Paige Bueckers and UConn’s challenge
With a program that is the most winner of the NCAA, Paige Bueckers hopes to be part of the elite
Paige Bueckersthe star of the University of Connecticut (UCONN)it has established itself as a key piece for Huskieshe took them to the thirty -title of the Big East tournament, being named the most prominent player of the tournament for the third time, an unprecedented achievement in the history of the program that has had people of the quality of Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart or Suebus among others.
However, the road to the National Championship of the NCAA It will not be easy for Uconn and Bueckers, first must eliminate Oklahoma and thus reach the Eight elite.
The Huskies will face Oklahoma, a team that has Raegan Beers, one transferred from Oregon State that averages 17.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. UConn’s smallest alignment could be affected by Beers’s dominant presence in painting.
And this leads us to the next point: the challenge of winning the Naismith award and the championship. Throughout the history of the NCAAseveral players have been recognized as players of the year without having achieved the National Championship in that same year.
Paige Bueckers She was awarded the Naismith Award in 2021, but Uconn He did not achieve the national title. Now, in 2024, he has the opportunity to change history.
Bueckers wants to join players how: Cheryl Miller (USC, 1984), Rebecca Lobo (Uconn, 1995), Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee, 1998), Diana Taurasi (UConn, 2003, 2004), Seimone Augustus (LSU, 2006), Maya Moore (UCONN, 2014, 2015, 2016).
And he doesn’t want to be on the list they are:
Anne Donovan (Old Dominion, 1983)
Clarissa Davis (Texas, 1987, 1989)
Sue Wicks (Rutgers, 1988)
Jennifer Azzi (Stanford, 1990)
Dawn Staley (Virginia, 1991, 1992)
Lisa Leslie (USC, 1994)
Saudia Roundtree (Georgia, 1996)
Kate Starbird (Stanford, 1997)
Lindsey Harding (Duke, 2007)
Tina Charles (Uconn, 2010)
Elena Delle Donne (Delaware, 2013)
A’JA Wilson (South Carolina, 2018)
Megan Gustafson (Iowa, 2019)
Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon, 2020, Tournament canceled by COVID-19)
Paige Bueckers (Uconn, 2021)
Caitlin Clark (Iowa, 2023)
In addition to waiting to get out of this list, it is in a year where it has about 20 points per game, 40% of triple effectiveness, more than 50% in field shots, belongs to the 50/40/90 club, that is; At least 50 percent of field shots, 40 of triples and 90 in free.
He added a game of 34 units in the second round against South Dakota. Left Diana Tauurai behind points in the history of the NCAA and in Uconn with 2,158 units.
The MVP of the Big East hopes to be crowned and giving Geno Auriemma its tenth championship and the first for her. That is why we invite you to follow the story of one of the best university players and future stars of the WNBA, Paige Bueckers that you can follow by AM850 and Disney +.
