After so much preseason optimism over what a healthy UConn could do in the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season, it has been extinguished in less than a month of play: Junior Azzi Fudd will miss the rest of the season with ACL and medial meniscal tears in her right knee, the Huskies announced Wednesday, the latest in a slew of season-ending injuries the program has dealt with in recent years.
Fudd’s injury is her third in three seasons in Storrs. A foot injury limited the former No. 1 recruit from the class of 2021 to 25 games her freshman season. Knee injuries sidelined her on two occasions as a sophomore, with her returning in time for the NCAA tournament and playing 15 games in all.
Then, barely a week into the 2023-24 season, after just two games, Fudd suffered the ACL and meniscal tear in practice. Coach Geno Auriemma said Fudd went up for a shot and remarked afterward that something felt funny before leaving for the training room. The sharpshooter, whose jumper has been called textbook by Stephen Curry, previously tore the ACL and MCL in her right knee in April 2019.
UConn already is without Jana El Alfy due to an Achilles injury she suffered in July playing with Egypt in the FIBA U19 World Cup. Last year, 2021 national player of the year
