2026. But Bueckers put those notions to bed and will enter the draft following the Huskies tournament run,

Paige Bueckers scored 31 points and No. 2 seed UConn held off short-handed No. 1 seed Southern California 78-64 on Monday to win the Spokane (Wash.) Region 4 and advance

Without JuJu Watkins, who suffered a torn ACL in the second round, USC struggled to keep pace with Bueckers. The senior guard tallied 31 points on 9-of-18 shooting, three rebounds

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Paige Bueckers has been an elite basketball star since high school and through her career with the UConn women's basketball team.

Coming into the game against USC, Bueckers had recorded 413 total NCAA Tournament points through her four-year playing career at UConn, good for the eighth most of all-time. With

UConn is in pursuit of its 12th national championship and the first since 2016. Here's a look at the Huskies roster: