She’ll make more money in college rather than the WNBA, unless some foreign team pays her a lot overseas
OT: Paige Bueckers goes down w/ Knee injury when #2 UConn up 18 pts & 46 sec Left in Game
- Thread starter Franisdaman
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This will be Paige's 3rd surgery since enrolling at UConn.
The timeline:
April 1 2019 -- Commits to UConn as the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2020
2020-2021 Season:
--Reached the Final Four
--2020-21 consensus national player of the year
--Averaged 20.0 points and 4.9 assists
--Had surgery on her right ankle after the season
2021-2022 Season:
--Injured near the end of UConn's victory over Notre Dame on Dec. 5, suffering in her LEFT KNEE an anterior tibial plateau fracture & lateral meniscus tear. She missed 19 games, then came back in late February.
--Averaged 14.6 points and 4.0 assists
-- Reached the Final Four
2022-2023 Season:
--Aug 3: tore her ACL in her LEFT KNEE in a pick up game & is out for the entire season
Iowa returns all 5 starters from last season.
UCONN will be without 4 starters from last year's National Runner up team. In addition to Paige, UConn lost 3 players to the WNBA draft -- Olivia Nelson-Ododa (3 year starter), Christyn Williams (4 year starter) and Evina Westbrook.
The timeline:
April 1 2019 -- Commits to UConn as the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2020
2020-2021 Season:
--Reached the Final Four
--2020-21 consensus national player of the year
--Averaged 20.0 points and 4.9 assists
--Had surgery on her right ankle after the season
2021-2022 Season:
--Injured near the end of UConn's victory over Notre Dame on Dec. 5, suffering in her LEFT KNEE an anterior tibial plateau fracture & lateral meniscus tear. She missed 19 games, then came back in late February.
--Averaged 14.6 points and 4.0 assists
-- Reached the Final Four
2022-2023 Season:
--Aug 3: tore her ACL in her LEFT KNEE in a pick up game & is out for the entire season
Iowa returns all 5 starters from last season.
UCONN will be without 4 starters from last year's National Runner up team. In addition to Paige, UConn lost 3 players to the WNBA draft -- Olivia Nelson-Ododa (3 year starter), Christyn Williams (4 year starter) and Evina Westbrook.
Maybe Paige came back too soon after last year’s injury?
