Uconn's Paige Bueckers, one of the rising superstars of women's basketball, has confirmed that she will enter the WNBA design of 2025.
The 23-year-old is expected to follow in the footsteps of Caitlin Clark and will be selected with the No. 1 general choice.
There had been some speculation that Bueckers would slow down the WNBA until 2026 in the midst of suggestions that she did not want to play for the Dallas wings.
The wings keep the no. 1 pick, but Bueckers told ESPN on Friday that she will place her name in the design. She still has a year of the eligible university.
Bueckers will participate in a competition that received record -breaking success in 2024 thanks to new superstars such as Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink.
But Napheeesa Collier recently set the treatment of Clark and the Indiana fever – before the new season has even started.
UConn Star Paige Bueckers has confirmed that she will enter the WNBA concept of 2025
She is expected to follow in the footsteps of Caitlin Clark and be selected with the No. 1 Pick
Last week it was announced that the fever will have the greatest slate of National Audience in the competition history.
'It is clear that people want to see Caitlin play, and you have to put the people on TV who want to see people. But at the same time there are stars everywhere in the competition, and you also want good basketball, “Collier said.
Bueckers will add even more star power to the competition, but first she has unfinished things with the huskies.
Uconn, the no. 2 Seed in the Spokane 4 region, is opposite No 3 Oklahoma in Sweet 16 on Saturday.
This season, the guard leads the Huskies in scoring (19.2 points per game) and assists (4.8), as a result of which 4.4 rebounds are added per match. She shoots 41.1 percent of 3-point range and 90.2 percent of the free throw line.
