NEW YORK — Eight days after guiding UConn to its first national championship in nine years, the Dallas Wings selected Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick in Monday’s 2025 WNBA Draft.
Bueckers enters the professional ranks at an important moment for both Dallas and the WNBA. The Wings are looking to return to the postseason after missing out on the playoffs last year, and the franchise is planning to move from Arlington into a larger arena in downtown Dallas ahead of the 2026 season.
After last year’s WNBA season saw record ratings, attendance and merchandise sales, the league is looking to build on its positive momentum this summer. Bueckers, and the rest of this year’s rookie class, are well-positioned to help the WNBA grow.
“I’m coming in and wanting to give everything I have to that organization,” Bueckers said after being drafted.
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Bueckers was one of the best players in college basketball from the moment she stepped onto the floor for the Huskies. She made history by becoming the first freshman woman to win the Naismith Player of the Year award, and she was named a first-team All-American three times. The…
